Small pieces & flash
Coin-to-palm pieces, script, symbols and the flash sheet on the wall. Walk-in on flash days.
from $150shop minimum per sitting
William Street, Northbridge
Custom tattoo studio in Northbridge — drawn for you, once.
A private studio for the first piece you've carried around as a screenshot for two years, the collector booking her next sitting, the name that needs to become something else, and the pair who want matching fine-line. Pick the placement, size and style on the map, read the price off the booking card, then ask us for a consult.
Free 20-minute consult, every piece Single-use needles · autoclave on site Est. 2015 · three resident artists
The Placement Map
A5 on the forearm, fine-line, three hours
front view · $180/h · consult, drawing, stencil and one touch-up included
Booking card
A5 fine-line · forearm
$540
3 h at $180/h · $100 deposit comes off the sitting$100 deposit off the sitting
The map as a list (same booking, in words)
Build the piece
Choose where it goes, how big, and in what style. The map redraws and the booking card updates. Every sitting includes the consult, the drawing, the stencil and one free touch-up within three months — none of that is a line item.
Work & rates
Seven kinds of work, one rate card
Custom fine-line
Single-needle botanicals, script and delicate line — drawn to the size of your placement.
$180per hour
Traditional & blackwork
Bold outlines, solid black, heavy shading. Built to still read clean in thirty years.
$180per hour
Colour work
Flat colour and packed saturation — neo-traditional, illustrative and watercolour finishes.
$200per hour
Realism
Black-and-grey portraits, animals, florals — soft gradients, long careful sittings.
$220per hour
Cover-ups & reworks
The old name, the holiday regret, the faded piece from 2009. We draw around it and go heavier.
+2 hoursdrawing time, at the style rate
Sleeves & back pieces
Large-scale work is planned in sessions and priced as a whole project, not by the hour on a card.
Quoted at consultation
- Est. 2015 · Northbridge
- ABN 00 000 000 352
- Skin penetration registered — City of Perth, SP 0000
- Single-use needles · hospital-grade autoclave
- Three resident artists · guest spots monthly
- Vegan inks on request
Reviews
Three chairs, in their words
My first one. I'd built it up for years and it didn't hurt anywhere near what I'd braced for — Jess told me the forearm was the easy spot, talked me through every pass and stopped whenever I asked. Two hours, and I sat there wishing it was bigger.
Had an ex's name on the ribs for eleven years. Marco drew a magpie over it in one consult, and you genuinely can't find the letters now. Cost more than the original, worth ten times more.
Matching fine-line pieces, side by side, same afternoon. They redrew our reference so the two actually belonged together instead of just being copies. Both healed clean, both still sharp a year on.
Demo reviews written for this demonstration — the real studio's Google reviews would feed in here.
Where we are
One studio on William Street, clients from all over the metro
Blackwattle is a destination studio: nobody drops in for a tattoo on the way past. Most clients come from the inner city and the near suburbs, and a good few drive up from Fremantle or across from the eastern suburbs for a particular artist. Northbridge is a ten-minute walk from Perth station and there's parking behind the Cultural Centre.
- Northbridge
- Perth CBD
- Leederville
- Mount Lawley
- Subiaco
- Victoria Park
- Fremantle
- Scarborough
Questions
What people ask before they book
How much does it hurt?
Honestly, it depends on the spot. Ribs and feet are the sharpest; the outer forearm and outer thigh are the easiest. Most people say it's a hot scratch that fades into background noise after twenty minutes. We take breaks whenever you want them, and a fed, rested, sober client feels far less than a nervous one on an empty stomach.
How do I book, and what's the deposit?
Send the form below or ring the studio. We'll book a free 20-minute consult, and to lock in your sitting we take a $100 deposit — it comes straight off the price of the sitting. Reschedule with 48 hours' notice and it carries over.
Can I bring my own design?
Yes — bring the reference, the screenshot, the sketch on the napkin. We'll redraw it so it's yours: sized to your placement, cleaned up so it heals well, and not a copy of somebody else's tattoo.
How old do I have to be?
Eighteen, with photo ID, no exceptions — that's the WA skin penetration rules and we don't bend them for a parent's signature.
How do I look after it?
Wrap off after a few hours, wash gently with plain soap, pat dry, a thin layer of the cream we give you two or three times a day. No sun, no swimming, no soaking for two weeks. Full aftercare sheet goes home with you and lives on your phone.
Do you do walk-ins? What about sleeves and removal?
Walk-ins are for flash days only — flat-priced on the day, with the sheet posted the week before. Otherwise everything is by appointment. Sleeves, back pieces, large cover-ups and hand-poke are quoted at consultation as a whole project; we don't do laser removal but we'll point you to a clinic we trust.
Book a consult
Tell us the idea and where you want it. We'll ring you to set a consult.
- The consult is free and takes twenty minutes — bring your reference, or just the idea.
- Your placement, size and style from the map come across with the request, so we're drawing from the first phone call.
- Sleeves, back pieces and big cover-ups are planned as a project across sittings — say so and we'll book a longer consult.
We'd call or text you back within one business day, from a Northbridge number, with a consult time and the artist we think fits the piece. Prefer text? Say so and we'll never ring.
Open Tue–Sat 10am–6pm · late Thursday till 8 · closed Sun–Mon