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🕸️ owner @chapter3tattoos

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Stunning Art the Clown piece from 2024 by @littleouchie

#arttheclown
#terrifier
#arttheclownfanart
#terrifierart
#arttheclowntattoo

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Record 60 is “Roots of Rhythm & Ruin” by Ben Chidgey. 💀🌳

This one takes the idea of painting a vinyl record and launches it into an entirely different dimension.

Ben has built a tiny world on top of the record, completely in 3D. At its centre is a huge clay skull, slowly being reclaimed by moss and trees, with tiny figures working all around it. It looks as though the skull has is part of a pond or water feature, with figures carrying buckets and doing their work and landscaping around it. Some are carrying crates, some digging and working the land, and a couple have even climbed into the trees.

It feels like a civilisation has sprung up amongst the ruins of what came before. Nature growing back, people carrying on, life continuing around the remains of the past. The more closely you look, the more little details you find.

“Roots of Rhythm & Ruin” is such an imaginative use of the record, and definitely one you need to see from more than one angle to fully appreciate.

It’s up for auction now in support of Children’s Hospice South West. The Galabid link is in our bio at the top of this page. 🌿

#VinylAndValour #ChildrensHospiceSouthWest #CharityAuction #ArtForCharity #MixedMediaArt

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Meet the Artist: Ben Chidgey (Little Ouchie)

Ben has always been a doodler. Being creative gives his busy ADHD brain somewhere to settle, and over the years that simple love of making things has taken him in all sorts of directions.

Graffiti came first. After moving to Glastonbury, Ben became part of M.O.A, which he remembers as the roots of the town’s graff community and a time of his life he absolutely loved. He was also one of the artists behind the original Welcome to Glastonbury mural, alongside DMK, Sikoh, Sym and John Mason. 🎨

Back then, inspiration often came from messy nights out, hallucinations and a general love of making things look a little bit odd. Tattooing came along almost by chance. While painting in a friend’s tattoo studio, Ben was offered the opportunity to learn, and he went for it.

These days, he’s better known as tattoo artist Little Ouchie. His work has gradually moved towards a more abstract style, with pop art, graphic imagery and logos all finding their way into the mix. After several years at Exclusive Tattoos, Ben opened his own Glastonbury studio, Chapter 3, where he continues to tattoo and find new ways to create. ✨

For Vinyl & Valour, that was with clay.

Wanting a change from his usual work, Ben picked up a material he hadn’t really worked with before and started experimenting. The result is a sculptural record designed to look interesting from every angle, while also reflecting on some of what’s happening in the world around us.

And that’s one of the things we’ve loved about seeing all these records come back. Give an artist an old vinyl and the freedom to do whatever they like with it, and you genuinely have no idea what you’re going to get. Ben’s is definitely one we weren’t expecting, and we love that. 💚🙌🏼

#VinylAndValour #MeetTheArtist #LittleOuchie #GlastonburyMuralTrail #Glastonbury

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• ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT •

@littleouchie - @chapter3tattoos

Hello 🙋‍♂️
My name is Ben Chidgey aka Little Ouchie.
I work out of Chapter 3 Tattoos in Glastonbury (no we don’t get free tickets) 😂
I am super stoked to be tattooing at Yeovil Tattoo Fest.
I love tattooing moons, abstract images in blackwork or bright colours and I like baked beans until they are cold.
To chat about a tattoo please email me or dm me on Instagram …

Ben will be tattooing at Yeovil Tattoo Fest on Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th June 2026 at @yeovilrugbyclub

See you there 🤘🏽

Www.yeoviltattoofest.co.uk

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@slamdunkmusic - slam dunk dump!
So good! Can’t wait for next year! <3
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Too busy having fun and melting in the sun to take too many photos.
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#emo #itsnotaphase #sisters

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!! We left Glastonbury for a weekend !!
@_papa.b_ @littleouchie
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@skindeep_uk Tattoo Freeze was such a funny weekend! 🥶
The Midlands (up north) is a scary place for two South-West countryside kids!
We tattooed, we laughed, we almost cried, we were scared we had entered a murder hotel, we left a pub feeling like locals, and we can’t wait for our next convention adventure @yeoviltattoofest !
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Maybe we aren’t as useless as we think 🤣
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#tattoo #tattooartists #glastonburytattooist #glastonbury

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We’re excited to announce that @littleouchie will be working @skindeep_uk Tattoo Freeze 🥶 on 31st – 1st February 2026 at the Telford International Centre, Telford.
👉 More info: www.tattoofreeze.com
📝 Book in with Ben message artist direct
🎟 Tickets on sale now: https://www.tattoofreeze.com/tickets/info
#tattooconventions #tattooevents #tattoofreeze #TF26 #telford #TIC

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If you would like to see all the skateboards on auction, raising money for @wells_skatepark or to make a bid here’s how… just click the link in our bio ⬆️ Auction ends on Sunday 🙌

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It’s been a year since Mayor Louis Agabani first spoke to Paddy O’Hagan from Wells Art Contemporary about bringing together skateboarding and art to support the Wells Skatepark Project.

From that conversation, a fabulous project was born — with over 40 artists stepping forward to create an incredible collection of one-of-a-kind skateboard decks. Each one is unique, bold, and beautifully diverse in design. 🎨🛹

Thanks to our trustee photographer Will Punter, and with generous support from the Shoemaker Museum (who kindly lent their studio equipment), these amazing boards are now ready to be seen!

👉 You can view the full collection now via our auction site — link in bio! or: https://app.galabid.com/skatewells/items
👉 The auction goes live October 7th.

📍 Where to see them in person:

• Wells Cathedral – Wells Art Contemporary Community Exhibition (Oct 8 – Nov 1)
• LOAF Café, Wells (Oct 8 – Nov 1)
• Heart of the Tribe Gallery, Glastonbury (throughout November)

We’ll be spotlighting individual boards and artists over the coming weeks — so keep watching this space. 🙌

💙 A huge thank you to all the artists, Mayor Louis Agabani, June, Paddy and the WAC team, Skin, our project supporters, and the community who have made this possible — and to everyone helping us build a skatepark Wells can be proud of.

#SkateWells #SkateparkProject #SkateMeetsArt #WellsArtContemporary #SkateboardingCommunity #SkateboardAuction

a few more of the artists: @j.fox.inc @frankharwoodpaintings @buscott_woodworking @heatherjanewallace @kylewakefield1985 @liams_art @rowdyunofficial @shelleydyergibbinsart @parcskateboarding @andyhillmanstudio @edgarphillipsartist @tracy_burkinshaw_artist @hungrykatiepilla @pollyfoale @tonka_fleur.toto @billliepaints @aoifes_art_on_your_screen @hannah_bunn @leroy.makes.things @karlaneblett @glenk_art @alchemicalpsyche @feraline._ @luciesworlds @phiavangasse @mariiella.seraphina @tales_of_ro @santacruzskateboards

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+ J U N E . D U M P +
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One hell of a month!
5 family birthdays, a holiday to Tenerife, and my first ever Glastonbury festival!
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Life is feeling fun!
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Feels strange to post non-tattoo stuff on here. Lemme know if you love seeing it or hate it 😂

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Thank you Ben for the new tattoos the leg looks amazing 🙂

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+ c o r d y c e p s +
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Fun “gap filler” for the boss - @littleouchie - to blend into an existing rose and some existing script.
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#tattoo #armtattoo #wristtattoo #jawtattoo #jawbonetattoo #mushroomtattoo #abstracttattoo #avantgardetattoo #glastonburytattoo

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