Cool Inc. Convention

Its been a year already? wow time has flown by! See the blog post i wrote about last years trip / convention

Cool Inc. convention will be held this weekend 26, 27 and 28 August in Fourways, Johannesburg. I'm bummed that we will not not be in attendance this year, due to the new shop, Cape Electric Tattoo that we recently opened, we have our hands full

If you are in the area be sure to check it out, there will be a bunch of great local artists in ascendance, of what I know the following studios will be there and are confirmed:

Other World Tattoos (Knysna) / Voodoo Ink (Lynnwood, Pretoria) / Phoenix Tattoos (Hartebeespoortdam) / Tattoolya (Weltevreden Park JHB) / Electric Eye (Umhlanga, KZN) / Chapman's Tattoo Studio (Waterkloof, Pta) / Keep It Real (Hatfield) / 1933 (JHB) / Sins of Style (CPT) / Wildfire (CPT) / Buzz Tattoo (JHB) / Tattoolya (JHB) / Living Art (JHB) / Handstyle (JHB) / Golden Tiki (JHB / Studio 52 on Main (CPT)

Sponsor to the Event are

Hunters Dry / Sailor Jerry / Tattoo Goo / Bloodline Clothing / Black Fly / J Sound Productions / Cool Running and 9to5 Supply

Hope everybody there will have a great time!

It's all about now.

Finally, Fully underway and long overdue with the all new and upgraded website coming soon.

New and better stuff, limited and anti-bullshit. For tattooers by tattooers

Fully stocked with Wavely’s Original Dark Black and also FINALLY stocked up with Waverly’s full color range!

Waverly Color 60ml (2oz) prices

Single Bottle 60ml: R130

Japanese Colors 60ml: R220 (RED. ORANGE. PINK)

Full Set of 60ml, includes Japanese Colors: R4300

JAPANESE COLORS

This photo does not justify the intensity and glo of these 3 colors

PICTURES IN ORDER:

ADOBE, AQUA, BANANNA, BLUE, BROWN, CARAMEL, CHARTREUSE, CHOC BROWN, CRIMSON, DARK RED, GOLD, GRAPE, GREEN, JAPANESE ORANGE, JAPANESE PINK, JAPANESE RED, LIGHT BLUE, LIME, MAGENTA, MEDIUM BLUE, MELBA, MINT, OLIVE, ORANGE ORCHE, PAYNE’S GREY, PESIMMON, PINK, PURPLE, RED, SEA FOAM, TIGER ORANGE, WHITE, YELLOW

STAY TRUE

Lighthouse Supply

Jo'Burg 8 - 14 September

So this is a little over due...

Jo'burg was a rad trip, refreshing and accommodating...
Sucks that i left my camera in Cape Town, so it will be pretty much a picture-less post, got a couple of dodgy phone pictures I'll post

I spent most of my time with the Crew from Golden Tiki and Spooky Tattoonz and Handstyle Tattoos, I was meant to get around to the new 1933 Custom Tattoos for a exhibition but for some reason I was mixed up with the dates/days and it didn't work out. bummed.

I cruised around with Ryan "Busta" Bolton most of the time, what a rad dude, between his tow shops, Spooky Tattoonz being his private studio at 44 Stanley in Mill Park and Golden Tiki a new shop in Linden, we tattooed, we talked tattoos, we hanged out, fed his 13 tarantulas, YES 13 FUCKING SPIDERS! awesome. Drank ridiculous amounts of tea, just the way we like it. (thanks Chelsea!) and met rad new people
The two nights that we went out, both nights where free parties, yes free parties, in other words, no cover, FREE DRINKS.

1st party was the album launch for some band, hosted by Iron Fist Ink at The Zone in Rosebank... it was amazing to see old friends and acquaintances, the amounts of free beer consumed was insane.
2nd party was the jo'burg launch of Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry... this was out of hand, free rum, again and lots of it, needles to say we got pretty rat faced... good times... good people...

I spent some time with the dudes from Handstyle Tattoos, and got tattooed by Ross. good guys with a rad shop in Emmarentia, Shop 2 Sandella Court, Cnr Thomas Bowler & Olifants Road, opposite the Johannesburg Botanical gardens. If you are in the area check them out.

Further Jo'burg was filled with business orientated stuff that i wont bore you with...
Here are a couple of pics I took with my phone seeing that I left my camera in Cape Town...

SPOOKY TATTOONZ

Tomas Hooper Business card stuck on the wall... how rad

Iron Fist Ink Party

Tattooed by Ross from Handstyle Tattoos

Couple of orders and some amazing tattoos

I packed a couple of orders this morning that left for Johannesburg. Stoked, rad people and rad shops, good to chat to the artists and hear what they are up to.

Some opening new shops in areas that need it and some local guys building machines, still in prototype phase, but its good to hear...

Read about Ryan Mason from Portland, Oregon today, dont know under what rock I've been hiding to only have found out about him today, he is amazing. he has only been tattooing for about roughly 6 years? dude has got some mad skill and by the looks and sound of his blog he seems like a decent guy.

Some of his work


I PROMISE MY NEXT POST WILL BE MORE SUPPLY ORIENTATED.

New space.

The last two weeks have been a bit of a roller-coaster. Crazy developments and rad progress, some hick-ups and some disappointments but overall more good than bad.

We have found some really cool premises that will be the new home to L.H.S.

We are fucking excited, its huge, well not huge but big enough for us, a little workshop to make and design some really cool custom made equipment, a showroom, a tattoo studio (in collaboration with some great artists from Johannesburg, more on that later), and a mini ramp, yes a MINI RAMP.

The space consists of a larger area of about 90m2, a smaller area of about 25m2 and bathrooms with 3 toilets (yes allot of shitting will go down) 2 showers just to clean off after that early morning surf and a 22m2 balcony for braaing, chilling and looking at beautiful table mountain, yes we have views and we are a stones throw away from the ocean too.

We will be hosting allot at this space and it will be cleaner than your local ER...

The space was used by some dude that did framing, he doesn't do framing any more, well definitely not from this space. ha

Below are some pictures, they might not look like much now, but we get the keys in the next week or so... we will transform it, paint its, polish it and sign it. you'll see what i mean if you have VISION. You will want to be there every day. your welcome. come skate, come get tattooed, come buy really good supplies if you are a tattoo artist, and ONLY if you are a tattoo artist, dont try your luck.

View from the road

Inside larger area (showroom)

Smaller Space (studio)

View from the balcony

Earlobe

Found this piece. Really great. just dont know who the artist is.

Site Launches

I am very happy to announce that the website has official launched.

It has been a tough 6months getting all our ducks in a row and getting everything to this point.

We have product available on the site but the shopping basket and prices are only available to logged-in clients, apply now for your user name and password.

We will be launching custom made footswitches, clipcords and power supplies within the next couple of months, made right here in South Africa with passion and the best quality materials all sourced locally.

Stay with us, bigger things to follow, bare with us, humble beginnings.

LHS.