Blackwork tattoo, Hackney Carou
Carou
Chiarelli
Stippling, organic shapes, and considered blackwork. Custom-designed for the body it lives on. Working out of Santo Cuervo in London.
Selected
work
Thirteen years
of marking skin.
Carou is a Brazilian-born tattoo artist working out of Santo Cuervo in Hackney Central. She moved to London in 2019 after a decade of tattooing in São Paulo, and her work draws on a parallel practice in sculpture, painting, and drawing.
Pieces are built around the body they live on, designed in conversation with the person wearing them. Most sessions start with references and a long talk; the final piece arrives only when both of you agree it does.
Outside the studio she runs The Lonely Heart Club, a project centred on Clamson — a broken-heart character about resilience that appears across her tattoos, prints, and wall pieces.
Now booking
Tell me
about your piece.
Send through references, a body placement, and a rough size. I reply to every enquiry personally. Sessions run from Santo Cuervo in Hackney Central.
Studio
Santo Cuervo
Hackney Central, London
Hours
By appointment
Typically Tue to Sat