Tatts for Cats – a nationwide tattoo themed fundraiser to assist cat charities is again for 2019!
The tattoo occasions will happen throughout the nation, that includes a mix of conventional walk-in flash days and bookable appointments. Every artist and tattoo store shall be drawing cat themed designs particularly for Tatts for Cats.
Organiser Dolly Osborne is an ex-nurse, cat lover and tattoo fanatic. Her nursing profession gave her a pure need, or maybe got here from a pure need, to assist individuals. Psychological well being and different bodily well being points meant that Dolly needed to go away nursing, however that didn’t quell her need to assist these in want and ‘do one thing’, so she turned her consideration to cats.
Final yr, Dolly volunteered with Coventry Cats Safety, to be able to fundraise and attain new audiences she based Tatts for Cats. Three Coventry based mostly tattoo studios, Grizzly’s Artwork Collective, Queen of Hearts Tattoo Parlour and The Drawing Room, took half final yr. With three tattoo flash days and two raffles, they raised £2002 for Coventry Cats Safety.
This yr Dolly is working to lift cash for Keighley Cat Care with extra paw-some cat flash, raffles and prizes. This yr there are ten studios participating, from Edinburgh to Cornwall, with 25 artists in whole up to now, these embrace:
Birmingham: Amy Victoria Bryant at Loco Tattoo Lounge. Tattoo flash designs for Thursday seventeenth October, message Amy on Instagram.
Cornwall: Hannah Ritchie at Sanzaru Tattoo Studio in Penryn. Tattoo occasion confirmed for eighth and ninth October.
Coventry: The artists at Grizzly Art Collective shall be holding an occasion on twenty sixth October. Artists embrace; Danny Dygas, Steph Hesketh, Aga Wojtczak and Aidan Murphy
Queen Of Hearts Tattoo Parlour are additionally holding a flash day in Coventry. Artists embrace: Natalie, Jamie Rayburn, Tyler Wainwright, Kate Stenner, Tom Chippendale and their apprentice @renrelix. Observe their Instagram for updates.
Edinburgh: Joanne Baker and Michelle Maddison at Semper. Occasion confirmed for Sunday twenty second September.
Keighley: Em Higgins tattoo artist at The Little Tattoo Rooms shall be tattooing flash for the occasion on fifth October.
Lincoln: Zoe Fraser at The Tattooed Arms.
Liverpool: The Painted Ladies tattoo studio shall be doing flash. Take a look at their Instagram for particulars.
London: Briar Rose Tattoo artists embrace; Tiggy and Sammie Jones. Occasion confirmed for twelfth October.
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: Cock A Snook Tattoo Parlour ‘s tattooing crew charity day is on nineteenth October. Artists participating embrace: Becky Foster, Steph White and Lily Rafferty.
Newcastle: Lauren Spoors at Blind Tiger on twelfth October. Her tattooing slots at the moment are full.
Nottingham: Epona Art & Tattoo studio with Martin Crosthwaite and Theresa Gordon-Wade tattooing from their flash sheets on fifth October.
Observe TattsforCats on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for updates and extra particulars. Purr-fect…
