Forest Creek Tattoo is gearing up to hold a ‘Home is where the Harcourt is’ Tattoo Flash Day this Sunday February 8.
The Castlemaine-based tattoo studio has hosted a number of Flash Days in the past for causes close to their heart, and wanted to do something to support the community of Harcourt and surrounds in the wake of the January 9 fire.
Forest Creek Tattoo owner Leonie New said they had been overwhelmed with an outpouring of support for the fundraiser with more than 50 tattoo artists from across Australia offering to donate their time and many more donating vouchers and artwork for the raffle.
“We have a lot more space in our new studio at 62 Mostyn Street, but I have had to turn artists away,” Leonie said.
“We have had donations from across Australia, New Zealand and I even have items coming from artists in the UK and US.”
Local artists and businesses have also donated items including jewellery, artworks, journals, textiles and even a shiatsu treatment! You can purchase raffle tickets on the day or through the link in the bio on the Forest Creek Tattoo social pages.
The team has also created a ‘Home is Where the Harcourt is’ commemorative t-shirt to raise additional funds and these had almost sold out at the time of going to press.
The Flash Day event will run from 9am through to 9pm Sunday and there are no bookings, the day will operate on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.
“We need you to physically show up, we won’t be taking bookings via phone, Instagram etc,” Leonie said.
There will be two sessions with one group of tattoo artists donating their time and skills from 9am to 3pm, and a second set of artists from 3pm to 9pm.
Check out the Forest Creek Tattoo socials for the artists to feature and arrive before the 9am start time to book an artist for the opening session or before 2pm took book your preferred artist in the afternoon session.
“Once we’ve ‘booked’ your spot then you’ll be given a time to come back, in the meantime you can have a wander, hang out, have some food etc.,” Leonie said.
“We’ll also have our friend Matt Collins of Castlemainaoke being a human country jukebox throughout the day so it will be a fun time, with 100 per cent of funds raised going to the Harcourt Progress Association Relief Fund.”
