You're 18 NOW!!!

July 15th 2012 marks the 18th Year Anniversary for Chrome Gardens. How exciting is this?!!! VERY!!

We are over-joyed in celebration and in our efforts to make the studio an even better environment for you and for myself. We are making the transition into a private, exclusive studio. What does this mean?

This means that we will no longer be open as a street studio. This means that our studio will... be private for an even more pleasurable experience to be had by all.

We will be providing a lounge for my clients to rest or chill after and/or before the long journey. A lounge fully equipped with a flat screen television, coffee, tea, juices, water and snacks, etc. Homemade goods provided by Chef Dan of course.

Providing you with an atmosphere of comfy chairs and sofa to relax, a place to unwind before we start our session or before you head back on the road.

I have been tattooing now for 22 years and this is what I have always dreamed of for my clients and for myself. My clientele have become some of the most diverse and exclusive gathering of people I could ever hope for, serious collectors of fine Japanese and Custom tattoos. It's time for us to go to the next level. This environment will be privileged, comfortable and Zen for everyone.
This DOES NOT mean I'm retiring or not accepting new clients or new projects, I'M ALWAYS READY FOR NEW WORK, it means that, you as my client, will get to enjoy an even better premier
experience beyond the work I do on you.

For those of you that have appointments after July 16th the only change that will happen, will be a simple push of the buzzer at the door and Linda will be there to let you in. So, business as usual for myself, same great location, just an immersion of a long awaited dream that has become reality.

If anyone has any questions or a need for additional information please let me know.

I can't wait to share this new journey and experience with all of you.

All my love and gratitude,
Stacy

 

PEACE, LOVE, & MOTHERFUCKIN' TATTOOS!!!!!

Dunno...

Honestly I don't know why I started a Blog, I'm horrible at keeping up with it.
I've just been so busy with work and life, it seems sometimes the time it takes to sit here and write
is just wasted. No one reads this damn thing anyway LOL

Staying steady at work, booking into the end of October now, which has a few people pissy but honestly if you don't want to wait for me then you really don't want work from me. I am but one person with two arms and I work my ass off on large pieces not lil flash trinkets. Look at my portfolio before you come to talk to me, see that I work on sleeves, back pieces, full body suits and if you feel that I'm the right person to do your hummingbird tattoo than guess what? You're going to have to be patient before I'm able to get you into my schedule, it's as simple as that. I try to accommodate as many people as possible...but I also have a life. I'm just telling it like it is.


So, yes I've been staying very busy with some incredibly fun pieces. A little of this and little of that...
Jim's sleeve is coming along very well, we just finished the color on the Hannya mask and we'll be moving on up to the "Lover's Kiss"
Kristie is a new client and we did a great session doing all her outline for her 3/4 sleeve of mums with water and wind. This is her first project and she sat like a real pro.
I've been plugging away at DJ's back, what a cover-up, this is almost as bad as Christian's but at least with DJ there's only the entire right shoulder to hide and not his entire lower back. So far the design is covering well and I'm really enjoying the outcome so far.

Just finished a really fun half sleeve on a new client it took 10 hours and 2 sessions. Joe was NOT fucking around, this guy is an animal. We were all so impressed with his ability to sit for 5 solid hours each session and then healing his work flawlessly. WAY TO GO JOE!!! Now his piece you'll have to go back to my website and look in my In Progress Gallery. I'll give you a hint, it has lotus flowers.

Well folks it's time for me to get down to business and do some drawings for upcoming pieces.
Thanks for those who read this...thanks for any comments made and then rest of you..I guess you're just creepsters.

PEACE, LOVE, & MOTHERFUCKIN' TATTOOS!!!!!

M.I.A. I'm back!!!!!

