London Ink is a UK spin-off version of the popular Discovery Real Time programmes, Miami Ink and LA Ink.

The show first aired in 2007 and featured a tattoo parlour on 332 Goswell Road close to the Angel area of London, called London Tattoo.

The shop was run by Louis Molloy who is famous for creating David Beckham’s crucifix back piece and also features well known tattoo artists like graffiti inspired Dan Gold, Nikole Lowe and Phil Kyle.

As Discovery seem to spin out London Ink every now and again on Sunday nights in the UK, I thought I would write a little post about the shop and where you can contact each of the featured artists if you would like work done by them.

There doesn’t seem to a London Ink website at least not an official website, but the London Ink show does have a myspace page and a page on the Discovery Channel website. If you want to find more information about the show.

Nikole Lowe is a well known tattoo artist heralding from New Zealand and specialises in Japanese, Tibetan and Indian-themed style pieces. Up until recently Nikole was working at ‘Into You’ tattoo parlour, also located in North London. Nikole is now working in an East London tattoo shop called Good Times Tattoo which is on Curtain Road, Shoreditch. If you would like to get a tattoo done at Good Times Tattoo you can contact the shop through this email

Nikole can be contacted through her myspace page and there are loads of pictures of her work scattered around the internet and in tattoo related books.

Dan Gold now works at a tattoo studio called 13 Ink Tattoo in Liverpool and can be contacted about work through their myspace page or through his own myspace page

Dan is known for his graffiti inspired pieces and has tattooed the like of Kate Moss and members of the band Kasabian.

Phil Kyle now owns a shop called Magnum Opus Tattoo in Brighton and can be contacted through the parlour website.

Phil mainly tattoos in a traditional style and is found of creating new wave old school style pieces; so the usual skulls, daggers and hearts!

Louis Molloy runs a studio in Manchester called Middleton Tattoo Studio which can be found on 327 Oldham Road in Middleton. He is easy to contact through the studios website which can be found at www.tattoos.co.uk.

Personally I didn’t enjoy the London Ink series as much as the American counterparts although the work of Nikole Lowe in particular was pretty breathtaking. I think mainly the American versions are a little bit better because of the glamorous locations and amusing customers, whereas London always seems a bit dull and grey on the telly!

Here is the London Ink address for where the London Ink series was filmed:

London Ink address: 332 Goswell Road Angel Islington London EC1V 7LQ