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 is a multi award winning tattoo artist who was raised in sunny South Africa, but has tattooed in many parts of the world.
He is a versatile, friendly 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- Shannon started her tattoo journey in 2021 self teaching herself, then in 2022 she was taken on as an apprentice in Leicester.

Shannon aspires to create tattoos inspired by mark making and painting styles. 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.

Laura Mason

@tat2.laura -from Brum! She's been tattooing professionally for almost two years now and loving every second of it.

Her styles are ornamental and American trad: anything with thick bold lines and heavy black work.

She is also skilled at hand-poked tattoos
Outside of tattooing she does dancing and loves chilling with her cats.

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 info (coming soon)

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