First newsletter of 2024;
First things first, I have a new email address; michellemtattoos@gmail.com
I will be taking all new tattoo bookings and enquiries through this email, for all ongoing and continuation work I will be switching you over to the new email and booking system in my own time so please use the outlook email address for now. I’ve set up a booking system which means in future you will be able to book your own dates (once ideas have been discussed) via a link, and once booked we will both receive a confirmation email. It will save us both a lot of back and forth discussing dates.
I’ve added a studio page, welcome to Thistle and The Fable, well, soon to be.
A few issues have sprung up the last few weeks with studio changes, so technically on paper we are still The Keep. The Keep however, is marked as ‘permanently closed’ on google, but we are still in exactly the same place at 2 Gilmore Park. Adding the new studio name to Google has led to some unfortunate and hilarious consequences, the current photos and directions lead to an old broken down bus on a building site, I promise the tattoo studio is not inside an old broken down bus! Google has not updated that area on maps for quite some time, I’ve informed them of the issue so fingers crossed it’s resolved soon.
I’m unable to add photos of inside the studio as we are still very much in a transitional stage with new furniture coming and walls to be painted so please bear with me! Unfortunately the changes are taking longer than I’d have liked due to working around 3 self employed peoples schedules and the financial implications of multiple cancelled tattoo bookings throughout December, January, February. This is all part of being a self employed artist though and I’m sure soon enough things will be back on track!
I spent my evenings for a week photographing and adding new original paintings to the shop. Those will be the last to be added for a little while since the studio has taken over my extra time and as much as I’d like to get back to creating artwork for me, I have to remind myself that creating a studio space I love is in fact still ‘creating’.
Availability
I am currently taking booking for tattoos from May through till July so if you’re waiting on a summer booking please feel free to contact me in the next month or so.
Most recent dates available due to cancellations:
Thurs 14th March
Fri 26th April
As of May 2024 my tattooing days will be Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, occasionally I may tattoo on a Thursday or a Sunday but this will be at my discretion. After many years of tattooing 5 and 6 day weeks it’s time I started taking some consistent days off.
Travels
Unfortunately I won’t be working any UK / European conventions in 2024, however I should still be attending the NZ Tattoo Fest in New Plymouth, New Zealand in November.
I am hoping to arrange a guest spot in Tamworth, England for the summer but dates for this are still to be confirmed.
Mid March I am going away travelling on a big birthday trip and won’t be returning to the studio until the end of April, this is purely for a holiday 🎉
Let’s see what the rest of 2024 has to bring and hopefully I can give you more updates soon!
Newly listed original paintings now available to buy.