Our Team
MEET THE TEAM
Tattoos done by Robin are charged at an hourly rate of 130€ per hour. You can see Robin’s tattoo portfolio here. Service in Swedish & English.ROBIN
JAMIE
Jamie Kodial is from Toronto, Canada. She moved to Finland with her husband Robin in June 2013 to help with his dream of opening a tattoo studio. Jamie is the studio’s General Manager & main Piercer. She is also the Laser Technician offering both laser tattoo removal and laser hair removal services. Furthermore, she brings her cosmetics knowledge, beauty salon work experience and artistic skills to Fist of Needles by offering customers all types of hair extensions, eyelash extensions & nail art!
You can see Jamie’s piercing portfolio here.
Service in English & Italian.
Shop Managers
ALEXANDRA
Alexandra joined our team back in July 2014. Some of you may remember her as our previous reception manager, but since April 2018 she has become available to do what she does best… piercings! She is our full-time Monday to Thursday piercer and also assistant studio manager helping out with all aspects of our studio. She speaks all 3 languages (Finnish, Swedish & English) and is there to handle all piercings, jewelry changes, tattoo/piercing/jewelry supply orders, plus she manages our website updates.
If Alexandra is too busy for a walk-in piercing then you will be booked for an appointment on a day Jamie is working, as Jamie is the main piercer of the studio.
Emily started working with us in April 2018 taking over Alexandra’s role as full-time reception manager. By 2019 Emily also started piercing. Beginning January 2020, Emily will be our part-time piercer/reception manager mainly working Wednesdays & Fridays. She offers customer service in Finnish, Swedish & English. If Emily is too busy to do a walk-in piercing then you will be booked for an appointment on a day Jamie is working, as Jamie is the main piercer of the studio.EMILY
MIIA
Miia is the newest addition to our team since October 2019. She is our full-time Monday to Friday trilingual reception manager offering customer service in Finnish, Swedish & English. She is the friendly face you will see at the front desk handling all aspects of our studios day to day operations… from responding to emails, text and phone calls, booking appointments for tattoos & piercings to handling all the aftercare, jewelry, clothing and art sales.
ERIKA
Erika started working with us in July 2016. She is our part-time piercer/reception manager offering customer service in Finnish, Swedish & English.
If Erika is too busy to do a walk-in piercing then you will be booked for an appointment on a day Jamie is working, as Jamie is the main piercer of the studio.
JONAS N
Jonas N has been with us since December 2018. He is our part-time reception manager working every Saturday offering customer service in Finnish, Swedish & English. He handles all aspects of the front desk from responding to emails, text and phone calls, booking appointments for tattoos & piercings to handling all the jewelry, clothing and art sales, plus he also helps out with jewelry changes.
Tattoo Artists
Susanne has been with us since we opened our doors on September 13, 2013. She is a well known and established portrait artist who has now expanded her artistic skills to tattooing. She does all types of tattoos, her specialty being water colors, realism & portraits. Tattoos done by Susanne are charged at rate of 130€ per hour. Service in Swedish, Finnish & English.SUSANNE
You can see Susanne’s tattoo portfolio here.
Katarina has been with us since November 2015. After completing her 1 year apprenticeship with us she was taken on as a full time tattoo artist. Katarina has unique artistic abilities and has been doing art since she was a young child. She enjoys drawing portraits and realism, but she also has a special liking to mandalas, dotwork and linework art. Tattoos done by Katarina are charged at a rate of 120€ per hour. Service in Swedish & English.KATARINA
You can see Katarina’s tattoo portfolio here.
Benjamin began with us in March 2017 and is our full time Monday to Friday tattoo artist. He has been drawing for many years plus he had done some tattooing in the past. Now we are lucky to have him at our studio offering his specialty of traditional, black work & ornamental designs, but he is also flexible and can do a variety of other different styles. Tattoos done by Benjamin are charged at a rate of 110€ per hour. Service in Swedish, English & Finnish.BENJAMIN
You can see Benjamin’s tattoo portfolio here.
Jonas T was selected as our next new apprentice and started with us in August 2018. After fulfilling his one year of apprenticeship duties we have taken him on as a full-time first tattoo artist starting October 2019. Jonas T like to draw anything crazy, abstract, intricate, psychedelic and horror related arts. He also enjoys doing dotwork and linework designs! Tattoos done by Jonas T are charged at a rate of 70€ per hour until the end of 2020. Starting Jan 1st, 2021 the rate will be 80€/h. Bookings made during 2020 will be charged at the old rate. Service in Swedish, English & Finnish.JONAS T
You can see Jonas T’s tattoo portfolio here.