Patrick Marshall and Cynthia Marshall have lived in additional locations than many individuals go to in a lifetime. Each kids of navy households, they met in highschool in England, then continued on their unbiased orbits to different international locations — solely to seek out one another as soon as extra in Minnesota.
“The tattoo on my knuckles says homesick. I by no means had anyplace I actually actually known as house,” Patrick Marshall stated. “I’ve been in Minnesota for 12 years, so I feel I’m a Minnesotan now.”
The Marshalls married in 2020 and located the right place to name house in Lake Crystal.
“We fell in love with a Victorian home and couldn’t not have it,” Cynthia Marshall stated.
In June 2021 they opened Arcadium Tattoo on Lake Crystal’s Principal Road, the place they supply customized tattoo work in a pleasant, welcoming atmosphere.
Cynthia Marshall manages the store’s bookings and enterprise particulars whereas Patrick Marshall supplies expertise, imaginative and prescient and creative expertise.
“Patrick does the heavy lifting with the tattooing and I chat with folks once they are available, guide their appointments and assist them suss out concepts,” Cynthia Marshall stated.
Patrick Marshall is an award-winning tattooist with greater than 10 years of expertise. He stated most of his clients come armed with pictures and concepts, which he converts right into a design, generally drawing them on his shoppers’ arms with Sharpies to provide them a really feel for the way the completed work may look.
“I’m a contract artist and I do customized work … I’ve tattooed folks from ages 18 to 90. The oldest consumer I’ve had was 90, and he received a portrait of his spouse and a portrait of his canine,” Patrick Marshall stated. “The largest factor for me is I need the client to go away pleased. And I’m prepared to work with them till they do.”
It didn’t take lengthy for phrase of the brand new enterprise to get out. Arcadium Tattoo is now reserving appointments six months upfront.
As Patrick Marshall noticed: “If you make one individual pleased, they inform much more.”
The Necessities
Arcadium Tattoo
125 S. Principal St.
Lake Crystal, MN 56055
Cellphone: (507) 726-2036
Internet: arcadiumtattoo.com
Picture by Jonathan Smith
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