INK & IRON
Shoreditch, London

INK & IRON

Custom Tattoo Studio

11
Years in the trade
8,000+
Tattoos completed
4
Industry awards
"
Every client walks in with an idea and walks out with a story. Our job is to make sure the story is worth telling forever.

Dex Malone, Founder & Lead Artist

Services

01

Custom Design

Your concept, our obsession. We'll work a design from thumbnail to final stencil before a single needle touches skin. No flash-sheet copies.

From £180
02

Flash Tattoo

Pre-drawn, ready to go. Bold traditional designs available same-day. Walk in on a Tuesday. Walk out with something permanent.

From £80
03

Cover-Up

Regrets happen. We fix them. Every cover-up starts with an honest assessment — we only take the work we can actually transform.

From £220
04

Fine Line

Precision work. Botanical, script, geometric. The kind of tattoo that people ask to photograph in the street.

From £150
05

Large Scale

Sleeves, back pieces, full legs. Long-form projects that require planning, patience, and absolute technical confidence. We have all three.

From £400/session

Artists

DM
Founder
Dex Malone
Japanese & Traditional · 11 years
SP
Senior Artist
Suki Park
Fine Line & Botanical · 7 years
RT
Artist
Raf Torres
Blackwork & Geometric · 5 years
NC
Artist
Nadia Cross
Portraits & Realism · 6 years

The Process

01

Consultation & Design

Tell us everything. Reference images, rough sketches, the vague feeling you can't quite describe. We listen before we draw. Consultation is free and carries zero obligation.

02

Deposit & Booking

A 30% deposit locks your session and your artist. The design gets finalised in the two weeks before your appointment. No surprises on the day.

03

The Session

Come fed, come hydrated, come with good music suggestions. We run a clean, calm studio. The work takes as long as it takes — we don't rush permanence.

04

Aftercare

We send you home with a full aftercare kit and written instructions. Your ink heals best when followed to the letter. Touch-ups within the first year are on us.

Testimonials

★★★★★

"Dex did my full Japanese sleeve over six sessions — koi, waves, the lot. I've been tattooed in Tokyo, Berlin, New York. This is the best work on my body. The shading on the water alone is something I'd frame."

JR
James R.
Japanese sleeve — Dex Malone
★★★★★

"Suki did a fine-line botanical piece on my forearm — a fern and two wildflowers. People stop me on the street. I've had three friends book with her since. The consultation process alone made me trust the studio completely."

AM
Amara M.
Fine line botanical — Suki Park
★★★★★

"Nadia turned a terrible tattoo I'd had for twelve years into a portrait of my grandmother. I couldn't speak when I saw the final result. She absolutely nailed the likeness — and then some. Worth every single penny."

TK
Tom K.
Portrait cover-up — Nadia Cross

Shoreditch, East London

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