TATTOOIST INTERVIEWThat’s so surprising,
especially so recently.
Yeah, then with the internet
and Miami Ink, all of a sudden
it changed. It’s interesting how
quickly that happened.
Tell us about your early
career.
Joe's shop was a flash-style
street shop. I definitely worked
hard. Too hard in fact,
because I burnt out basically. I
got to the point where I
thought I couldn’t do it
anymore. I nearly quit. That
was in 2007. I thought about
taking time out, but then I got
offered a job at another
studio. Coming from an hourly
wage to a 60/40 split was
really amazing, with no chair
rent or overheads. Initially it
was only meant to be for a
few months, but it turned into
several years. When you’re on
a voyage like that, you soon
realise you’ve got the best job
in the world. And it has
literally got me all around the
world!