The Great British Tattoo Show took place at Olympia in London on the 21 and 22 April 2012. What a great event, it was the first Tattoo show
Jazz Publishing had hosted in London at Olympia, and it turned out to be a great success!
There were tattoo artists and entertainment everywhere. A great exhibition area that consisted of various artists tattooing live, which for someone like me who doesn't even own one, quite an experience. The art work of these artists is incredible what a talent! People were coming in and giving the artist a picture of what they wanted and away they went, incredible!
Along side all the artists there was many clothing stands and a fantastic BMX ramp area which was very popular.
I had been asked to stage manage the fashion show and entertainment for the main catwalk stage. This definitely brought the crowds in. There some great fashion shows consisting of clothing from Traditional, Contemporary and Urban styles provided by vendors attending the event with some fantastic models who had some fascinating tattoos themselves who really came together as a team to create a great show.
This where I lived back stage for two days:-) - after day 1, reorganised !
Amongst all the shows and entertainment the host for the event
Paul Sweeney a fantastic compare kept the crowds going for hours!
After all the tattooing and the entertainment came the Tattoo Awards which consisted of various tattoo categories which anyone could enter as well as the best of the day category, which allowed those people who had their tattoo done at the show that day could enter and be judged. The judges were Sion Smith editor of Skin Deep Magazine and Woody editor of Tattoo Master. A great weekend and run by a fantastic team! 
After day one!
The whole team after the whole show!
