Formerly "Blades" Barber Shop, Cardiff Ink is situated 5 minutes from the city centre, in amongst the popular leafy suburb of Pontcanna. The area has some of the best coffee shops, independent restaurants and boutique jewellery and clothes shops in Cardiff. Jay, the American accented proprietor of Cardiff Ink, began tattooing back in the USA at a rather tender age of 12, learning the trade from his mom and her fellow tattoo artist buddies.b And quite typically hand in hand the art of body piercing followed. So, a huge leap from Colorado Springs, with a BA and MA in Fine Art under his belt, to finally settling in Wales, and in 2008 Cardiff Ink was opened on Whitchurch Road in Heath.