The Studio

A room, not a franchise.

A narrow brick storefront on SE Hawthorne, built to feel more like a small gallery than a parlor. Here is how it feels to be inside.

The interior of Copper Iris Tattoo, its signage and gallery wall of framed flash The room · salon-hung flash & copper light

More gallery than parlor.

Copper Iris began as a room, not a chair. Salon-hung flash and original paintings line the walls; copper pendant lamps hang low and warm; the work — intimate by nature — is kept quiet and unhurried. The ink is meant to speak first.

The waiting area at Copper Iris — a teal velvet couch, botanical prints, and plants The waiting room · teal velvet & botanical prints

A room that slows you down.

A teal velvet couch, framed botanical prints, potted plants, worn wood floors and layered rugs. Nervous first-timers settle here before anything begins — and collectors know the calm is exactly the point. Every station is private and linen-curtained, so each session stays yours.

Copper caps of custom-mixed tattoo pigment on a dark tray beside a machine The craft · pigment mixed in copper caps

Color mixed in-house.

Marisol blends custom pigment to sit beautifully against your skin tone — the differentiator the whole studio is built around. It's a slow, deliberate way to work, and it is the reason collectors cross town for color that reads true.

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