Photos by Mark Dillon and myself
My friend, Austin England, designed a limited edition Fernet bottle and for the release party, they went big.
A five day event with free Fernet and an entire line of custom clothing sporting AE designs.
Austin hosted the party at his tattoo shop LowKey in Los Angeles. Fernet flew me out and put me up across the street for a week of tattoos and booze.
The first two nights were VIP/Industry with the last three nights open to the public.
All of the time slots were appointment only, so all of the work was laid out smoothly ahead of time.
I got to work along side of my friend Mike Burns again this event.
Mike lives with his wife and daughter in Nevada City, CA. He worked with Austin for years in LA prior to settling outside of the busy city. If you find yourself in Nevada City be sure to check out his shop Dark Water Collective.
Mark Dillon shot this Polaroid, along with all the proper photos in this post. Thanks for letting me post your work, Mark.
Jeff Kubasak was in the building for the first two nights doing custom embroidery for the VIPS.
He is also working on a little something something for me that I’m looking forward to showing ya.
Fernet fans are definitely a dedicated community.
The room was full of Austin tats, both new and old.
The pizza from Cliq Claq was so damn good!
Walked by this thing every morning going to the shop. You got something on this one?
It was fun to tattoo designs made by someone who tattoos in a different style than myself.
Austin Signing a few bottles.
Mike locked in doing the damn thing.
Me staring through the stencil.
Custom Cold Steel headband by Jeff.
The ol’ Fernet coins.
All the Fernet you can handle.
I grabbed one of those jackets for myself.
I left a lot of gators in LA this trip.
They made Austin his own damn coin.
My hot wife, Julie, flew out the middle of the week to hang.
And wouldn’t ya know it, she ended up getting tattooed.
Thanks, Austin. Looks perfect!
I took a minute before we got busy to get mine too.
Montuckey Cold Snacks were in abundance all week! Thanks Seamus. We love you.
This was another fun design to tattoo.
Ceci’s held it down for us all week with delicious sandwiches and fresh coffee. Their place is walking distance from the shop.
Austin made sure to enjoy himself while working nonstop the whole week.
The gator globe design was the fan favorite.
I liked tattooing this one the most I think. Got to fill some random spots well with this design.
And anotha one!
Friends tattooing friends. The way it should be.
This is Jeff’s shop cat named Big Brother. Glad we made this one happen.
And anotha one!
I wanna tattoo a portrait of the bird impression kid’s face on an eagle’s body. One day.
We got to go out to a couple spots after the event a few nights. The Jaguar Room was a fun one.
Even more fun with this babe.
Got to see my friends Bex and Jereme who recently moved to LA from SF.
Love of my life. So glad you made it out for the event.
Free booze? Free tattoos?
Austin delivering the goods. You reckon that’s a Marietta, GA hat he has on out there in LA?….Nahhhhhh.
This is Nick Hanson. He filmed the first two nights of the event and I’m sure will have some cool edit for us to come. Good to meet ya, Nick.
Hey don’t I know that guy from somewhere? Looks awful familiar.
Dinner at Yamashiro. Thank you, Heather, for the hospitality!
A belly full of NA’s and sushi to end the night.
Thank you so much, Austin, for having me be a part of this special event. The entire crew really showed up and worked hard to make this a memorable experience.
To everyone at Fernet, Cliq-Claq, Ceci’s, the neighbors who came by, and the whole damn community, I really appreciate you all.
Much love,
Casey Wayne
