Welcome
to The Professional Tattoo Academy (UK)
The Professional Tattoo Academy (UK), established in 2003,
is the world's first full-time tattoo teaching faculty.
Increasingly these days people wishing to take up the profession are finding that
apprenticeships, which traditionally were thought to be the way to get a start in the industry,
are virtually non-existent due to the reluctance of some existing tattoo studios to share their knowledge and skills, thereby creating what they see as a potential threat to their own
business in time.
Fortunately in recent years the public's demand for the tattoo artist's work has grown beyond
all expectation, leading to a necessary increase in the number of professionally-trained tattoo
artists required to satisfy this continually growing market.
The PTA is the only full-time organisation in the UK that is dedicated
to teaching
the correct procedures and practices of the professional tattoo artist.
Courses at The PTA have attracted tattoo students and professional tattooists from around the world:
from Europe (including France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malta, Slovenia and Lithuania),
from further afield
(including Grenada, Maldives, South Africa and USA) and closer to home (including Eire, England,
Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales).
Learn How to Tattoo - Course Information
The Professional Tattoo Academy (UK) provides a two week tattoo training course that has been designed to be as interesting and informative as possible. Places are
restricted to a maximum of three students per course, which offers similar benefits to one-on-one tuition but with the additional advantage of learning to work in a small team of tattooists, just like in a professional tattoo studio.
Students of The Professional Tattoo Academy (UK) are expected to give their best efforts during drawing and machine assembly sessions. If they use their course time well, students are guaranteed to leave the academy with a far greater artistic competence than when they arrived.
Each day of the tattoo course is structured in a similar way to other establishments of further education: a prompt start time of 10:00 with a lunch break around midday, followed by more tuition in the afternoon, with the day finishing at 17:00.
After successfully completing the Two Week Professional Course, all students will be awarded a certificate of tattoo training from The Professional Tattoo Academy (UK) - there is no final exam to take and therefore there is no possibility of anyone failing the course.
Important: in most areas of the UK local legislation dictates that a certificate of training is required
before permission is granted for opening a new
tattoo or body piercing business.
Course completed and ready to return
to Slovenia for a brand new career!
The Professional
Tattoo Academy (UK) comprises
a classroom for theory and lecture purposes, a separate self-contained 'mock'
studio with three permanent stations
and a comfortable lounge for relaxation.
The PTA is very proud that, since its inauguration back in 2003, a large percentage of its students have now established themselves successfully as full-time professional tattoo artists and body-piercers in the UK and abroad:
"I am up and running now, thanks to Danny and the PTA. I had wasted so much time just playing around with my tattoo equipment until I was shown how to use it properly."
- Ady (Wales)"Danny is a great teacher - he's very patient and understanding. After my two weeks at the Professional Tattoo Academy I was raring to go."
- Maria (Malta)"I'd been searching for an apprenticeship for over three years but found every door closed to me. So I decided to go it alone and I've just received permission from the local Environmental Health Department for my very own studio thanks to the help and advice of Danny and the Professional Tattoo Academy."
- Mark (N Yorks)"The most enjoyable two weeks at school that I have ever had! Now I've got a new career as well."
- Paul (London)"The pro course covered everything I wanted to know. I couldn't believe the improvement in my skills after just two weeks."
- Joyce (Glasgow)
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