Post Holiday Blues

Posted on November 10, 2014 by HannahCalavera

So I am back from Borneo refreshed and rejuvenated, I don’t know what I’d do if I wasn’t coming back to my beautiful studio and tattooing such good people. This week has been full of good stuff, I’ve started some new amazing tattoos, added to some older ones and almost finished a couple!

I’ll start with Simon’s skull, he wanted a dark mark but not in the prison style tattoo. He definitely wanted something super badass. Harry Potter tattoos win.

and while he and Kirstie were in Oxford I got a decent photo of Kirstie’s unfinished spooky lady tattoo

So the big news is obviously that Helen started at the Oxford studio before I went on holiday and she has been thriving! So if anyone wants to get a tattoo by an amazing tattoo artist without a zillion year waiting list then you should definitely take a look at her Website.

Here she is tattooing my good pal Lori

Here is a pic of an avengers tattoo I’ve been working on for a while now

And here is a stag Tattoo I started

It’s going to be surrounded by jewels, flowers and lace. Love doing lush girly tattoos <3

Here is a hedgehog, this is part of a huge Radagast the brown themed piece on a leg

Here is a black and grey religious sleeve I’ve almost finished!

Finally I made this tattoo on the lovely Lee Silver….a little stone dreaming his cactus dream, colour to come later

Well, I have to say seeing Jen and Helen again and doing all these lovely tattoos on people have made coming back to my little Oxford tattoo studio a lot nicer than any other time I’ve had to come back off Holiday. Here are some snaps from my jaunt away

Laters Slaters!

Autumn arrives….and so do some guests

Posted on September 28, 2014 by HannahCalavera

October is almost here! A lot has happened in the last couple of months so let me dish the gossip!

First of all, for the last 3 weeks we have had the pleasure of having Aimee Cornwell as a guest in the studio. She did some amazing tattoos and I can’t stress how much she has taught me in terms of technique but also the courage I need to do do more freehand and generally just be more confident in my work.

She also gifted me this amazing tattoo, which hopefully I’ll get to repay when I do my guest spot at Nemesis Tattoo Studio (Seaham) in January. I am mega excited about going to work with such a talented bunch 😀

Aimee’s gone now, working the London Tattoo convention and then off to Berlin.

Briony, our little apprentice is also at the London convention this weekend just for fun. I tattooed her this week, covered up a near invisible old tattoo, It was nice but unfortunately if you don’t use any black ink things all but disappear in a few months.

And while she was living it up in London, I had a full day NO SHOW! on a Saturday…So I could have gone after all. Luckily I got to tattoo this delicious burger <3

I cannot explain how much I’ve wanted to do a food tattoo since I started tattooing!

I got to add this yellow rose and claddagh to Nick’s plaque, a real honour as the plaque was done by an amazing artist Hayley Hayes. Look how solid her colour is!

Also made a start to the competition winner-Kirstie’s spooky lady

Can’t wait to finish her!

The most exciting news though is that we have another artist coming to work at Jericho Tattoo Emporium. I’ve been really busy and can no longer take on much smaller work and my good friend Helen Louise Courtnage was looking for a Studio so et voila!

Helen is an incredibly solid tattooist , you can find her portfolio on the Jericho Tattoo Emporium website, or on her website www.arubablue.net

She will be working 1 or 2 days a week at first depending on demand then after Christmas she will hopefully be fulltime!

Oh, one last thing- Jen has updated her website so you can now buy her gorgeous jewellery and magic potions online!

http://www.madamesilver.co.uk/

Things are really taking off now, we never knew how successful it would be to just have a couple gals doing our thing in a Jericho basement. Thankyou to everyone who has supported our little venture from the start, we really appreciate it. <3

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

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!

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

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
X

Female tattoo convention

Posted on August 27, 2013 by HannahCalavera

This weekend was the third annual female tattoo show in Leamington spa, I had a lot of fun and met a lot of talented and lovely ladies from around the UK. It was the first time at a convention I actually felt comfortable and not nervous as hell! I entered Jen’s octopus chest piece in the competition

I won best large colour!

And got to work on Liz’s sleeve some more.

Went out afterwards and had a fantastic time too….oh and I bought a sweeeeet taxidermied crow!

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