Tattoo Shop in Bury

Hi Everyone, Thanks for making the time to visit my website. I remember almost 5 years ago, when Covid kicked in, and I was in lockdown in my flat in Leeds, that was the first time I had time to stop, and think about my life long term, and the more I thought of it, the more I realised, I wanted to move back to Manchester, for long term, my Mum was here, its here where everything started. The more I wanted to move back, the more I used to think, how I’m I going to do it? I was tattooing in Leeds for 13 years, and I had built my life and business around all that time. Things kept happening to me in Leeds, things I will never mention online, but everything had to happen in order to open the doors for me to come back to Manchester. So here I’m, after 5 years, of taking risks, leaving everything behind, to start again from scratch. I remember, being sat with my Mum, outside The Village Hotel in Manchester, letting her know for the first time that I wanted to move back to Manchester, and she looked at me with a surprising and happy eyes, but I remember thinking, how is it going to happen? It seemed something so difficult to do, but I did it. Sometimes I look back at when I wanted to move back, and I look at where I’m now, its almost surreal that I managed to do it. I would like to thank everyone who motivated me to move back to Leeds, including people I have worked with, thank you so much. I have transformed every experience I had in Leeds in to something positive which it was, moving back to Manchester.

In 2006, I had started tattooing in Bury Greater Manchester, and it was in Bury College where I learned English, so Bury has a special place for me, as its where I started my life in the UK, and where I had my first experiences living in the UK.

So in this blog I would like to talk about the beginning of tattoo shops in Bury, and how its nowadays. I can talk about it, because even knowing I started in 2006, I have worked with Tattoo Artists who have been tattooing in  Bury for so long.

 Tattoo Shops in Bury

The first Tattooist in Bury his name is Dave Heap. Dave is now retired, and still lives in Lancashire. Dave’s tattoo style is very traditional, and I think that’s great. A lot of young Tattooists do traditional Tattoos, but Dave is from the times where the traditional tattoos were made. I have Dave on my Facebook, and sometimes we speak on messenger, and one of the things Dave mentioned, that stood out to me the most, was when he said “ I had Bury to myself for almost 30 years” That shows you how long he had been tattooing. I’m sure Dave has some amazing stories to tell about tattooing from back in the day in Lancashire Bury, which now is classed as greater Manchester.

After Bury’s first Tattoo Studio opened with Dave, the next tattoo shop in Bury that open it’s doors in the  90’s was Mad House Tattoo on the Rock. I believe that Tattoo studio was also opened by someone called Dave, who later started working with other artist’s in the tattoo shop in Bury.

Sween, who now owns Odin’s Eye Tattoo, used to get tattooed at Mad House, back in the 90’s.

The Tattooists who used to work at mad house, end up going to work at Rochdale Road, then for years, until the early 2000’s, there was only 2 Tattoo shops in Bury. I believe, mad house was closed down for a bit, and re-opened by a Tattoo Artist called Shaun. I remember Shan, as he was on the rock when I started my apprenticeship in Bury.

When I left Bury in 2009, there was only 2 Tattoo Studio in Bury. Coming back after nearly 13 years, the number of Tattoo shops have doubled. Theres a lot of more Tattoo shops in Bury nowadays, a lot of better work is being done from when I used to tattoo in Bury.

If I was not a Tattoo Artist, or even if I was still Tattooing in Leeds, and if someone asked me for recommendation to where to get tattooed in the best tattoo shop in Bury, I would recommend Odin’s Eye Tattoo Collective, even if I was not working there.

The reason why is because Sween, Left Hand Tony and Louis Santos all specialise in different styles, and the clients are the ones who win at the end. As the clients are waling out with the best work possible. They have the best variety in tattoo style any Tattoo shop in Bury can offer. Its quiet rare to see that in a tattoo studio.They make the dream team, which is hard to form and build. I have worked with many artist’s in the past and never before I felt like something has clicked so well as a team, and I believe, that clients can feel the love energy when the enter the studio, as its important for the client to feel a good vibe when coming in the tattoo shop in Bury.

Thank you for reading