Common questions, answered in full

The drawing decides it. A design taken off the studio sheets at the size it was drawn for is the flash piece; anything drawn for one body and no other is a half-day sitting, or a full-day sitting when the piece is large enough that splitting it would mean a second stencil. Work going over existing work is the cover and rework, and a piece that has healed unevenly is the touch-up sitting. If none of that is obvious yet, the design consultation is the one that names it.

The listed price is what the counter charges for that service, and all six are printed on the services page rather than quoted on request. Where a price is marked from, it moves with the size of the piece and the number of sittings it needs, and that figure is said out loud and written down at the consultation, before anything is booked. Nothing appears at the counter that was not said at the chair.

The artist says so and names the one that does, before starting. That applies at the chair and in the reply to a message. Nothing is begun on a service that will not work and nothing is charged for a service that was not carried out.

No. The Book action opens the contact page and the contact form sends a message that an artist reads during opening hours, and neither one holds a chair by itself. A time is reserved only once the studio has replied and the day and the hour have been agreed, so a message sent at midnight is answered the following working afternoon rather than booked overnight.

Yes, and naming the artist in the message is the whole of it. If that artist is not working on the day being asked about, the reply says so and offers the days they are, rather than quietly putting the sitting with somebody else. All four take every service on the board, and the artist who starts a piece is the artist who finishes it.

A message through the contact form or an email as early as possible is all that is needed. The studio asks for as much notice as can reasonably be given so a half or a whole day can go to somebody else, and it does not charge for a cancellation.

Eat beforehand and bring something to eat during a long one, because a half-day and a full-day sitting are both long enough that it matters. Come without alcohol in the system, which thins the blood and spoils how the ink sits, and wear something that reaches the placement without having to be held out of the way for hours. Photographic identification is needed for a first sitting: nobody under the age of eighteen is tattooed here, with or without a parent.

The name, email address, telephone number and message go to Ironline Tattoo Studio so that an artist can reply, and they are not used for marketing unless the subscribe form was filled in separately. The privacy notice sets out how long they are kept and how to ask for them to be deleted.