WELCOME TO
PUNKTURE TATTOO & PIERCING

Punkture Tattoo had been running for some years now and have been located in the Gateshead area for 5 years. Our feedback is second to none and our studio which consists of Tattoo room in the front of building and Piercing studio in a seperate room. The whole atmosphere is very relaxed and high standard of sterile environment.

Our aim is to give our client an Affordable high quality design and specialise in many different styles as can be seen in our portfolio.

Piercings are all carried out with needles and Titanium jewellery, all in sterile pouches which we open infront of our clients to give reassurance that you are in safe hands.

PLEASE SEE OUR ACADEMY PAGE

NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK!

ARTISTS

ARTIST 1.

JAY PUNKTURE

After studying an Art Degree Jay has always had his hand at some form of Art, spending some time in Spain learning different approaches to the mediums he already was trained in. Jay has became well established in the Gateshead area with his Tattoo work changing styles to suit his customers and has created a large fanbase of loyal customers .Jay is also the Body Piercer and now runs his Piercing academy every month, which has gone on from strength to strength.

ARTIST 2.

MARIE MCNEILL.

Marie has now finished her Piercing apprenticeship and is fully licenced. Marie has become a confident Body Piercer and you are in safe hands. Marie is very hands on and has created a very pleasent rapore with all the clients and made to feel at ease every time.

BODY PIERCING PRICES

ALL SINGLE PIERCINGS EXCLUDING DERMALS £20

DERMALS £30

RUNNING AT PRESENT 2 Piercings £30

TATTOO PRICING

Tattoo work is at present £55 an hour, Set prices given for piece work.

£210 for a FULL DAY which will be 6 hours.

GALLERY

Punkture Piercing Academy is located in a great position close to major rail network and 5 minutes from the A1. There are many Hotels, bed and breakfast in the area which we will happily suggest to you.

Local to the studio there are many shops and we are 15 minutes from Newcastle Quayside.

Parking is fine next to our studio there are plenty of FREE parking spaces.

We do supply refreshments and snacks throughout the days .

Everyone that has attended the course so far have left smiling and happy with the content that has been given and we often catch up with our students at later dates and honored to find them working in studios and having success.

Our Master Piercer has pierced approx 10,000 piercings and will calmly guide you through each piercing giving reasurance and guidance throughout the whole procedure when it comes to piercing models.

2 DaY COURSE

The first day we will run through an initial welcome talk and introductions. Following this we will run through the important parts of Health and Safety and Safe Sterile environment. Next we will give information in regards to a small business plan and explain how to get a licence and what you must have in place to gain this .

We will then run through all aspects of the correct jewellery materials, lengths and clamps as well as needle sizes and marking up of approx 16 piercings .
We run through the procedure of the following :-

DAITH, ROOK, EYEBROW, NOSE, SEPTUM, HELIX, TRAGUS, LOBE, CONCH, INDUSTRIAL, NIPPLES, NAVELS, SURFACE, DERMALS, LIPS AND TONGUE.

We will give a booklet with all that is learnt on the course which we expect you will read on the 1st evening ...

You will run through some practicals throughout the day and practice marking up on each other, holding the clamps in the correct manner and practicing setting up the studio.

The following day you will have min of 5 volunteers to pierce per student, you are welcome to arrange your own but we will provide. Not only will you pierce you will watch the whole procedure. Our piercer is at hand every second and will take you through it in a slow controlled relaxed manner .

There will be a scoring system throughout the weekend to make sure you listen and follow instructions as best you can .

Everyone so far has loved the course, you will hear us over and over saying take things slow once you leave the studio...start small get confidence and you will grow as we have seen with many previous students .

We do supply volunteers but we would like each student to bring at least one model for the second day.

But do not worry if this is a problem.

PRICE FOR THE 2 DAY COURSE IS £350

MAX 5 STUDENTS. Place held with a £100 deposit.

MAY FULL 2021
JUNE FULL 2021
JULY FULL 2021

AUGUST FULL 2021

SEPTEMBER FULL 2021

OCTOBER FULL 2021

NOVEMBER FULL 20220211

DECEMBER 2 FULL

JANUARY 29th and 30th 2022 FULL

FEB 26th and 27th 2022 2 Spaces

MARCH 2022 date to be arranged very soon 2 available

Body Piercing Course Content

Students enrolling on these courses must be not within a 15 Mile Radius .

Second day if you can bring models or we will supply Models.

Snacks included throughout day and we can supply start up Kits.

Through out the course we will run through the following

How to apply for licence and what does your environmental office require

The correct sized and material Jewelry that you should use

Positioning of piercings that work with anatomy of customer

Sterile conditions that are the foremost in every studio

Health and Safety

Consultation forms

Aftercare verbaly and also in paper form

Practice on 1st day on fake body parts

Autoclave instruction

Traceability

Ongoing support after the course

Problems that may occur with piercings

regulations and age limits and Why?

Certificate on completion

Correct Practice methods

Business Plans

List of UK based Providers for Insurance, Autoclave rental and Suppliers

Risk Assessment

First Aid

Record Keeping

How to attract more business

Waste collection and correct methods of disposing of waste

Workshop based activities practicing needle positioning, fitting of jewelery, correct piercing steps .

2ND DAY

You will complete minimum of 5 Piercings, we try to give each student a different area to pierce, we usually get many more than 5.

All of our customers have given great feedback and the majority have gone on to pursue their career in Body Piercing as we keep in touch.

Our course is CPD accredited unlike many courses which will soon be a requirement for Insurance purposes.

This course has been very successful so far with many of our students moving into this career, whether its working in their own business or renting a chair, We always say go steady and gain confidence.

We often get past students popping in to see us and we would love you to do this also and let us know how things are going, we are here after the course also to give you any help you may need.