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Geoff Chapman loves tattooing and he loves Yayo. He's been busy during lockdown volunteering and helping staff on the front line. Yayo sent out resident blog boy Matt Haddon-Reichardt to get the lowdown on what Geoff has been up to on lockdown.

While tattoo studios have been closed many tattooists have been busy indulging their love of art. Yayo had a virtual hook up with Peter John Reynolds and Gary Chase to find out what they have been doing while on lockdown.

Yayo has been keeping busy getting ready for tattooing to reopen. Wayne Bewley has been busy creating some jaw dropping and heart warming art. Yayo sent out writer Matt Haddon-Reichardt to get the low down.

Tattooists have been a busy bunch while on lockdown. Many have used the time to flex their artistic muscles. This week the Yayo blog talks to Kirsty Sohl, about what she has been getting up to during lockdown.

Covid-19 has affected tattooing across Europe but each country has had a different approach to managing the virus and the tattoo industry. In the second part of our investigation Matt Haddon-Reichardt talks to tattoo artists in Sweden and Poland to contrast two radically different management schemes.

The coronavirus, Covid-19, has shut tattooing down across the globe. In a series of articles Yayo investigates how tattooists are surviving the outbreak and the positive steps they are taking to get back to work. This week we focus on the UK and talk to studio owner and manager Matt Wall.

Sadly Total Tattoo has halted publication due to the pressures of the coronavirus. But will it be able to go back into production once the crisis is over? Or has this spelt the end of the tattoo magazine in the UK? Yayo sent out former Total Tattoo writer Matt Haddon-Reichardt to investigate.  

Connor Prue is a world class tattooist and part of the Yayo family. He's working hard to be the best of the best and is trying to put Blackpool on the map as a town of tattoo excellence. Yayo met up with Connor to get the low down on his art and uncover how tattooing has made him mentally stronger.

Yayo products are used by tattoo artists all around the world. Yayo may be based in the UK but it really is an international brand. Yayo blog writer Matt Haddon-Reichardt met up online with Polish artist and Yayo fan Maciej Karol Borek, to talk all things tattooing.