Lab of Ink

Areas covered

A tattoo artist who comes to your home in Castillejos

Castillejos is on the main road rather than off it, and there is nothing unusual about arranging a session here. Saying so is more useful than manufacturing a local difficulty to fill a page.

There is no studio to visit, here or anywhere: the work happens at the address you give, on a date arranged in advance.

Where this is

A municipality in Zambales, on the national road north of Subic and immediately south of San Marcelino. It sits on the main corridor rather than off it.

What to put in the enquiry

The barangay is enough. There is nothing unusual about arranging a session here compared with anywhere else on this road, and saying so is more useful than inventing a local difficulty that does not exist.

How the visit runs in Castillejos

Mostly houses and lots rather than units in buildings, which means the working surface is usually a real dining table and there is no reception, no lift and nobody to log a visitor with. Clear the table, leave a socket reachable, and that is the preparation finished.

Where this sits on the round

Castillejos sits between Subic and San Marcelino, so it is one of the four confirmed places on a single road and it has a confirmed area on either side of it. Being on the corridor rather than off it is the whole of why it is a short question to answer.

About 20 km by road from Olongapo City, where the artist starts. How long that takes depends on the day and is not published here.

A design from the gallery. The artist brings the work to Castillejos; the drawings are made before anyone travels.

Designs this artist can make, drawn for the gallery. Not photographs of a client's tattoo.

Do you actually come out this far, or is it Olongapo only?

Asked from Castillejos

Castillejos is confirmed, in writing, by the owner. It is not a maybe and it is not a radius somebody drew on a map: it is one of six places he named. It is also on the same road as three of the other five, which is the practical reason it is an easy yes.

How the travel charge works

Two amounts, quoted together. The tattoo is priced on size, detail and how long it takes. Travel is priced on how far your address is from the artist, and it is a separate line rather than something folded into the tattoo price.

The travel is yours to pay, on top of the tattoo, and no figure for either is published on this site. A travel charge that ignored distance would be wrong for almost everyone, so it is worked out once you name where you are.

What you provide

A table, a chair you can sit still in for a few hours, a power socket and decent light. That is the whole list. The artist brings everything else, including the covering that goes over your table before anything is opened.

Nothing is bought or borrowed at your end, and nothing used is left behind.

The other areas confirmed so far

Five others, and not being on the list is not a no. If your town is in Luzon it is worth asking; if it is on Visayas or Mindanao, it is not covered.

If you are in Castillejos

The barangay, the design idea, the placement and a rough size in centimetres. There is nothing extra to say about Castillejos, which is the point of this page.

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