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deathdestroy’s Luventus Fistulae headed up by friend of Skunx Tattoo, Cerven Cotter, has entered their video into the annual Lords of the Swords skate contest.

Coming in at just under 14min long, this skate video could do with your support to win the video vote after they placed 2nd in the points part of the contest.

Watch the video here, and give it a like and/or a share: http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/lords-of-the-swords-2014/death-destroy/

The winning team will be announced on Saturday 27th September at 4pm.

Don’t forget to book your appointment with the extremely talented Julia Kuchaeva who will be doing a guest spot with Skunx Tattoo from 14th to 29th September.

You can find out more about Julia in this post.

Ivan from Oslo’s Bad Boys Tattoo will be doing a guest spot at Skunk Tattoo in early July. Be sure to book an appointment early to ensure you get a spot. Ivan will be available from 7th-20th July.

A small sample of Ivan’s work can be seen below:

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We are excited to welcome Ely Smily to the Skunx Tattoo family. She will be joining us from the 21st of June. Ely will be available for tattooing on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays.
Be sure to browse through some of her work on her portfolio page.

Both Nick Skunx and Steve Richardson are featured in Lal Hardy’s new book, Mammoth Book of New Tattoo Art.

“A fantastic, all-new, third volume of tattoo art – both tattoos and original artworks – showcasing the best recent work of the world’s most outstanding tattoo artists. The format is compact, but contains over 600 full-colour photographs of the work of international tattoo art stars, including Frank Carter, Camila Rocha, Dan Smith and Horikazu, representing outstanding value-for-money.”

The book is set for a late June release and can be pre-ordered now on Amazon.co.uk.

Rancid B-sides and C-sides 2nd pressing on double yellow 12″ vinyl! Only 500 made! Limited edition bundles from $20 to $50 are now available for pre-orders at Machete Mfg. They’re going fast and once they’re gone, they’re GONE!

Get your order in today. Choose from four different packages. Click here.

Skunx Tattoo’s Steve Richardson will be heading over to France from 19th to 23 October and will be doing a guest spot at Marseille’s Exoskull Tattoo studio. There are currently still spaces available on the 22nd and 23rd. To book an appointment, please contact Steve via his profile.

While Steve is away, Kyle Smith from Forevermore Tattoo Parlour in Glasgow will be guesting at Skunx Tattoo (19th – 23rd October). You can find out more about Kyle here or browse a selection of his work below. To book an appointment with Kyle, please call us on 0207 278 6960 , email us or drop by the shop.

It is with regret that we need to inform all our clients that Lou Hopper will no longer be at Skunx Tattoo with immediate effect. We would like to apologise to all those of you who have already booked an appointment with Lou – this change in staff has come as a complete surprise to us. We are trying to contact everybody via email to re-schedule appointments with either Nick, Steve or Julia. Please get in touch with us if you’ve not heard from us yet about your appointment with Lou. Again, we apologise for this abrupt change but it is completely out of our hands.

As most of you know, Kerry has left Skunx Tattoo and will be heading north to Birmingham. Kerry will be joining the Spear Studio from the beginning of August. Kerry has worked at Skunx Tattoo for over five years and has been an integral part of the Skunx Tattoo family – she will be missed.

Spear Studio

269 Alcester Road South, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 6EB
Tel: 0121 443 3211, Email: info@spearstudio.co.uk

Talented Devon born tattooist, Lou Hopper, is to join the Skunx Tattoo team on the 1st of July. She will be bring her experience, style and a very keen interest in flora & fauna portrait work to the Skunx Tattoo studio.  You can arrange bookings with Lou by sending her an email or by getting in touch with the shop directly.

Want to learn more about Lou? Please visit her page and browse her portfolio of selected work.