MERRY CHRISTMAS!

So Christmas is just around the corner and we won't be here, so I think it best to go over (again) what's happening here over that period.

Matt and I will be away from the shop from Saturday 17th of December and we will be back to work on Wednesday the 28th of December. 

The shop will be open business as usual, apart from public holidays but just call first to make sure we are here.

Jamie and Simone will be away from the 24th of December and back on the 6th of February. They will not be taking on anything new or doing consultations for new work until after then. 

Mitch Love and Aaron Bond from Westside (Brisbane) will be here from next week (20th of December). Mitch may have one or two spots still available. Aaron's first week is nearly booked up but he has spot available for the 4 weeks he is here. He will be working Tuesday to Friday, right up until the 20th of January. So if you want to get tattooed send us an email to progressiontattoo@hotmail.com and check out their work at http://www.westsidetattoo.com.au/

Ben Grover will be here from the 28th of Jan, until the 2nd of February. He has plenty of spots available so hit us up. Check out his work at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002657572462&ref=ts

We also have a few other guests artists coming, so stay tuned. We are just working out dates and things still but it's exciting stuff!

Here is some work Matt has finished lately: 

Another old one but only just got a good pic

Another finsihed ages ago but we were never able to get good pics. 

And Matt making progress on:

That's all. Merry Christmas and all that jazz!

NEW ZEALAND BRO!

So here it is.... the much anticipated New Zealand blog entry.....

New Zealand was awesome! We have been once before and loved it, this trip just cemented our love for this beautiful place!! We were only there for 5 days but they were fun filled and we enjoyed every second (except getting up at 3:30am on Monday to come home, Matt still giving me a hard time for organizing that flight). The convention was great, the organisers took great care of everyone. Even though Matt wasn't very busy, we thought it well worth the trip! We got to hang out with some awesome people and visit some great shops while we were in town too. Not to mention buy up a whole heap of new prints and t-shirts (my favorite part of the convention thing, shopping for cool stuff). So without further a do, here is a bunch of pics from our weekend in New Zealand:

Matt's gigantic banner was a show stopper- hehe

Alvaro- our lovely Spanish friend! 

Samoan tattooing, brutal. 

Booth 61- The 3 boys, Ben, Alvaro and Matt, looking like they are conspiring about something.  I wish I got a photo of their faces together :(

Having trouble thinking? 

Meeeeeeee, in Auckland. Happy days :D 

Ferry's and the beautiful ferry building.

Ferry building from a different angel (I like old buildings, can you tell)?

New Zealands finest, awesome shop, awesome artists! 

Creepy, oversized santa and reindeer

I found a place that does the best soy chai and I had a bunch of them over the 5 days we were there.

So all in all a great trip! We plan on going back next year for the New Plymouth show, which sounds like it's going to be a rip snorter (where did I get rip snorter from)?? 

In shop news:

Terry James has one spot left for next week. He was fully booked but someone cancelled on him unfortunately. So next thursday night at 6pm is up for grabs! Check out his work at http://www.facebook.com/terryjamestattoo

Mitch Love is booked out for when he is going to be here too.

Aaron Bond has appointments still available from between the 20th of December and 20th of January. Check out his work at http://www.westsidetattoo.com.au/

Jamie, Simone and Matt are all booked out solid until Christmas. Matt is still doing consultations for work beginning the new year, so if your keen you can still call the shop and arrange a time for that. Jamie and Simone will not be taking on any more new work until after February 6th (they will be on holidays from the 24th of December). But you can still arrange consultations for when they return, or book any on-going work in for when they return. REMEMBER WE HAVE GUESTS ARTISTS HERE WHILE THEY ARE GONE, YOU CAN STILL GET TATTOOED! 

That's it! 

Oh and I quit facebook (not that anyone really cares) I just remember last time I quit facebook people got upset with me because they thought I deleted/blocked them. So nothing personal peeps, facebook just sucks is all :P