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Troy Tuck is one of the UK's best black and grey realism tattoo artists. He is also a member of the Yayo Pro Team. Matt Haddon-Reichardt headed down to Devon to meet up with Troy and found out how he turned from self taught apprentice to master tattooer.
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A tattooist saved my life; Guy Fletcher is his name. When my hot new ink got a bacterial infection his prompt advice to seek medical intervention stopped the spread of the bacteria and the onset of sepsis. Tattooing is under threat from treatment resistant bacteria and we are on the cusp of a global crisis. Yayo sent out investigative journalists Matt Haddon-Reichardt to separate the truth from the lies and answer the question: is this the end of tattooing as we know it?
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Halloween is nearly here and who better to interview than the horror tattoo master himself Paul LaVey. Not only is he a top bloke and one of the Yayo Pro Team he also does a mean line in colour realism. We sent out Yayo blog boy Matt Haddon-Reichardt to get the low down on Paul's superb work and see if Brexit really will break tattooing.
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Fishing and tattoos have a long history. For the men who used to go to sea a tattoo was more than just body art. Tattoos held a superstitious power to bring good luck, protection against misfortune and could stop a man from drowning. Yayo sent out Matt Haddon-Reichardt to investigate the long history of tattoos and the sea and to find out if a tattoo really has the power to save a man's soul.
