Tattoo life

Posted on August 4, 2014 by HannahCalavera

Hey everyone, it’s been a busy few weeks! I had a great time at the Cardiff tattoo and toy convention with Madame Silver and the guys from Black rabbit.

We met Jack sparrow, Darth Vader and a bunch of sexy stormtroopers. Mmm tall.I tattooed this lovely mardy poodle lady on Lori-Jade

I didn’t get a photo of it so I stole this off Lori’s IG, you should follow her if you love vintage clothes, greyhounds and sexy pinup ladies. The whole convention was full of amazing tattooists- in fact some of the best tattoo artists in the country. It was really intimidating, but so inspirational at the same time. I’ll be going back next year. Thankyou to everyone who came to say hello/supported me.

I’ve been pretty busy since getting back, I’ve done some really fun tattoos. I started this lovely day of the dead pinup.

I’ve been trying out some new equipment and techniques lately and just having fun with things and I’ve loved the results. Here are some peacock feathers I managed to start and finish in the same session.

Here is a little (little! Ha!) thigh tattoo on Chris, I’ve been trying to make it look painty 🙂

Aaaaand breathe! So the female tattoo show is coming up in September, I’ll be working it with a tonne of really good friends and lots of other sexy ladeez. I’m also looking forward to our guest artists!

In other news I’ve taken on an APPRENTICE! OMG. She’s showing some real potential and helping me out no end with my emails/workload at the shop, Follow her on her Instagram to see how she develops!

Thanks for looking my dears! Hopefully I’ll have more to show and update with from week to week now I am taking more photos.

Hannah

xxx

Summer in Oxford

Posted on July 13, 2014 by HannahCalavera

The tattoo studio is ticking along nicely! Summer is a very busy tattoo time, for some reason everyone wants to be tattooed when it’s hot!
We are doing the Cardiff tattoo and toy convention next weekend which is pretty cool, exciting to be getting out of Oxford for a little while.
I don’t have any space but if you’re there swing by and say hello!

So I finally finished Shaun’s sleeve- only 15 hours in total. First large black and grey piece I’ve taken on for some time but I absolutely loved doing this.
He gave me a lot of artistic freedom with this tattoo!

I did this portrait of Lori-Jade’s beloved Gilly (yes he does only have one eye) love love love tattooing pet portraits, she sat like a rock and I’m really happy with it

Aaaand last but not least I tattooed little apprentice Briony with this cvlt cat. Cat tattoos are wicked fun. I love being a tattoo artist in Oxford!

Soo as well as all this fun going on we have another guest tattoo artist coming to Oxford in August! Kyrie Jones will be guesting on the 27th to the 30th of August, so if you want to avoid the drive to Manchester and get something super cute get in contact!

Also Luke still has some space August 13th to the 16th for some tattoos!

That’s all for now!
laters slaters

Oxford Tattoo Studio Adventures

Posted on June 23, 2014 by HannahCalavera

Aaaah it’s been a busy few months! I’ve been tattooing lots, exploring Jericho and I’ve even had some time off.
Here is a little frog tattoo I did

A few weeks ago I got to do some more on Matt’s Koi sleeve, he is a badass at getting tattooed and we’ve completed most of a colour sleeve in three full day sessions

Got to start this black and grey owl tattoo too

Then a tattoo on my friend Helen, who is a fellow Oxford tattoo artist, she wanted a pinup based on the ugly duckling story

It’s really fun being a tattooist! Hard work but fun.

Then I got to make this little cat tattoo on a lovely lady who traveled to Oxford all the way from Kent

Oh so some nice news too my good friend and very talented tattoo artist Luke Whitehurst is coming to do a guest spot in Oxford from wednesday August 13th till saturday 16th

He does amazing traditional style tattoos and some of the best script I’ve seen so if you’d like to book a tattoo with him on these dates and avoid the drive to Harrogate email him 😀
We also have some exciting changes coming up soon and may have some new, more permanent faces joining the Jericho Tattoo Emporium team.
Also, I’ve now added our aftercare advice to the website so I can avoid printing ten treesworth of aftercare sheets every week! Trying to do my bit for the environment, also it’ll be easier for you guys to just hop to the website whenever you need reminding.
thanks for reading!

