THIS TIME, LINKING UP WITH @HAZZABIRD - ARTIST, DESIGNER, AND ALL ROUND HUNK. SPECIALISING IN ETCHINGS, OLD PAINTINGS, AND MACABRE PIECES, HE SITUATES HIMSELF IN @REVERSECOWGIRLTATTOO IN LONDON.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH HARRY FOR SOME FROLICKING IN THE FIELDS TO TALK ABOUT WORKING, TRAINING, AND ANY WORDS HE’D SHARE WITH ASPIRING TATTOO ARTISTS.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF?
BASED IN LONDON, BEEN TATTOOING FOR 6 YEARS OR SO. I MAINLY DO ETCHINGS, OLD PAINTINGS, MACABRE PIECES THE DARKER THE BETTER!
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO START TATTOOING?
I’VE ALWAYS LOVED THEM, HAVING FIRST SEEN THEM ON MY GRANDAD, WHO HAD TRADITIONAL PIECES FROM HIS DAYS IN THE MERCHANT NAVY.
THINK WAS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE I STARTED!
DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE TATTOO YOU’VE EVER DONE?
NOT ONE SPECIFICALLY. DEFINITE FAVOURITES, THE LARGER SCALE PIECES OR PAINTINGS I’M MOST PROUD OF.
WE KNOW TRAINING IS ALSO A BIG PART OF YOUR LIFE. HOW DO THE TWO, TATTOOING AND WORKING OUT, GO HAND IN HAND FOR YOU?
I USED TO TRAIN PEOPLE FOR MANY YEARS, NOW IT’S JUST FOR ME. IT KEEPS ME A LOT SAFER TATTOOING. WE ALL KNOW SITTING FOR TOO LONG CAN TURN US INTO PRAWNS. I’LL BE RELEASING A PROGRAM SOON FOR TATTOOISTS/DESK JOCKEYS TO KEEP THEIR BODIES SAFER LONG TERM. KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED!
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR CLOTHING BRAND!
HAZZA. IT STARTED OFF AS JUST CLOTHES THAT I WANTED TO MAKE FOR MYSELF, BIG FOCUS ON COMFORT. SMALL DROPS AND SOME MADE TO ORDER, SOME EXCITING PIECES COMING SOON!
FOR ANYONE WANTING TO START TATTOOING, WHATS SOME ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE THEM?
DRAW AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, GET TATTOOS, ASK QUESTIONS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. KEEP YOUR SELF HUMBLE AND LEAD WITH KINDNESS. FINALLY IF YOU WANT LONGEVITY FOCUS ON KNOWING YOUR WHOLE CRAFT NOT JUST YOUR STYLE!
