Brent
started tattooing from an early age and has been tattooing for around forty
years now.
When he was about 15 he had no idea that you could get tattoos in England,
that they seemed the sort of exotic thing that you might have to go to Egypt
or somewhere like that for, but then someone took him to see tattooist
Lenny Wolf in Luton. There Brent got his first tattoo.
It was a swallow with mum written on it and it cost 7s 6d, and he decided
that it would be his last as it hurt so much.
However, like so many others, he was bitten by the bug and went back the next
week for more and over the next couple of years he accumulated lots by various
artists.
Brents desire to actually be a tattooist grew and he tried
again and again to gain a foothold
in a business that has always been a bit of a closed shop. Even finding equipment
was very
difficult and the first lot he was able to buy were not up to the task.
Later he met Ronny
Ackers who offered to teach him to tattoo for the princely sum of
£50.
Over
the next couple of years he worked from home tattooing friends and acquaintances.
He was starting to meet people in the tattoo world and in 1975 he took a leap
of faith and opened the tattoo studio in Dunstable where he has been to this
day.
Brent
is totally dedicated to the art of tattoooing and he has worked to establish
one of the premier sites in the Home Counties.
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