Hannah
xx

Summer is coming…

Posted on April 25, 2014 by HannahCalavera

Hey everyone!
Another blog post now that I have successfully settled into Oxford life, Jericho Tattoo Emporium is ticking along splendidly and I now have a 15 minute walk to work every day and thats it!
To everyone that didn’t know I’ve been having an awful time driving since the crash and now I’m pretty happy that I don’t have to at all.
Anyway, here are some of the new tattoos I’ve been working on

Here is a terrible ( but sunny) photo of one of Kat’s rainbow roses, we have to add some soft black and grey background but then we are done on that and onto her next piece!!

Also here is a quick little anchor banger I did the other day on a lovely lady who I’ve been tattooing a while (all the way back when I started tattooing in Reading!) she has the most amazing skin to tattoo, all the colours come out so bright

Here is a little lantern I started and finished in one today, great fun to be doing more black and grey now

generally though I’ve been working on huge pieces and not really taking proper photos, and the photos I have been taking are awful!
If you want to catch up with a bit more work check out my Instagram — hannahcalaveratattoo
We also now have a sign in the cowboymod window so hopefully all you lovely folk booked in can find us a bit easier!

Paradise

Posted on March 11, 2014 by HannahCalavera

Hey everyone, it feels like it’s been a long while since I last made a blog post.
Jericho Tattoo Emporium is up and running and is a little slice of heaven.
I love being back in Oxford, and looking forward to moving this weekend so I only have a 20 minute walk to work every morning.
Sooooo the last few weeks have been a bit of a haze of setting up, commuting, going to Raoul’s a lot and generally having fun with Madame Silver, in fact this Saturday she did a little bit of laser tattoo removal patch testing on my various bits and bobs I am not 100% in love with anymore.
Her laser machine actually doesn’t hurt anywhere near as much as my previous experience at other studios…. If you’ve fallen out of love with your tattoo send her an email via her website to have a free consultation/quote www.madamsilver.co.uk

Here is a picture of her touching up a tree, and a juicy margarita from Raoul’s Bar (next door to us)

Another bit of exciting fun is that Jess is coming to guest with us, I tried so hard to make one of those cool montages for IG but could only manage this- its got a few gorgeous examples of her work but you really need to check out her website/FB/IG for more!

and then here are some of the tattoos I’ve been working on
a tattoo of Aku Aku from crash bandicoot, I love tiki stuff and Crash so this was so much fun! love the colour scheme with this, really need to do more tiki inspired drawings

here are Rosie’s feet, latin wolf and fawn. Amazing idea, very lovely and clever lady. I had a blast tattooing her…I don’t think she felt the same way by the end!! no one loves getting their feet done. But she sat like a rock

Ooooh this was a fun one I did just the other day on another lovely lady, hopefully be getting a healed photo of this to show how some of the greys lighten up

Started and finished this on a lovely fellow who travelled all the way from Lincoln, of his pal Sprout who recently passed <3 poor Sprout, but he will live on forever in the form of this tattoo

And I’ve been tattooing Claire for a while and finally finished this bad boy, now here is the thing- I took a bunch of Photos and not one of them was usable apart from this one which is only half the bloody tattoo! Oh well, I’m sure she will be back (totally addicted haha) so I’ll be able to get a healed one!

So anyways, I am really looking forward to summer in Oxford- especially as it means I get to treat all my customers and friends to some lovely times in Oxfordshire in the next few months and have some brill adventures.
Hurray!

Oxford Embarkation!

Posted on February 4, 2014 by HannahCalavera

So this week I have time off tattooing to set up Jericho tattoo emporium! I’ve got a lot to sort out but it’ll all be worth it in the end when me and Madame Silver have our very own little studio. We are going to put some photos up on Friday hopefully.

Here is a sneek peek at Ian’s flamenco pinup, she’s looking good- can’t wait to finish his Spanish themed leg.

Here are some cute sugar skulls I managed to do in just over 3 hours, they’re pretty small but managed to get some nice detail in there!
My last day at Black Rabbit is this Saturday, I had a night out with them and lost my phone! It was worth it though (unfortunately Rachael Riot couldn’t be there too)

I’m gonna be back there the first friday and saturday of every month (from April) and I am also going to be doing the Cardiff Tattoo and Toy convention with them in July. It’s Star Wars themed so anyone who wants a Star Wars tattoo gets first dibs!

