LETS GET STARTED BY FIRST LETTING YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME, FIRST I AM 35 YEARS OLD AND LIVE IN BELLE RIVER ONT. CANADA. I USED TO WORK FULL TIME AS A DESIGNER FOR A SIGN COMPANY BUT LEFT TO PURSUE MY FULL TIME LOVE FOR TATTOOING.  IT APPEARS I HAVE ALWAYS SEEMED TO LOVE TO CREATE.
I DID MY FIRST TATTOO WHEN I WAS ONLY 16 YEARS OLD ON MYSELF BACK IN 1988. ONE DAY I SKIPPED OUT OF SCHOOL AND WAS PRETTY BORED, A FRIEND OF MINE WHO HAD RECENTLY HAD A FRIEND OF HIS DO THIS TATTOO ON HIM TOLD ME HOW TO DO A HOMEMADE TATTOO. LISTEN TO HOW CRUDE THIS WAS, FIRST I TOOK A SEWING NEEDLE FROM MY MOMS SEWING KIT, THEN A LITTLE BIT OF THREAD AND SOME PEN INK. I WRAPPED THE THREAD AROUND THE END OF THE NEEDLE DOWN AT THE SHARP END JUST ABOVE THE TIP ABOUT A 1/16" OF AN INCH THEN I DIPPED THE NEEDLE INTO THE INK AND STARTED TO POKE MY SKIN WITH THIS NEEDLE AND MAN WHAT A SHITTY JOB I DID. I GOTTA TELL YA IT WAS BAD BUT FOR A WHILE I THOUGHT I WAS KING SHIT CAUSE I FIGURED OUT HOW TO TATTOO MYSELF.

SO TIME WENT BY AND I HAD STARTED TO TATTOO OTHERS THIS WAY, LET ME TELL YOU NOT A WISE IDEA, LEAVE IT TO PROFESSIONALS, I SPENT AWHILE LATER ON FIXING ALL THOSE TATTOO'S.
SO I WENT OFF TO TO WORK FOR A LITTLE WHILE AFTER FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL AND RAN INTO A GUY  IN 1991 THAT I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW FROM HIGH SCHOOL BUT I KNEW OF HIM. HE WALKED RIGHT UP TO ME AND I GOTTA TELL YA I WAS SHITTING A GOLD BRICK CAUSE I THOUGHT HE WANTED TO KILL ME. TURNS OUT HE WANTED ME TO TATTOO HIM.... HMMMMMMMMM I DIDN'T REALLY LIKE THE ONES I WAS DOIN AND HE WANTED ME TO SCAR HIM UP... SOUNDS LIKE A SUICIDE MISSION I THOUGHT AND I BETTER THINK OF SOMETHING GOOD TO TELL HIM, MY ANSWER WAS "NO I DIDN'T DO TATTOO'S ANYMORE...." HIS ANSWER WAS "YES YOU DO".... I SAID "I DON'T HAVE A TATTOO GUN"..... " HE SAID BETTER GET ONE THEN"...

SO I MADE A HOME MADE TATTOO MACHINE, - GUITAR STRING, SPOON, SHAVER MOTOR, MECHANICAL PENCIL, PEN INK, AND A BEER CAP, SOUNDS GOOD DOESN'T IT.
SO HERE GOES, I DO THIS GUY'S TATTOO AND DOWN HE GOES AFTER 5 MINUTES TATTOOING HIM, BUT LETS TAKE A MINUTE AND REMEMBER THAT HE'S GETTING TATTOOED WITH, SOMETHING THAT COULD BREAK UP CONCRETE. SO I FINISH HIS UP AND I LOOKS ...EHHHHHHHHH NOT TOOOOO BAD, I GUESS, BUT I STILL WASN'T IMPRESSED BUT HE THOUGHT IT WAS COOL. SO HE TOLD A FEW FRIENDS AND THEY STARTED TO SHOW UP. SO IS THIS WHERE I GOT MY START? YA I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO SAY SO. BUT I DIDN'T WALK RIGHT INTO WHAT IT IS NOW.....

SCHOOL STARTED UP FOR ME......COLLEGE.... NO TIME TO TATTOO OR EVEN BREATHE , SO I TOOK A 3 YEAR BREAK.. LONG ENUFF TO FORGET EVERYTHING I NEW ALREADY, WHICH HELPED.
SO I MOVED BACK FROM TORONTO AND I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER FOR TATTOOING FOR ME BUT THIS WASN'T THE CASE. PEOPLE STILL ASKING ME TO TATTOO THEM. I WORKED WITH ONE GUY AT THIS GAS STATION BACK IN 1995  AND HE WAS DETERMINED I WAS GONNA TATTOO HIM. I EVEN TOLD HIM BUDDY "LOOK I SUCK AT IT". HE SAID "THAT'S NOT WHAT I HEARD, WHY WHAT'S THE PROBLEM" . I TOLD HIM "I DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER EQUIPMENT TO DO THE QUALITY WORK I SEE IN MAGAZINES".


SO HE MADE ME A DEAL I COULDN'T REFUSE, CAUSE LETS FACE I COULD GET PAID TO DO SOMETHING I REALLY LOVE, ART FINALLY ----AND I GET PAID TO HURT PEOPLE :) . HE WANTED TATTOO WORK AND I GET TO KEEP THE EQUIPMENT WHEN HE'S FINISHED GETTING TATTOOED. I STILL DIDN'T LIKE THE QUALITY OF WORK BUT I WAS GETTING BETTER, SO I QUIT MY JOB PUMPING GAS AND TOOK A POSITION AT A LOCAL TATTOO SHOP “TATTOOS AND THINGS” AND GOT SOME POINTERS FROM THE 2 ARTISTS THERE ARON MACKENZIE AND DARREN TRUDELL. IT WASN'T MY SCENE BEING THERE THOUGH, I MEAN I WAS QUIET GUY AND THESE GUYS WERE PRETTY HARD PARTIERS. SO I QUIT THERE AFTER 4 MONTHS AND TOOK A MINIMUM WAGE PAYING JOB AGAIN BUILDING SIGNS . NOT BAD CAUSE I NEEDED TO GET AWAY FROM TATTOOING FULL TIME FOR AWHILE CAUSE I WAS PUTTING IN 12-14 HR DAYS TATTOOING 6 DAYS WEEK SOMETIMES.

AFTER 3 MONTHS OF BEING A SIGN MAKER I QUIT AND WENT BACK TO TATTOOING FULL TIME AT ANOTHER SHOP “A1 TATTOO”. THIS TIME A LITTLE MORE WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR IN A SHOP. BUT AS TIME WENT ON I FOUND WHAT I WAS LONGING FOR WAS TO DO IT MY WAY. A COMFORTABLE PRIVATE SETTING WHERE IT WAS JUST ME AND THE CLIENT 1 ON 1 , NO INTERRUPTIONS.
SO I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO CREATE MY OWN PERFECT TATTOO ENVIRONMENT BACK IN 1996 . A PLACE WHERE MY CLIENTS WOULD FEEL JUST AS COMFORTABLE AS SITTING IN THERE OWN LIVING ROOM TO HAVE A TATTOO DONE. 

IT HASN'T BEEN EASY . BUT YOU KNOW...........
I WOULDN'T TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD....

so come out and see for yourself :)