Tattoo Jam will be held over three dayswith the first day being a tattoo artist-only day.This will be a special day for registered tattooists, piercers,guests and associated traders and will hopefully give tattooistsa chance to talk shop and chew the fat with other artists, go to someof the many tattoo-related seminars and workshops and who knows,maybe even get tattooed by one of the visiting artists. We know thatmany artists are too busy working to get inked themselves, so this isyour chance!
CONFIRMED SEMINARS (More To Follow)
Shane O’Neill – Black & Grey and Colour Portraiture
Shane is globally renowned for his portraiture tattooing and achieves formidable results. He will share his techniques and talk about how he approaches both colour and black & grey tattoos.
Darrin White – Colour Tattooing (with live demonstration)
Darrin is a multi award-winning tattooist from the USA and excels in his colour application, and he will demonstrate just how he creates such wonderfully saturated tattoos.
Dan Henk - Painting Seminar
Dan Henk is a renowned master of horror tattooing based in NYC. His seminar will consist of a demonstration of his canvas techniques coupled with a question and answer session.
Paulo Cruzes – Machine Building From Scratch
Paulo has many years of experience in building and tuning coil tattoo machines and will demonstrate how artists with an interest in building their own tattoo machines can do so.
Max MacAndrews – Neuma Tattoo Machines
Max is the official UK distributor for these next generation machines and will talk through the pros and cons of implementing a Neuma set-up in your studio.
Portfolio Critique Sessions
Appraisal from some of the world’s best artists. Bring your portfolio along to receive pointers and advice!
Richard 'Bez' Beston & John Montgomery– Colour Theory
Based in Sunderland, England, Richard ‘Bez’ Beston has fast become one of the UK’s foremost tattooists and his exquisite use of colour is respected far and wide. John Montgomery is a renowned America tattooist and probably best known for developing the Alla Prima range of inks alongside Joshua Carlton. Bez and John will talk through the fundamentals of colour theory and its application in tattooing.
Paul Castledine - Make More Money And Save Some Tax
Before helping Jenny to establish Jenny Clarke Design Ltd, Paul Castledine spent over 20 years advising small businesses on how to improve profitability and how to keep more of it from the tax man. Paul will cram lots of great ideas into this session which will be of real benefit to your studio.
The day will culminate with awards and prize giving, followed in theevening by the Tattoo Masters’ Ball.