Meet our Tattoo Artists
At Cast Iron Tattoo, our artists combine skill and experience with a laid-back, friendly approach. Every piece is created with care, precision and a focus on giving you the best tattoo experience. All our artists are proficient in creating tattoos in a wide variety of styles while also offering their own specialties; whether that’s Black & Grey Realism, Pet Portraiture, Blackwork, Fine Line, Anime, Illustrative Designs, Bio-Organic, Japanese Styles or Custom Script. Every piece created at Cast Iron Tattoo is backed by decades of combined industry experience, so you can be confident your tattoo is in expert hands.
Greg Neilson
Studio Owner / Senior Artist
Greg is a highly experienced tattoo artist with over 16 years in the industry. He specialises in black and grey realism and illustrative styles, including bio-organic, pet portraiture, fine line florals and bold blackwork designs. Gregs patience and attention to detail allow him to create the highly detailed, lifelike black and grey animal and character tattoos he is known for and enjoys creating.
Greg’s fave subjects to tattoo:
Anything dark, gothic and kind of strange, or your fury friends.
The first thing Greg tattooed was: Some basic shading on my mentor, while terrified.
Greg’s Wishlist Tattoos:
More large scale bio-organic or dark themed pieces please!
CLARE LAKE
Senior Artist
Clare is an experienced tattoo artist known for her insane attention to detail, 10/10 composition and versatility. Clare tattoos across multiple styles in both black & grey and colour. Outside of tattooing, Clare spends much of her time, streaming, creating hyper-realistic drawings and sketches, which can be found on her Instagram alongside more of her tattoo work.
Clare’s fave subjects to tattoo:
Portraits and horror-themed pieces.
The first thing Clare tattooed was:
A Totoro character.
Clare’s Wishlist Tattoos:
More portraits as well as anything black & grey or stippling.
COREY TATTOOS
Senior Artist
Corey is a versatile artist with over a decade of tattooing experience. He enjoys working across a wide variety of styles but is particularly known for his bold, large-scale black and grey, realism and Chicano pieces. He also enjoys creating anime, ornamental and Japanese designs. With a laidback attitude and broad skill set, Corey is happy to take on most styles and ideas, from smaller pieces through to larger-scale projects. Outside of tattooing, Corey enjoys spending time with his family and riding his motorcycle.
Corey’s fave subjects to tattoo:
Black & grey realism and anime.
The first thing Corey tattooed was:
Anime characters Goku and Vegeta from my all-time favourite, Dragon Ball Z.
Corey’s Wishlist Tattoos:
Large-scale black & grey and anime pieces!
Alimental ink (alI)
Professional Artist
Ali is an experienced tattoo artist who tattoos across a wide variety of styles and designs.
Ali’s fave subjects to tattoo:
Anime and Fine line
The first thing Ali tattooed was:
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Ali’s Wishlist Tattoos:
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Connect with Ali: Instagram