Two dates remaining this quarter Table View / Cape Town

Heavy ink. Steady hand.

Blackwork, ornamental, traditional colour and lettering by Aya, a Thai artist working out of a private studio in Table View. Covered in her own trade, and blunt about what will still look good in ten years.

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Q4 2026 · two dates remaining · design, aftercare and touch-ups included in every commission · books close 31 October✦Q4 2026 · two dates remaining · design, aftercare and touch-ups included in every commission · books close 31 October✦Q4 2026 · two dates remaining · design, aftercare and touch-ups included in every commission · books close 31 October✦

01 / The artist

Let's get it
right.

Aya is Thai, trained hard, and has spent seven years putting black into skin. She is covered in her own trade, so she knows exactly what you are weighing up, and she would rather take the time to get your piece right than rush you into something you settle for.

Heavy blackwork and tribal is where she is strongest: dense, saturated, built to flow with the limb. Ornamental and traditional colour after that. And when someone wants a soft little cartoon piece, she'll do that properly too, without the sneer you'd get elsewhere.

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Aya, tattoo artist, Table View, Cape Town

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02 / What she does best

Three styles.
Done properly.

/ 01

Blackwork & tribal

Dense, saturated black. Half sleeves, panels, bold lettering. Packed solid in one pass so it heals flat instead of patchy, which is where most blackwork dies.

/ 02

Ornamental

Mandala, sternum and spine ornament, jewellery-style bands. Drawn to your frame and mapped on your skin, never traced off a template.

/ 03

Colour & cartoon

Traditional skulls and roses through to soft cartoon pieces. Colour packed properly so it still reads bright years later, not just on the day.

03 / Recent work

Selected pieces

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Blackwork / upper arm02

Traditional colour / calf03

Ornamental / upper back04

The redraw promise

You don't sit down until you love it.

Unlimited design revisions before your session. If the drawing still isn't right on the day, you walk and your deposit comes straight back. No argument, no awkwardness. Permanent is a long time. You should be certain.

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04 / What clients say

Word of mouth,
mostly.

“She told me my first idea was going to age badly and drew me something better. Glad she did.”

[Client name], Bloubergstrand

“Solid black, one pass, healed dead flat. I've had blackwork elsewhere that came out patchy. Not this.”

[Client name], Milnerton

“Flew down from Joburg for a full day with her. Would do it again tomorrow.”

[Client name], Johannesburg

Books close for 2026 on 31 October

Let's draw something permanent.

Thirty-minute consultation, no charge, no obligation. Tell her the idea, she'll tell you straight whether it works on that spot, and what it costs, to the rand.

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