Sorry guys and gals, the new year turned out to be way busier than I had anticipated, but I'm back!!
It's been crazy and wonderful for the past month,  work has kept me busy as usual and I've been involved with two upcoming books. Both are coming out this summer; the first one is a compilation of tattoo artists who've provided the publisher with some of their best tattoos of flowers and other natures gifts. When Nature Calls like I said will be coming out this summer, and I will keep you guys posted to where you can purchase this goody. Now for something really special, my work will be heavily featured in the book Asian Tattoo Motifs which will be published internationally and will also be coming out this summer. Both of these books will be available for purchase and anyone wanting signed copies just let me know. I'm pumped and I hope you are too!!!

Now for work, keeping me busy and creatively on a natural high!! I've picked up  some great new clients and some awesome additions to long time clients. I've been working Jeremy's melon with a great Samurai Skull, just added color to Andrew's second sleeve from me, Chris's huge leg sleeve is finally outlined and we'll be starting color soon, and Anya will be getting color to her belly dancer in the next month or so. As always you can see more of my in progress work on my personal site http://www.tattoosbystacy.com

Kade( Jeremy and Nikki's youngest son) one of the smallest members of the Chrome Gardens Tattoo Family. Also I've brought on Josh Colledge, who's a newbie to tattooing but making a fine impression on clients. Christian is staying busy and has an ever increasing clientele. Our newest member to the staff at the studio is Darlene, she's coming in to assist Linda on Thursday's to keep the masses in line at the front.


Well that's it for now my peeps, I wanna make some progress on a watercolor in the works and enjoy my Sunday with family. I hope you are all well and enjoying this really mild winter.

PEACE, LOVE, & MOTHERFUCKIN' TATTOOS!!!!

Snow in October?

You must be fucking joking!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! It's enough to make me lose my sense of humor, but we survived through it!! It's great to have a geni.

So, a topic of discussion has risen amongst my friends and I about these studios doing, $10, $13 and $50 tattoos on stupid gimmicks like Friday the 13th, Halloween and Breast Cancer ribbons. Tattoos that cheap don't even pay for the set up, the equipment being used. If a studio or an artist has to cheapen themselves that low to make money, there's a real problem. Maybe they need to take a hard look at the way they do business, or their superior attitude keeping them from getting work. That would be my first thought. Studios that do gimmicks put a bad name on our craft, it shows that all they care about is the "money". They don't care if they're doing quality work or setting a standard. They don't care if their cutting corners in their sterilization or prep, they just wanna get you in and out, like an assembly line. Serious people looking for serious work don't seak out artists who cheapen themselves with deals, breaks and trades. What we do as tattoo artists is a perfected craft that demands respect and when the artists themselves don't respect it, how do they expect anyone to take them serious?

That's my lil rant for the month. I should probably go around to every studio that does this dumb shit and thank them, it allows me to get connect with the serious collectors and do major work.

THANKS GUYS FOR BEING CHEAP ASSHOLES!!! PEACE!

Major new updates on my personal site so check it http://www.tattoosbystacy.com

My girl Peg sported her Chrome Gardens T-shirt on the Great Wall when she visited China this past month. YOU LOOK GREAT PEG!!!!

PEACE, LOVE, & MOTHER FUCKIN' TATTOOS!!!!

BLOGGER CAN SUCK IT!!!

I wrote a new blog a couple days ago, it was pretty good one too. It said it was "auto saving" but when I went to publish it the button wouldn't work, so I went into the saved blogs and it wasn't there. FUCKERS!!!

I will write another one, when I'm not so pissed off at technology for waisting my time!!!
BLOGGER YOU SUCK!!!

PEACE, LOVE & MOTHER FUCKIN' TATTOOS!!!!

Where'd the sun go?

Brrrrrrrr...OK Autumn is here!!!

It's Wednesday, my day to stay home in my drawing studio and work on designs. This rain tho isn't helping with the inspiration level...I'll work it out. Let's see put some jams on and rock out a bit, that always helps. I've been working on a lot of great pieces lately, my favorite lately is Jim's phoenix, dragon and peony sleeve, as well as Anya's belly dancer. I am certainly staying busy, I have about 6 to 8 half sleeves in progress and a couple cover-ups. Starting a major back cover-up in a couple weeks with a bonsai and lucky bats. A lot of new clients walking in the door, in two weeks I start a sleeve on a great guy from Baton Rouge, all day session, Geisha and Crane! FUN!

