brighton tattoo convention
i was excited to be going off to my first tattoo convention last saturday. the van was packed and we were to take a slow drive to brighton stopping off to see friends at titnore woods protest camp and in brighton. we were going to find somewhere nice on the downs, get the burner going and have a chilled evening before heading to the convention on the sunday. i had the monday booked off work so we were going to stay another night around brighton and head home then.
unfortunately on the M4 at newbury the wheel bearings went on the van and we had to be put on the back of a truck and brought back home :( luckily i have an astra i use for work so we made it to the convention but with no camper van it was impossible to sleep out (unless we wanted to freeze) so we did it in a day and still managed to see my friend in brighton :)
the convention was great, there were so many great tattoos on show i would have loved to have stopped everyone to inspect their ink! the competitions throughout the day were a really good way to see some of the tattoos people owned as they had to get up on stage to show them off. it was great walking round and seeing so many talented artists at work. i especially liked watching the traditional polynesian and samoan tattooist tattooing by hand. it was also fun to see dan gold and phil kyle at work after watching them on london ink.
there was a band on later but we didn't see them. i was a bit disappointed that there wasn't any other entertainment like a burlesque show or a suspension show. i also thought that the halls where the tattooists were got really packed at times and it wasn't that nice. the venue was ok though and food and drink was ok.
it was a great opportunity to take lots of pictures which you can see below...
unfortunately on the M4 at newbury the wheel bearings went on the van and we had to be put on the back of a truck and brought back home :( luckily i have an astra i use for work so we made it to the convention but with no camper van it was impossible to sleep out (unless we wanted to freeze) so we did it in a day and still managed to see my friend in brighton :)
the convention was great, there were so many great tattoos on show i would have loved to have stopped everyone to inspect their ink! the competitions throughout the day were a really good way to see some of the tattoos people owned as they had to get up on stage to show them off. it was great walking round and seeing so many talented artists at work. i especially liked watching the traditional polynesian and samoan tattooist tattooing by hand. it was also fun to see dan gold and phil kyle at work after watching them on london ink.
there was a band on later but we didn't see them. i was a bit disappointed that there wasn't any other entertainment like a burlesque show or a suspension show. i also thought that the halls where the tattooists were got really packed at times and it wasn't that nice. the venue was ok though and food and drink was ok.
it was a great opportunity to take lots of pictures which you can see below...
thanks for looking :) xoxox
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