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Two tattoo artists and a piercer, all working by appointment on Grosser Road in Gilbertsville.
Owner · 16 years
Eric Estrada
Owner, and sixteen years behind a machine. Eric takes on every style that walks in, but American traditional and black and grey are where his name was made — bold line, solid black, and pieces built to still read properly in ten years. He is also the one people bring their worst old tattoos to, and he will tell you honestly whether a cover is the right answer or a rework is.
- American traditional
- Black and grey
- Cover-ups
- Lettering
- Colour
- Ornamental blackwork
Artist
Tom Kelly
Black and grey realism and new school. Tom does the patient work — portraits, animals, skulls, landscapes, the sort of shading that gets built up over sittings rather than forced into one. Then he turns around and does the opposite: heavy outline, exaggerated shape, colour turned all the way up. Bring him a photograph and ask what he can do with it.
- Black and grey realism
- New school
- Portraits
- Nature and animals
- Script
- Colour
Piercer
Denise Kemmerling-Haag
Denise is the piercer at The Widow’s Son. Ears, nose and the standard placements, done at a pace that lets her check the placement with you, show you the jewellery, and explain what the healing is going to ask of you before anything is opened.
Getting started
Not Sure Who to Ask For?
Send the idea through and we will point it at the right person. If it is traditional, black and grey, or a cover-up, that is usually Eric. If it is realism from a photograph or something loud and new school, that is Tom. If it goes through skin rather than into it, that is Denise.
Come see us
Book With Either of Them
Tell us the idea and we will match it to the right chair.
610-323-4626