The Real Team - Piercing
Abby Ring - Resident Piercer
Abby joined Real with bundles of enthusiasm and has been making a fantastic impression on us and her customers.
Abby is a social butterfly and loves going to gigs and festivals, and spending time chilling out with her family - find her at any rum stand nearby|!
Tattoo Artists
Murdok
Murdok has worked as a Tattoo artist all over the world. He is a very skilled all rounder.
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Contact our artists directly for a quote and to get your designs underway!
Murdok - Call 07778 103000
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murdok.tattoo@gmail.com
m.me/tattoomurdok
Sakura -
instagrm - https://www.instagram.com/sakuracraven/
Sakura
Sakura grew up in Burgess Hill, but is now based in Brighton! She is a distinguished Hand Poke & Machine Tattoo artist of 10 years. She has a strong portfolio, and specializes in black and grey, dotwork tattooing. A great artist!
The others...
Piercer & Social Media - Emily Turvey
Blade body piercer Emily has been at Real since July 2018 and has been trained in-house.
Emily can be found both in the shop and in the jewellery making department above the shop working her magic on social media.
(If found please return to the forest so she can reunite with the pack of wolves that raised her)
Owner & Migraine Piercing Specialist - Richard Soper
Richard founded Real in 2002, after spending 20 years in the keep-fit industry teaching aerobics, personal training, as well as selling physiotherapy equipment and doing reflexology.
He now runs Real and BMG Jewellery as well as www.daith.co.uk with a Harley Street clinic specialising in the migraine piercing. He is a government funded researcher of Vagus Nerve Stimulation.
Body Piercer - Harley Fox
Harley Fox - Cannula Piercer, has been piercing since 2008 and is very popular here at Real.
She is also an entertainer, hula hoop artist, fire eater and works at the Doe Haze Circus of Horrors. Vegan.
Dresses up a lot, pulls it off every time.
"Cool lass this one!"
There's more...
Customer Services - Caroline Fagan
Caroline is our well reviewed customer service guru!
Every day we get told how good our customer service is and this is all down to this lovely lady. She works with the Jewellery making team upstairs.
She is essential to the business but do not let her go too long without a cup of tea.
Head Goldsmith - Barnaby King
Barnes has a talent and creativity by the bucket load. This shows in each and every piece of jewellery he creates.
He has been a part of the team for over 10 years. He is a family man with 3 kids.
His other loves are tattoos, dreadlocks and cups of coffee.
Goldsmith - Geoff Smith
Geoff has been with BMG Jewellery for as long as we can remember - if you order a customised nose stud, he is the one who will make it.
He has been a goldsmith for over 10 years. and has such an eye for precision.
Geoff loves cycling and is a keen competitive rider even at the tender age of 69.
Body Piercer - Nicole Gilbert
Nicole has been working for real since 2015 - she was our resident piercer for nearly 2 years and now she has flown the nest to concentrate on developing her career in social care.
She now assists around the shop on the weekends and school holidays to help us out.