Every tattoo at this Hamilton studio is designed from scratch around the client's body, in black and grey realism, colour, Māori-inspired work and cover-ups. The studio is at 394 Grey Street, Shop 7, Lovegrove Lane, Hamilton. The website says it is open Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 5pm, and that a $100 deposit confirms a booking, with a design discussion before the session. Work includes portraits, animals, skulls, religious pieces, memorial tattoos, sleeves and cover-ups. Small tattoos are listed as starting around a few hundred dollars as at 2026, and larger pieces need a quote. The site says clients travel from the Waikato and around New Zealand, and lists a Best of Show award at the NZ Tattoo Festival in 2015 and 13 international awards.
Customers mention the comfortable atmosphere most often, along with friendly staff, banter and attention to detail. One reviewer says the studio is clean, welcoming and professional, and that the artist listened to their ideas and turned them into something better. Another had a first tattoo at 20 and came back years later for a full back piece, calling the artist approachable and warm. Of the nearby tattoo studios with ten or more reviews, none rates higher than this one. The only other studio within a kilometre is CaliLou's Tattoos, 0.1 km away.