The Year in Review

Well inkers, we’re drawing very close to the end of the year! It’s been a massive year in the studio for us, we’ve done so much and we have so much more we want to do!

When the year started, we took on a new shop-manager and a head-artist, began body-piercing, and added new artists to the team, and that was all before the year had really even begun! After that, we really got stuck into it.

Once our team were all on the ground and running together, we started planning our year.

The first thing we did, was with our new head-artist Kris Barnas, who decided he wanted to raise some money for charity. So he attempted a Guinness World Record! Kris tattooed for 56.5 hours straight, tackling the previous record of 50-odd hours. We are still awaiting final confirmation on the record from Guiness, but aside of that, we managed to raise a massive amount of money that Kris donated 100% of to canteen for kids with cancer. Canteen are a brilliant Australian organization committed to the assistance of children battling cancer, and we were proud and so happy to be able to help these wonderful people.

Once that was done, it was time to move onto the next challenge; the Australian Tattoo and Body Art Expo. This year we made a small appearance, just Kris and Ben who went in, and we had a ball. We met some amazing tattooers, made new friends, caught up with old friends, and met a stack of new clients who are coming through the studio even now as life-long friends of the shop. We got a chance to suss it out, and work out what we think is the best approach our studio can take to really make the most of the expo. And you can expect to see the results at next year’s expo, because we’re going to be there and better-than-ever!

Then we decided we wanted to throw a flash day, and what better time to do it than Halloween? We had all the guys draw up their spookiest flash, and we ran an open-shop all day, walk-ins galore! We tattooed a stack of our Halloween designs and even ended up making a start on a sleeve or two! It was another great day where we got to have some fun and meet more brilliant clients.

After that, we decided our body-piercing could use a boost. So Ben went about compiling a catalogue of high-end, top-quality body jewellery manufacturers who have approved him to work with their stock. Since then, we have been putting out some killer body-piercings with top-quality unique jewellery every single week, and it only continues to become busier! Next year is going to be huge for our body-piercing, we want to give everyone in Fremantle the opportunity to purchase and be pierced with the best jewellery you will find in town with an experienced and educated professional.

And now here we are! The guys are all in, we already have some exciting guest-artists lined up to work with us throughout the year, our body-piercing is taking off, and the tattooing only continues to get better and better. If you thought this year was good, just wait to see what we have in store for 2016, we’ve got big plans Fremantle! We’d love for you to join the ride and watch them come into fruition.

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and enjoy yourselves over the silly season, we’ll be seeing you all next year!

Til then, inkers, Happy New Year!
-The Modern Ink Team.

End of Year Cover-up Competition!

We were going to talk about body-piercing this week, but we’re gonna hold off on that for a week or two while we finalize some exciting things, in the meantime, let’s talk about the year that was!

Well guys, its coming up to the New Year, and what a year it’s been! We have changed our team, increased the amount of content and contact we have available to our clients, and we have had another year of top-notch tattooing! We did a convention, a world-record attempt, a charity event, a few competitions, a flash day, all just dipping our toes in the pool to prepare us for our biggest year yet. We have that much planned for 2016 and were already stuck into it behind the scenes before 2015 is over.

The last thing we want to do this year is a final competition! So let’s talk about cover-ups. So many of you have a tattoo or 2 you regret, something that has made you unhappy or that you aren’t so proud to wear. A lot of our jobs consist of fixing old work, covering stuff that isn’t so great, or adding to existing pieces and giving them a breath of fresh-air. So in the spirit of giving, we’ve decided to offer a few cover-ups, absolutely free.

To enter this competition, there are a few simple steps. Head over to the top of our facebook page to see the original post: www.facebook.com/moderninkfremantle

1.    Share the post on your facebook or instagram page using the hashtag ‪#‎moderninkcoverupcomp and comment on the post tagging 4 friends so they can also find out about it.

2.     Email the studio on info@moderninkfremantle.com and include the following;
- A picture of your existing tattoo along with who did the work and where.
- A description of what you were hoping to cover the piece with if you have one.
- Your contact phone number.

Entries to the first stage of our competition close on the 31st of December. At this point our team will come together and view all of the entries, and we will select the pieces we think we can make something special from. The selected pieces will be fixed absolutely for free! As a consolation, we will offer cover-ups to any of the pieces not selected at a discounted price!

Once the cover-ups are completed, we will upload all of the pieces before-and-after images onto our facebook page for voting! The second phase of this competition will include prizes to randomly-selected voters and also to our clients who have had their work fixed!

This is a great opportunity to turn something you are unhappy with into something you can wear with pride! Dont miss out on the chance to let our artists make you feel great!

Best of luck to all of you, looking forward to seeing your shockers and making them awesome!
-The Modern Ink Team.

Artist Focus: Sanni Saar

Closing off the last few weeks of artist focus blogs is the ever-so-lovely Sanni Saar. Last but certainly-not-least, Sanni is our resident abstract and dotwork/etching artist, who executes unique and very individual pieces that are sure to impress.

Employing combinations of clean line-work with the random textures created using dot-work and etching, Sanni only continues to increase in popularity. Her work is clean, detailed, and beautifully executed. She applies her own unique style to any piece a client request of her and the result is always impressive.

Sanni is happy work in black-and-grey or full colour, and is also very experienced with watercolor work. She is fluid in her style and willing to work with a multitude of ideas and content. She gives her own twist to anything she tackles and is constantly creating pieces you won’t see anywhere.

Sanni’s work has only become more and more popular during her time with our studio, and the quality only continues to improve. She is a unique and creative individual with a passion for her work and a personality to match it. Her clientele are always coming back to discuss their next piece with her and she continues to brand the people of W.A to ever-increasing popularity. Her abstract and twisted style is something that cannot be imitated.

You can check out more of Sanni’s work and contact her for bookings or consultations on her social media!

Instagram: @sannisaar

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sannisaartattoo

And there you have it! The final member of our team of tattoo artists. Next week we will be taking a look at the other wing of the Modern Ink team; our body piercing studio Modern Metal!

Until then inkers, have a great week and look after yourself, welcome to the silly season!

-The Modern Ink Team.