Berlin Mitte · Est. 2011 · By appointment only
Permanent
Things, Done
Right.
Eight artists. One studio. Fourteen years of skin. We don't do walk-ins, we don't do flash on-demand, and we definitely don't do tribal. What we do - quietly, slowly - is the best work in Mitte. Custom briefs, three-week consult, two-month wait. Worth it.
What we
actually
do.
Six things, done well. We turn down maybe a third of briefs - usually because another studio in the city is a better fit. Honesty is part of the price.
Custom Tattoo
A one-off piece, drawn for you. Three-week consult, then a single sitting or staged across multiple. Includes all artwork rounds.
Touch-Up Session
Refresh existing work - ours or someone else's. We'll consult honestly on whether it's worth the hour or whether a cover-up serves better.
Flash Tattoo
Pieces from our resident sheets - small to medium, walk-up second-Saturday only. First come, first booked, no negotiation on size.
Cover-Up
Heavy black-work or large illustrative pieces over existing tattoos. Honest brief - we won't hide what we can't, we'll redesign instead.
Consultation
Sit-down at the studio, paid against your booking. Brief review, placement, timing. Bookable independently for second opinions.
Day Booking
Block out an artist for a full eight-hour day - large back-pieces, sleeves, multi-part briefs. Includes lunch and consultation.
Recent
work.
Eight pieces from the past sixty days. Each photographed in-studio, healed. Filter by style.
Eight
working
hands.
Each artist sets their own waitlist and their own rate. Some take new clients monthly, some only quarterly. We pair you on the consult - change is always allowed.
Kira Ziegler
Founded the studio in 2011. Heavy black-work, sacred geometry, large-format pieces. Twelve-week wait, mostly worth it.
Jonas Dahl
Six years from Copenhagen. Photoreal portraiture and animal studies - the studio's go-to for memorial work.
Rae Morimoto
Resident since 2019. Fine-line botanicals, single-needle, hand-poked work on request. Closed waitlist quarterly.
Marcus Vela
Old-school American Traditional from Lisbon - bold lines, solid colour, and a stubborn refusal to do anything subtle.
For the
regulars who
stay.
Three perks. No app, no card, no points. We track everything in the studio book - you'll know where you stand the moment you walk in.
Free Touch-Ups For Life
Any piece done at Black Iron - refresh it free of charge, forever, with the original artist. We stand behind what we make.
Priority Slots, Two Per Year
After your third piece, you skip the public waitlist twice a year. Useful when an artist closes books for the quarter.
Bring-A-Friend Day, Annually
One Saturday in November - book a day, bring a first-timer. They get a free flash piece, you get a free hour added to yours.
Ready when
you are.
Consults take ten minutes - bring references or none at all.
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