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▪️aka Sharon. L. Merchant
▪️I do tattoos and I’m nice.
▪️Dotty art and skate decks
▪️@thecandleorchard, Bexhill, UK

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Day 23 Roundup of Military. So cool to see all the directions everyone went with this loose concept one. Appreciate y’all working through it and pushing through.
-Adam @adamguyhays
#tattober #tattober2026

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TATTOOIST SPOTLIGHT: SHARON MERCHANT
@tooey_works
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Meet Sharon, the artist behind Tooey Works. Her work brings together intricate dotwork, botanical forms and geometric patterns. For Samhain, she’s bringing a collection of magical symbols and spell jars for divination, protection, transformation and abundance. A little intention to carry on your skin. 🌙🖤

Swipe to explore her designs and see examples of her previous work.
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Sharon will be tattooing from 12pm–3pm in the Tattoo Room.
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Skin at the ready! Join us for this magical, collaborative and wonderfully otherworldly event.
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31.10.26
The Beacon, Hastings

Tattooing is strictly 18+. Photo ID is mandatory.
You cannot be tattooed if under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Prices are set by each artist, with payment made directly to them. Please check their accepted payment methods.

Pre-booking is at each artist’s discretion.
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Contact @tooey_works directly to enquire about designs, availability and booking.

#hastingsmagic #hastingsevent #samhaintattoo #hastingstattoo #hastingssamhain

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Fashionably Late 2nd Roundup. In no order whatsoever and late as well here’s a cool collection of pieces I missed from the last week. I love seeing all the assembled sheets coming in and would love to do a few features of those when this is all done. Scroll through some of these and continue finding your people. Appreciate you all.🧡-Adam @adamguyhays

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Day 1 Roundup! It was amazing to see all the different approaches coming through yesterday and I applaud you all for the efforts. Here’s a few that showcase all the different creative expressions folks submitted. The artists are tagged in the photos, go check them out and support your fellow creators! The feather in my cap so to speak was the very last slide sent in by the boy’s mom who’s got her kids doing the #tattober challenge as well. Here’s Eli’s Eagle. It sure made me smile. #tattober2026 Thanks again all! Remember to make these submissions posts! Tag this account and don’t forget your hashtags so others can see what you’re making and interact! All the best-Adam 🧡🧡🧡 @adamguyhays

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Beltane is coming to the studio 🌿🔥
Saturday 25th April!
. . .Beltane is coming to the studio 🌿🔥

We’re opening the doors for a full day of flash, ritual, and celebration. Flash designs from @cvetelinaemilova @sharonlmerchant and @greyseasink will be dropping soon, ready for walk ins on the day: doors open at 11am.
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Alongside tattooing, we’ve got an oracle reader/tarot reader with us throughout the day: the wonderful @iamjenniferneal , plus a series of small, informal micro workshops running as the day unfolds. There will be a Beltane intention altar, so bring something meaningful if you’d like to leave an offering or set a little intention for the season ahead.
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You’ll also find a mini sigil making station to create your own marks, and new work in the reception/ gallery including the New Orleans sigil pieces by Grace, The Green Man by Sharon and much more.
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We’ve made a limited run of Beltane sticker packs from all the Candle Orchard artists, and a special Hastings Jack in the Green inspired studio t-shirt for the day.
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Walk ins welcome, first come first served. Come early, stay a while, make something meaningful of it.
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#bexhilltattoo #beltane #tattooflash #jackinthegreen #hastings

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2025: a year of art, magic, community and care.
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This year has been full of hands and hearts:
everything created in the studio made slowly and with intention; artists growing into themselves,
events, workshops, flash days, readings, tea, laughter, grief, returns, beginnings.
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Most of all - people. Every client who trusted us with their stories and their bodies. Every conversation, every sit, every shared moment in this space.
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Thank you for supporting our artists, our ideas, our experiments, and our way of doing things. You make this studio what it is: a place of craft, connection, and a little bit of magic.
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Here’s to everything we made together this year.
And to what’s still quietly unfolding.
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Happy New Year from us all at The Candle Orchard.
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#grateful
#community
#creativecommunity
#smallbusinesslove
independentstudio

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Over £300 worth of tattoos, nail art, freebies and goodies available in our giveaway! Go over to the post to enter. ❤️

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Absolutely brilliant evening to kick off my 40th with these excellent beings. @thecandleorchard hosted a cracking night of Halloween fun, entertainment piercings and inks, we had a blast! Love my new magical acorn! ✨️🙌

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Huge huge thank you to everyone that came to the Halloween extravaganza yesterday at @thecandleorchard.
Well done for putting on such a fun and entertaining evening.
All of the acts were outrageously good and thank you for making me feel so welcome, going above and beyond to make it as enjoyable for everyone as it was.

We managed to raise an incredible £590 for the Middlesex hospital.
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@sharonlmerchant @chloeholdawaynails @greyseasink @sailorjennys @mastolfandmastej @Ilcoolkate
@jackjavicollins #bexhill #hastings #stleonards #magick #magic #hastingsevents #bexhillevents #eastsussex #tattoo #tattooglash #tattooevent #nailart #piercings #queer #CharityMate

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Tomorrow night, join us for a night celebrating ink, tarot, performance and magic. A beautiful evening full of beautiful people bringing their gifts to you.

Find out more and get tickets by searching incantations on Eventbrite or via the link in bio

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Come and join us this Friday 25th @thecandleorchard to celebrate Halloween with Incantations, an event to celebrate ink, needles, magic and performance.

Tattoists-
@greyseasink and @sharonlmerchant

Piercings -
@sailorjennys

Nail art -
@chloeholdawaynails

Tarot -
@annaatkinson66

Performance -
@llcoolkate and @jackjavicollins
@magicalsaul
@ahrtemisia
Angela Lumb

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Tickets now available:
https://shorturl.at/Gxmtp

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