Pete Corrie (he/him) - Berlin 2021
The timeless energy of Pete Corrie @pete.likeadream / @tattoo.like.a.dream dig in!
I was wondering to myself (since converting my old Tattooer Talks to podcast format) when I would kick it off again and who with, then Pete invited me up to the new studio. I was under the impression that he was feeling very chill after a vacation (even though I had heard the mania in his voice about how stoked he was filling up the walls) it was clearly set in the stars to be Pete. He is a one stop shop, mixed with expert story telling, and a double cancer magician of aesthetics.
Several years ago now, Pete had come highly regarded by other humans that I dearly trust, so we either met for a tea at UNIV ERSE Studio and went for a skate or...no, he was the first lurker out front of the studio (always early / never late) before the doors opened for an anniversary event. Which for me are always sober, Hannah flipped tarot, with nice food and tea, and an old dear friend HB Nielsen played a set (accidentally in town and still chasing tattooing but pushing hard into writing music, self recording and performing it).
One thing leads to another and Pete and I get on like house on fire, skate the same fun stuff most people don't like and can blab and blab and blab until the cows come home. He at one point got tiered of living and working up in the north or Berlin and would blast down on a very nice Kirin frame to tattoo with me, talk about NYC, bands, art and all the rest of it. UNIV ERSE Studio is the polar opposite aesthetic but carries similar intention (I am a minimalist and Pete is a maximalist). It all makes sense when you meet the artist behind the work, (those are my most favorite moments), and now a bunch of years later we still have shit to talk about, but still don't skate the ramp across the street enough!