Guest Artists Info

To guest, please review all information below. If you are interested in  a guest spot, please contact us!
@thecatscratchtattoo - 408-912-6202

Location

• 972 Lundy Ave, San Jose, CA 95133, USA

• In same plaza as: 7-Eleven, Pekoe (Boba Tea), Kingberry Donuts, Star Hair & Nails, King Eggroll, Little Caesars Pizza, Lai Rai Restaurant/Bar, Lundy’s Liquors. Near major roads, 3 more major plazas across the street at our intersection

Hours

• 11:00AM - 7:00PM

• We do not open our studio any sooner than 11:00AM. We advise all guests to schedule appointments starting at 11:15AM or 11:30AM if you’d like time to arrive before your client.

• Our official closing time is 7:00PM. However, this is more of an advised time to take any last appointments. We allow guests to work later than our closing time, and we request all appointments be done by midnight, latest, 

if possible.

Our Services/Accommodations

• Set-up and Tear-Down

• When any apprentices of the studio are present, guests may request for apprentices to set-up or tear down and sanitize your stations.

• Release Forms 

• When any apprentices of the studio are present, guests may request for apprentices to assist clients in filling out release forms.

•  Tattoo Supply

• We provide all sanitation supplies, and some other tattoo supplies. If you have any questions about supplies that are not listed, please let us know.

• List of supplies we provide:

1. Nitrile Gloves, Vinyl Gloves

2. Dynamic/Allegory black ink, Dynamic grey wash inks, Eternal Ink colors

3. Paper Towels

4. Grip Tape

5. A&D Ointment, Tongue Depressors

6. Cling Film

7. Barrier Film

8. Dental Bibs

9. Bed Drape Sheets

10. Pillow Cases

11. Stencil Stuff

12. Ink Caps

13. Green Soap

14. Witch Hazel

15. Bactine

16. Alcohol

17. Distilled Water

18. Sani-cloths Wipes

19.  Markers for freehand

20. Epson Stencil Printer, Phomemo Stencil Thermal Printer, Classic Stencil Thermal Printer, Brother Printer to print b/g and color references 

21. Dermshield Protective Aftercare Wrap

• GUESTS MUST BRING (we do NOT provide):

1. Tattoo Machines

2. Power Supply/Batteries

3.  Needles

• We are sponsored by and partnered with Inked Essentials, a tattoo supply shop located here in San Jose, CA. Please speak to the studio owner if you would like help purchasing additional supplies (such as needles and inks) from our sponsor.

• Portable Mini-Husky Drawer Station

• Guests may store their items and tattoo supplies in our mini husky drawer for guests. There is a key that you may borrow if guesting multiple days in a row to store and lock tattoo supplies overnight.

• The drawers are portable around the studio, and can roll to any station. 

• Use of TV for playing videos, movies/shows

• We have 2 TVs in our studio, one plays music most of the time. Guests may use the other TV to play movies, shows, or videos of choice.

• Aftercare Kits for Clients

• We provide aftercare kits for all your clients, free of charge. The aftercare kit includes 1 green soap, 1 lotion, 1 card of aftercare instructions, stickers and candy.

• Snacks for Guests and Clients

• We provide snacks like chips and candies, along with filtered hot/cold water from our water dispenser for both guests and their clients.

Stations

• Guests may work at the guest station, or at any open station for the day. Please check in with us to check station availability per day.

• When using a station that is not the guest station, please be mindful not to use or store any items in resident artists’ husky drawers.

Scheduling Accommodations

• We request guests to provide us their schedule, with both the date(s) and beginning/end times of tattooing, around 1 week in advance if possible. We will do our best to accommodate for more last-minute guest station rentals. The latest we may be able to accommodate for you is with a 3-day notice. Anything after a 3-day notice, we will try our best, however, rental will not be guaranteed for your requested date/time slot(s).

Rates

• Daily rental rate of $100/half-day (4 hours and under) and $150/full-day

• Freedom to collect your own payments, deposits

• Freedom to accept any project at any rate

• Commission rate may be available upon request

  • • Please contact us for further info on commission rates if you would prefer to do this option - this option is for artists who may feel the daily rate is not affordable for their projects.