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Octopus Tattoo

WWW.GERRYCARNELLY.CO.UK

About Me

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Shop Owner/Artist of Octopus Tattoo, 3 Duffield Rd, Derby England, DE1..3BB, 01332 204240, WWW.GERRYCARNELLY.CO.UK. I specialise in high impact colour work, with heavy emphasis on the biomech/ organic style. Anything with marine life, insects, flowers, robots, sci-fi or general oddity are most definitely my thing. Born feet first, left handed, double jointed, right brainer for sure. Tattoos, music, art and my awesome wife Sylveline are what keep me going. And food.

My Interests

Art, Tattoos, non mainstream music and films, forteana/strange phenomena, Nature, travelling, meeting people and slowly breaking down their personalities .

I'd like to meet:

Square pegs in round holes (oof!) No gangsta rap guys, no one under the age of eighteen, no scratchers/bad tattooists, the list goes on....

Music:

Where to start? NoMeansNo, Big Black, Fugazi, Jesus Lizard, Tad, Killdozer, Melvins, Naked Raygun, Scorn, Coil, Nurse With Wound, The Residents, early Tangerine Dream, Can, Neu!, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Do Make Say Think, Labradford, Robert Rich, Add N to X, Smog, Mogwai, Low, Samuel Jackson Five, Arthur Lyman, Martin Denny, Man Or Astroman, The Accused, Kyuss, Kraftwerk, Boards Of Canada, Cluster, Anything bizarre and strange....

Movies:

Koyaanisqatsi series, David Lynch, Cronenberg, Donnie Darko,Rita Sue and Bob Too, Mike Leigh, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Coen brothers, Tron, Dead Man's Shoes, Memento, 2001, Terry Gilliam's stuff, et cetera.......

Television:

The Prisoner, Reeves and Mortimer, Peep Show, Alan Partridge, Family Guy,The Mighty Boosh....

Books:

The Magus, Our Band Could Be Your Life, Naked Lunch,any Burroughs really, Kurt Vonnegut Jr, Clive Barker, Harry Crews, Elmore Leonard, James Ellroy,on and on and on....

Heroes:

by David Bowie.

My Blog

PEOPLE WANTED FOR BIOMECH PROJECT

I'm starting a collaborative project with Bez from Triple Six Tattoo in Sunderland, and I'm looking for people who would be up for getting a large peice of biomech tattooed on them.It has to be blank ...
Posted by Octopus Tattoo on Sun, 18 May 2008 08:05:00 PST

GUEST SPOTS FOR 2008

Okay, here's who's here when....I'm at Triskele Tattoos in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland from 30th June until 6th July.Jeremy "Motherfucking" Justice from Eye Candy Tattoo in Seattle will be here 10th...
Posted by Octopus Tattoo on Fri, 02 May 2008 10:23:00 PST

CONFIRMED FOR EVIAN CONVENTION.

Es verdad, we're now confirmed for that one too. Looking forward to it, should be doss - o - rama!
Posted by Octopus Tattoo on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:46:00 PST

CONVENTIONS FOR 2008

We'll be attending the following conventions this year....Brighton Tattoo ConventionSkin Tech, ManchesterInk and Iron, BirminghamTattoo Jam, Llandudno, N. Wales.Evian Le Bains, France (unconfirmed as ...
Posted by Octopus Tattoo on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:45:00 PST

GUEST SPOT AT THOU ART

I'll be doing a couple of days up at Thou Art in Sheffield on Monday Jan 7th and Tues Jan 8th, and again on Feb 4th and 5th .I've got a couple of spaces free, so if you want a tattoo from me, give us ...
Posted by Octopus Tattoo on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:42:00 PST

NEW FLASH SET

As you can see in my Pics, there's a new flash set available. If you would like one, they're £50 for 5 sheets (lines included), plus £2.00 postage.I will be getting PayPal in the near future, but in t...
Posted by Octopus Tattoo on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:54:00 PST

JAMES WOODFORD GUEST SPOT!

The cheeky James "Woody" Woodford will be guesting at Octopus Tattoo from Weds November 28th, until Saturday 1st Dec. If you want to book in to get some work, I recommend it, he's ace.Give us a call a...
Posted by Octopus Tattoo on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:33:00 PST

T SHIRTS NOW AVAILABLE!!

Octopus Tattoo T shirts are now available, see My Pictures. It's a small selection of the colours available, there are others. The print colours are red, green, and silver.We will be selling them via ...
Posted by Octopus Tattoo on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:27:00 PST