A tattoo artist is holding his personal tattoo conference to have fun the expertise Newbury has to supply.
Lee Priddy, of Full Energy Studios on London Highway, has attended and tattooed at festivals and conventions up to now however this time he’s taking the reins.
The artist, who lately issued free tattoos to NHS employees, can be internet hosting tattoo artists from throughout Newbury and Thatcham at his personal tattoo conference on the Corn Alternate on Saturday, August 6, and Sunday, August 7.
He mentioned: “The NHS occasion went tremendous nicely. I used to be tattooing from 9am to 9pm and everybody was tremendous pleasant. I believe this is able to be a enjoyable one to do however on a much bigger scale.”
Mr Priddy mentioned he thought the occasion can be a “cool concept to have an excellent time”.
The conference will see artwork stalls, reside tattooing, art work being offered and different actions.
He mentioned: “Every artist has their very own sales space. You possibly can go in and get tattooed by an artist on the day.”
Mr Priddy, who has been a tattoo artist for round a decade, talked about how necessary it’s to convey artists from throughout the trade collectively, particularly after the pandemic.
“The trade suffered fairly laborious with Covid,” he mentioned. “It was deemed unessential work, we couldn’t actually do a lot for some time and it was tough to get collectively and type of get again to regular.”
He continued: “This can be a cool celebration for everybody. They’ll be capable to get out.”
He mentioned Newbury and Thatcham has round 35 tattoo artists and round 13 tattoo studios.
“A number of tattooists do get collectively generally for drinks and some hold to themselves – possibly they’re shy – however this would be the largest meet up we’ve had.”
Tickets can be found on the Corn Exchange website.
