True Alchemy Tattoo Studio

My name is Scott Feratola. I own this shop. It's Alchemy Tattoo Arts in Belmont, New York. My name is Chris Amley. I'm a tattoo artist. I've been tattooing since 1996. Chris is kind of I'm just privileged and very happy that he's here working with me now. There is no real formal art training. Pretty much, And I kind of The artwork could get up and walk away. Well, I got into tattooing about 20 years ago. My brothers were tattooed. My father was tattooed. He had an eagle with five stars. He got in World War II, and I just thought it was the coolest thing. Alchemy is only about eight months old at this point. We've been in it for many, many years, but this shop is brand new. We built this shop in a month. Gutted, new walls, new floor. We're a versatile shop. We do photorealistic, biomech, Americana. We wanted to create a shop that was different from other shops and keep that intensity and that seriousness about it. A studio where you can get real custom work done. You come in more with an idea. With our help, we'll put something together beautiful for you. It's a joint effort. I can't do this without the client's input. We wanted to create more of a private atmosphere. With us, it's the client's time. And we shut the door, and that's it. We focus strictly on the tattoo session that's in front of us. I'm extremely lucky. I consider myself really fortunate. I have excellent customers who are all It's the best thing in the world, working, doing something that you really love.