Utrecht · Werkspoorkwartier · since 2019

A design studio that happens to tattoo.

Illustration first, flash never. Five resident artists, each with a real point of view — and one quiet room in Utrecht to make the piece that's yours.

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Inside the The Håntverkerij studio in Werkspoorkwartier, Utrecht — light-filled, art on the walls — The studio floor, WerkspoorkwartierUtrecht · NL

The difference

Walls that carry art, not flash sheets.

Around half our studio time goes into drawing and illustration — the tattooing is where that practice lands on skin. There's no wall of ready-made designs to point at. Every piece starts as a considered drawing, made for one person, once.

4.8★

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resident artists

'19

in Utrecht since

Fine-line illustrative tattoo in progress — In progressFineline

Studio detail — drawings and prints pinned to the wall — On the wallStudio

The roster

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Elias Gihan

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Fineline & Surrealistic

Saya Deya

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Fineline & Neo-traditional

Michiel Snellen

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Bold & Illustrative

WimSwim

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Bold & Abstract

Håntverk

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Blackwork & Botanical

Selected work

Recent pieces

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Study in single needle — fineline, surreal tattoo by Elias Gihan — Study in single needleElias Gihan

Folded hands — fineline, black & grey tattoo by Elias Gihan — Folded handsElias Gihan

Botanical panel — botanical, neo-traditional tattoo by Saya Deya — Botanical panelSaya Deya

Colour bloom — neo-traditional, botanical tattoo by Saya Deya — Colour bloomSaya Deya

Graphic figure — illustrative, blackwork tattoo by Michiel Snellen — Graphic figureMichiel Snellen

The The Håntverkerij space — a converted industrial unit in Werkspoorkwartier

The place

A quiet room in a district that's learning to make things again.

We moved from Arnhem to Utrecht's Werkspoorkwartier in 2019 — an old industrial harbour quarter turning slowly creative. Light, space, and time to work properly: the opposite of a dark parlour.

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One considered booking, one €50 deposit to confirm. Tell us the idea and we'll match you with the right hand.

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