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Edinburgh Guest Spot 2013

Posted on May 1, 2013 by admin| Leave a comment

Ahoy there Edinburgh and other UK folks! I will be back guesting at Red Hot and Blue Tattoo in Edinburgh from 5th August until Mid-September so drop me a line for appointments either on here or themrzigzag@gmail.com ASAP with info of what you want – ref etc and we’ll get the ball rolling!

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Korpus Christi

Posted on April 1, 2013 by admin| 2 Comments

No body of Christ but you’re welcome to bring your body along to Korpus Tattoo, Sparta Place, Brunswick, Victoria to get some “gashes in your flesh or tattoo marks upon you” (as they say in Leviticus 19:28). This is my last spot in Australia so get in fast if you are wanting to see me.

 

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Brizzo Calling

Posted on March 17, 2013 by admin| Leave a comment

I’m at Seventh Circle in Brisbane from 19th-24th March 2013. There are still spaces left so drop us a line….

www.seventhcircle.com.au/

 

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Melbourne Delight

Posted on February 23, 2013 by admin| 2 Comments

Tacky title but I really can’t think of anything else to write……. Oh well. I’ve had the opportunity to do some fun work here in Melbourne and have actually photographed some.

First up is Sri Ganesh on Sandy – the photo’s didn’t come out so well but I liked this shot and it does show the detail so I thought I’d include it in this post.

Chris came in and had a bug mandal and bee done – I  loved doing this and hope he is happy with the result. 

A lucky chance brought in this piece as Leonie was ill therefore I stepped in and redrew a sketch brought in by the customer.

Another piece of luck as Richie came in off the cuff at Tattoo Magic and I had him come in twice and we did these pieces – in the bottom photo the tattoo is a week old and almost all healed up.

Kapitan Voodoo aka Fat Knee Nik had this colour mandala jabbed on to his, later swollen, knee. I’ll get a healed shot of this soon with any luck as I’m going to be doing the other knee.

Amy had an islamic inspired mandala on her feet – she changed her mind halfway through and went without colour – no problem.

Kayci had a colourful seahorse with mandala done – it almost matched her hair at the time (not shown but believe me)…..

Sam had his first tattoo – ‘Eyes’ he said…..

Miss Cutie-Kills had a fun traditional mermaid doing. Nice and bright…..

Paul wanted a simple origami swan – nice one mate.

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Aussie Adventures

Posted on February 19, 2013 by admin| Leave a comment

Ok folks I am so happy and honoured to have some more fantastic studios let me come along to do guest spots sorted out over here in Aussie please feel free to contact me with any enquiries about bookings etc either on here or email: themrzigzag@gmail.com

2013 as it goes…..

3-17th March – Splash of Colour, Rye
19-26th March – Seventh Circle, Brisbane
1-13th April – Korpus, Melbourne

 

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Paints and Patterns

Posted on February 19, 2013 by admin| Leave a comment

I learnt to do watercolour painting while on my trip to New Zealand with help from Ben Raddatz and Naomi Smith – to both of whom I shall be ever greatful. I really enjoyed the medium and shall undoubtedly be driving folks mad, leaving bits of badly and cheaply painted artworks scattered behind me as I travel…… Anyway here are some of my efforts I’ve tried to paint what number each one is onto it so you can laugh at my progress  keep tabs on them…… They’re not in order in this gallery.

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Long Time Coming

Posted on February 9, 2013 by admin| 2 Comments

Well I’m afraid it has been the longest gap in my updates that I’ve had since the start of this blogsite. I must apologise but so much has happened and I’ve been to so many places since the last entry. The best thing that has happened is that I got engaged to my lady who has made me incredibly happy and has been the best travelling companion I could have as well as being my perfect support network in all of this – thanks Kay I love you.

Anyway soppiness asides I have actually been doing some tattoos and so here are a bunch of them:

 


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Continued Travels

Posted on November 29, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

So it’s been a while again….. Since my last update I’ve been in San Francisco, (where I witnessed two of my closest friends get married – congratulations Chad and Erin), where I worked at Idle Hand Tattoos on the Lower Haight. I only did a few days there as I was out with my friends helping them honeymoon by travelling to Big Sur but here’s a piece:

 

After this it was up to Seattle to hang with the awesome Slave to the Needle crew (and Mr and Mrs Kiwi-Lloyd) which was a fantastic experience – rarely is one made to feel so welcome by such amazing artists. Needless to say I had a great time…. I was only working for a couple of days but did a mega session on Mark which resulted in this ‘add around’ half sleeve:

In San Diego I had Santi who I’d met in Edinburgh and we managed to hook up and disrupt my week off with an afternoon with the folk from Seven Seas Tattoo – champions all these guys too…… Thanks too to Santi. Picture is from his iphone so it looks a bit zany if you ask me.

That was the last of the USA for us and now we’re off to New Zealand. Thanks to everyone who we hung out with and especially to those who let us invade their studios and homes. You all rule!

 

 

 

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A Long Needed Update

Posted on October 28, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

I’ve been slack with my updates – travelling makes it hard to keep up with post on here so I apologise. Here are a few photos from the last few weeks:

Circus Tattoo Madrid:

Three Kings:

Eye Candy:

All of these studios have been great and are fantastic folks. I’ve been overwhelmed by the friendly, welcoming nature of every one of them. I hope to be back in the not too distant future. Thanks so much to the customers for coming along and of course all of the guys and girls at the studios – you ALL rule!

 

Idle Hand San Francisco here we come!

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Idle Hand

Posted on October 28, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

I’m starting my guest spot at the fantastic Idle Hand Tattoo today which is going to be awesome. I’ll be here from 28th-1st and there are still a few appointments available so come along, call the shop or email: themrzigzag@gmail.com and get some tattoos!

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