Signature Tattoo Celebrates One Year in Downtown Ferndale

celebrated its one-year anniversary last Saturday the same way it started -- by offering $20 tattoo specials.

The artists at Signature whipped up a few hundred designs eligible for the discounted ink.

“We started at noon and tattooed non-stop until about 2:30 in the morning. There were six of us tattooing and we did well over 200 tattoos,” said Signature co-owner Dan Rick, who personally completed 36 tattoos. Rick said other artists did as many as 50.

have been tattoo artists for 15 and nearly 20 years respectively.

And opening up a tattoo shop in Ferndale, Rick adds has been beneficial for the artist.

“I think Ferndale has a good basis of freethinking, open-minded people who would be very receptive to our shop and the creative process that goes on there,” said Rick.

, he feels the success of the shop is also attributed to the fact it is owner-operated.

“There’s a lot of people that own tattoo shops that aren’t even tattoo artists and have no idea of the ins and outs of the business and are just there to get rich quick due to the popularity of tattooing” said Rick.

Although everyone is in business to make money one way or another, Rick clarifies that they care about the quality of work that comes out of Signature.

As for the $20 tattoos?

“It’s a way for us to give back to our clients and everyone really likes it,” said Rick.