The house is finished being painted, it's like moving in all over again to a new place. Getting some new pieces of furniture to complete that new home feeling and the color is so peaceful. After a long day I love nothing more than coming home to a calm, relaxing house.

My birthday is coming up, made reservations months ago at Morimoto's in Philly. Always wanted to go, and well shit turning 44 is enough of a reason so we're doing it. So, looking forward to a great night of tons of good sake, good food and good friends.

I realized yesterday morning that I have lost 10 pant sizes and 12 inches off my waist, STOKED!!! It's been a lot of work and well worth it. No dairy, No wheat, No processed sugars, No eggs, No red meat. It's been a lot of Tofu, rice, veggies and fruit. Getting rid of negative people in my life has helped as well. You don't realize when you're in the middle of it, but people who are negative, mean and cruel to others affect your health more than you think. And Karma is a beautiful thing and what a sling-shot affect it's had this past year. I'm not happy to see others suffer but when someone has it coming to them because they've misrepresented themselves and had hidden motives, it's good to see that they finally get exposed for the frauds they are.

OK my peeps I gotta get to the drawing board, I hope you are all well and keeping away from sick people, physically, mentally and emotionally.

PEACE, LOVE, AND MOTHER FUCKIN' TATTOOS!!!!

Summer Sun...

and fun!! This summer has been great!! SO much going on...but having the time to get away for a few days was priceless. Hoping to do it again in October!! Made my reservations for Morimoto's for my birthday!!! SOOOO looking forward to that, I may pee a lil when we're served.

My Shige print arrived and is proudly displayed in the studio. I was so thrilled that it came on fabric!! It's BEAUTIFUL!!!! I never imagined it would have been printed on fabric, what an amazing idea. If I knew how to sew I would buy a couple more and make myself a pair of pants.

I've been sanding and staining a skate board deck, using a dark walnut stain, it's coming out really well, I'm stoked to put on my design. Hopefully by this weekend it'll be dry and I can start drawing. I want to order a few more decks to do a series of vaginal paintings. Yeah I know I'm odd.

A couple Monday's ago went to visit Anya and we worked more on my leg, maybe one or two more session and it'll be finished. Then it's onto my other concepts for my other leg. In a couple weeks I start her belly dancer!!! We're doing that on her upper thigh, I may have to re size it, she's such a lil thing I may have drawn it larger than the area I have, oh well we'll see. I love being able to get work from an artist a really respect. She doesn't have any of that Kat Von "duck face" wanna-be attitude, which is so refreshing right now in the industry. It seems like every artist I come across wants to be a rock star and not an artist. They're more focused on themselves and not their clients, which is blowing up in their faces! I get new clients every day who tell me they're sick of those "ego emo artsy" types. Clients are real people, and they're looking for real people to do their work not the drama they see on TV.

Here's a beautiful boy who came to me from all the way in Montana, we had an all day 7.5 hour session. What a lot of work for both of us, we were exhausted by the end of it all. He hitched hiked from the Harrisburg International Airport, now that's determinatin!! He's going to be sending me some healed pictures soon.

I have been doing a ton of Koi pieces this summer, I'm going to change my name to "The Koi Lady" LMAO I love doing them, so I'm not complaining at all, it's just funny that as it stands right now I'm working on 6 different Koi pieces. Wacky! It must be out in the universe that it's the summer of Koi.

I'm also working on a lot of Hannya, in fact I just got a request for a Hannya and Koi leg sleeve. :D

Well my peeps, loved ones and interested parties, I gotta set up for my day, working on a pre-rennensance portrait style tattoo of baby Jesus and his momma half sleeve. Then later tonight starting a bio-mech man!!

PEACE, LOVE, & MOTHER FUCKIN' TATTOOS!!!!!