OUR COLLABORATION WITH TATTOO ARTIST - EVILS

EVILS - TATTOO ARTIST AND OWNER OF SWORD OF THORNS TATTOO

This year, we're collaborating with more artists to expand our offering. Last year, I started a tattoo apprenticeship with Curtis (Evils), and it felt like I immersed myself in the tattoo space more. As I continue with my journey into tattooing, it feels right to collaborate with more artists. Through Thirteen Supply Co, I have established a good knowledge of design, print and production, and love creating merchandise.

After numerous conversations with other artists, I found out that the main issue with creating products was the admin and production side of things. From the start, we have produced our products in-house, and we have built a process that works well for us. I then realised that there's no reason we can't expand this process to work with other like-minded artists, and it made sense to start with the person who is showing me everything I know about tattooing. 

Curtis works from his shop, Sword Of Thorns, which is based in Stockton-On-Tees. The video below is an interview we did with him to go along with our first collaboration release. We captured him tattooing one day, and had a chat about his influences, how he would describe his style, and the challenges of being a tattoo artist. 

This is the first time we have collaborated on some products, and it's not the last. We have more planned for the year, and we aim to create a space where artists can create products easily, knowing the quality of them will be of a high standard. We want to make a space which showcases people doing great things, so our YouTube will be where we document this, capturing the people behind the art and bringing more conversations to our customers. 

The full collection is available in the 'Collab' section of our website. As we do more of these collaborations, this is the space that we'll be adding them to, so over time, it becomes a place where you can discover new artists. 

If you would like to get a tattoo from Evils, just follow his booking process outlined on his Instagram. Make sure to follow him on his socials too - Instagram + YouTube