As the nights draw in, people countrywide bemoan yet another summer left wanting as they pack up their barbeques and sun loungers, so we bring you a cockle-warming edition of Skin Deep (hats and scarves not included).

Mo Coppoletta owns The Family Business in Exmouth Market, London, and turns out tattoos with a large helping of charm. Warm, friendly and (naturally) a fantastic artist, Mo chats to Skin Deep about scooters, clothes and dermal decoration.

Cory Norris is widely regarded as the quiet man of tattooing for his humble demeanour, preferring to let his talents on canvas and skin speak for itself, and the man from Grass Valley gives us one of his most in-depth interviews to date.

Speaking of proficiency with a gamut of media, Tom Strom makes great use of fluid images and amazing implementation of colour. We finally (and excitedly) met him at last year’s Paradise Gathering convention and we show you what the fuss is all about.

Fuzion Ink’s Tanane Whitfield makes tattoos to bring a smile to your face with his colourful and crazy new school creations. He talks tattoos, influences, and his quest to tattoo his fiancé with a piece involving nose picking…

Our Reader Profile is with Jackie, member of the London Rockin’ Rollers, and a woman not averse to rolling up her sleeves when it comes to working on an engine or two.

Full tattoo show coverage comes from far and wide, with Frankfurt, Portsmouth, the Long Beach Ink & Iron show, and a weekend at Doncaster Racecourse...

...Which was, of course, TATTOO JAM! We’ve devoted the October supplement to the extensive and exhaustive reporting of our second show, the UK’s most artist-packed convention and all-round great weekend (we can say that, can’t we?).

The regulars are here in the familiar form of Fallout, Inkoming, Skin Pix and Tattoo Tour, so put the kettle on and find a comfy chair, preferably with a footstool in the vicinity.

Enjoy!

Neil