247 Ink Magazine (April/May) 2017 Issue#14 | Page 148

get work done by you ? It was really crazy . I can ’ t really describe it . With Rihanna , it wasn ’ t too bad because I had met her already . It was still super nerve wracking . When Pete , who had taught me moved , it ended my apprenticeship early . Then I was offered a job at Love Hate ( Love Hate Social Club ) in London , which is Ami James ’ shop . So I decided to make the move . The area that the shop is in , which is Notting Hill , is a huge celebrity oriented area . There are tons of celebrities who live there . We had a ton of celebrities coming through the shop . That was my first glimpse of tattooing celebrities . That ’ s when I tattooed Sienna Miller within a few weeks of working there . That was really weird ( laughs ). A good weird . I feel like nothing surprises me now because they ’ ll be these random things that happen without any real planning .
How did you tattooing Rihanna come about ? I was in New York visiting and at the time Rihanna was following me on Instagram for some time so I guess she was familiar with my
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get work done by you ? It was really crazy . I can ’ t really describe it . With Rihanna , it wasn ’ t too bad because I had met her already . It was still super nerve wracking . When Pete , who had taught me moved , it ended my apprenticeship early . Then I was offered a job at Love Hate ( Love Hate Social Club ) in London , which is Ami James ’ shop . So I decided to make the move . The area that the shop is in , which is Notting Hill , is a huge celebrity oriented area . There are tons of celebrities who live there . We had a ton of celebrities coming through the shop . That was my first glimpse of tattooing celebrities . That ’ s when I tattooed Sienna Miller within a few weeks of working there . That was really weird ( laughs ). A good weird . I feel like nothing surprises me now because they ’ ll be these random things that happen without any real planning .

How did you tattooing Rihanna come about ? I was in New York visiting and at the time Rihanna was following me on Instagram for some time so I guess she was familiar with my