![]() So many of our customers come and have had bad experiences elsewhere, feeling like they "weren't good enough" or were talked down to by rock-star tattoo artists. We really focus on being friendly, warm, welcoming and trying to steer well clear of the uppity, aloof, "elite" feel so many studios seem to have harboured the last few years. “I own a little family run studio in York opposite the Uni called Chirality Ink. Where do you work and what is it like working there? Frankly, I didn't think I'd get it for a minute, but thought it'd be a good chance to get back on the "get interviewed" pony, so I went for it. The stars aligned and an advert popped up for a tattoo apprentice on my Facebook feed. We were skint, we lived week to week, but being in poverty was still better than that. Eventually, after I had my kids, it was time to go back to work, but I was adamant that I wasn't going to go back to a dead end, soul sucking industry that is selling mobile phones. Essentially a run of soul destroying, dead end jobs, but they paid the bills. "By total accident I left home really young, and worked a string of jobs whatever I could get to pay the bills. Why did you become a tattooist and how did you start in the industry? Yayo sent out regular blog writer Matt Haddon-Reichardt to get the low down on how Samantha survived the lockdown and why she loves all creatures, great and small. Samantha Barker is a talented tattooist who has her feet on the ground and a work ethic that can't be beat. Those in the industry know its all about hard work, professionalism and a love for all things body art. Its fascinating how many people still think being a tattooist is a rock and roll kind of thing.
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