Faye Skinner | Building Big Ink Bash & Creating a Tattoo Event for Everyone

In this episode of Barber DTS: The Stories Behind the Ink — Inside the minds, machines, and stories of tattoo artists — we sit down with Faye Skinner, the visionary behind Big Ink Bash.

From building one of the UK’s most talked-about tattoo events to balancing creativity, community, and chaos behind the scenes, Faye opens up about what it really takes to create a convention that welcomes hardcore tattoo collectors, artists, families, and first-timers alike.

We dive into:

• 🔥 The story behind Big Ink Bash
• 🎨 What makes a great tattoo convention experience
• 🤝 Building a community-first event
• 🧠 The realities of organising large-scale tattoo shows
• 🚀 The future of tattoo culture and live events

This is an honest conversation about passion, pressure, creativity, and creating something bigger than tattoos alone.

🎧 Listen now and step inside the world of modern tattoo culture with one of the people helping shape it.