Welcome to RAW
Located in the heart of Nottingham city centre, Raw is your go-to destination for high-quality tattoos and piercings. Our skilled artists are passionate about turning your vision into art, offering custom designs, precise tattooing, and professional piercing services. Whether you're getting your first tattoo or adding to your collection, we promise a clean, welcoming atmosphere where creativity meets professionalism. Come visit Raw and let’s make your body the canvas it deserves to be.
Meet the Team
Our Tattoo Artists
Sean Stevens
@seanstevenstattoo- Raised in sunny South Africa, Sean has tattooed in many parts of the world.
He is a versatile artist who loves to do smooth black and grey, realism, fineline, bold colour, and dotwork, and his favourite part of the process is connecting with the client and ensuring that each piece suits the individual, flows with their form, and will keep elevating the wearer for years to come.
Shannon Iero
@tattier00- Now an award winning artist, Shannon started her tattoo journey in 2021 self teaching herself, in 2022 she was taken on as an apprentice in Leicester.
Shannon loves working with clients to create unique and personal pieces of art. She likes to work in trash polka, dot work, and blackwork styles. Her work often incorporates subjects like skulls, nature, and eyeballs.
Outside of tattooing, Shannon also enjoys making creepy resin jewellery and creating paintings
Sophie Gatton
@gatsinkz- Sophie has been tattooing for 2 years now, starting her journey at our sister studio Black Widow.
She loves tattooing in Blackwork and Fineline styles. Especially the dark and spooky!
Outside of tattooing Sophie likes collecting crystals and she loves disney!
Chloe Ford
@jackolanterntattoos- Based in Nottingham, Chloe completed her apprenticeship at Black Widow, our sister studio in Daybrook, and has been tattooing professionally for the past 10 months.
She specialises in illustrative black and grey tattoos, with a love for whimsical and celestial designs featuring mushrooms, woodland animals, and always stars.
Outside the studio, she enjoys nature walks drawing inspiration from the world around her; when she's not tattooing she's conducting very important mushroom research
Our Body Piercers
Chloe
Chloe has been a body piercer for 8 years now!
She really enjoys making peoples ears pretty
Outside of piercing she loves caring for animals!
Poppy
Poppy, is a Nottingham based body piercer with the motto "if you can grab it, you can stab it!!" She has 7 years experience, with a love for anything sparkly and eccentric. From delicate piercings, to full ear curations, to microdermals and genital piercings, I welcome all.
Poppy is a dog loving gym rat who loves a muddy hike, puppy cuddles and a good road trip.
Our Aesthetic Practitioner
Hollie Wood
This is Hollie our boss and owner of Raw formally known as Bodycraft who took over the business back in 2018.
Hollie started her Journey as a piercer in 2017 within RAW which led her onto laser tattoo removal and aesthetics.
Hollie also opened up an aesthetics academy within her other studio @blackwidowstudio.x
Hollie has taught many students who have gone on to open up their own successful clinics.
Hollie’s motto is live and appreciate life as you never know what’s round the corner as everything could change for you in a matter of seconds. @holliewoodtreatments