In the words of Columbo- Just one more thing
I am in this months Under the Skin magazine, it is a great little magazine and totally free so head over there to read it

http://www.undertheskinmagazine.co.uk/

Laters, A.C Slaters

Hannah Calavera
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Black Rabbit

Posted on January 22, 2014 by HannahCalavera

I’ve been enjoying my time at Black rabbit in Newbury a lot. I know I’m only a guest artist but all the guys have made me feel really welcome. And I’ve done some really fun tattoos too.

I’ve been tattooing Becca for around 3 years and she let me do this lovely lock and key,and jazz up an old butterfly. Sat like a rock too which is a bonus. The sides of this pic are a bit of a montage on Helen Courtenage’s arm

After a year I finally finished Mark’s ladyface sleeve. Very fond of this one! It was nice to spend such a lot of time with an old friend.

Here is a shot of something small I added to Hannah’s half sleeve before Xmas

Here is a photo of Christian’s finished sleeve too, I started this one 3 and a half years ago so it was nice to finally finish it-also good to see how much my tattooing has changed over the years. You can see on this shiny pic where I’ve gone back in and reworked a few bits

In other news, the Jericho studio is coming along. This weekend we are getting all the equipment down there and Monday is a meeting to see if it’s ready for opening! How exciting, we still haven’t found a place to move into in Oxford yet but I’m hoping it’ll all fall into place.

Happy new year

Posted on January 2, 2014 by HannahCalavera

I hope everyone had a good Christmas and new year! I did, I got very drunk, received a cheeseboard and my boyfriend dressed in drag! Hurray!
Well good news, the new tattoo parlour in Oxford should be all set up and ready to go by the 11th of February so I’m now taking tattoo bookings for February and March! Email me via the contact form on this site if you’d like to book in.
The lovely Madame Silver who I will be working with will be taking bookings for laser tattoo removal consults from mid February too, again just email to enquire!

I have January cancellations free here and there if anyone wants to grab them. Otherwise I’ll be using the free time to sketch, paint, and house hunt in Oxford as we still haven’t found a place to move house yet! Ooh err.

It’s an exciting venture opening your own tattoo studio! Exciting but stressful
Xx

Obligatory Christmas post!

Posted on December 22, 2013 by HannahCalavera

Hey everyone, so on Friday I had my last day at picture house in Chippenham- which was sad but I am happy to have met some wonderful people and had a well needed “good time” at work for the last 3 months!
Who knew that was even possible?

I will miss those crazy people, but will see them on the regs at conventions next year!
here is a tattoo I did on my last day

pissed up old tomcat on Ed, I want to do more like this!

The good news is I have found a permanent place to work in Jericho in Oxford as of February 2014 and will officially be an Oxford tattooist! It’s a private studio in the heart of Jericho, 5 minutes walk from Oxford train station. So it is mega easy for all you Reading and Berkshire people to get to. If you have an appointment with me I will be phoning you to tell you where it is don’t worry!

Here is a christmassy tattoo I managed to get a totally healed photo of recently

I’ll keep you all updated on the Oxford antics and once I move all my stuff to the new studio I’ll snap some pics!
I hope everyone has a good christmas and a happy new year!
xxx

New beginnings

Posted on November 19, 2013 by HannahCalavera

Hey everyone, hope you like the updated site! I wanted to have one that I could update more easily, maybe add a shop to and just keep the blog going.
I absolutely love working in Picture house tattoo studio, all the gals there are not only amazingly talented, but funny and great to work with too. I think that has reflected in my work since starting there as well, less stress and a nicer working environment=more time to focus on tattooing! art and just generally being happier.
Did my first ever (semi) realistic pet portrait on Chris

Which was a lot of fun, I want to do more of those for definite.
I haven’t got many new finished tattoos to post up as unfortunately I’ve been off for two weeks with whiplash after a car crash. Not a great thing for a tattooist to get with the neck and back ache etc!
At least I’ve been making the most of my time off (zonked on painkillers I might add) by getting some lady based artwork started for prints!
Here are a few sneak peeks, but not letting you see the finished articles Until they are all ready!

Aaand in other news I will be getting my car back tomorrow and back at work, fighting fit on Thursday. I managed to go out for a few drinks (probably shouldn’t have with the painkillers and all but I couldn’t miss another outing down to bad luck)
Here is a picture of us all looking very…ahem, glamorous before we headed off to Swindon

That is all for now lovely people.
Soon!

Hannah
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