RM 02 · ART. 03Chair 03Since 20208 records

TessAlbright

Books: Books closed to FebruaryClosed
Next opening: February 2027
Consult day: Thursdays, from February
Style: Neo-traditional, colour
Minimum: $300

ART. 03 · Case A In her words

Tess's gloved hands setting out ink caps beside the machine — INV. 03 · Chair 03 · Tess at work

People bring me the thing they want to keep: a brooch, a recipe card, their grandmother's roses. I redraw it so it reads on skin, which usually means bolder than the original.

Colour heals softer than it goes in. I pack it heavier than feels right on the day, so in six weeks it looks like the drawing and not a watercolour of it.

01Colour sleeves
02Heirlooms redrawn
03Rework of tired colour

Takes: Colour work, portraits of objects and flowers, reworks of faded colour.
Doesn't take: Pure blackwork, micro pieces, exact copies of a photo.

ART. 03 · Case B Records on file · Tess Albright

08Records

Red floral stems being tattooed along a forearm by gloved hands — **ACC. 2026.130**Tess AlbrightForearm4HFresh Lotus stems, from the sheet *From flash 027*

**ACC. 2026.130**Tess AlbrightForearm4HFresh Lotus stems, from the sheet *From flash 027*

Healed full colour sleeve with a red hannya mask, waves and blossom — **ACC. 2025.097**Tess AlbrightFull sleeve38HHealed Hannya sleeve, five sittings

Healed colour forearm sleeve of a teal serpent and cherry blossom — **ACC. 2025.091**Tess AlbrightForearm22HHealed Serpent and blossom

Healed portrait of a woman with flowing hair and lilies on an upper arm — **ACC. 2025.084**Tess AlbrightUpper arm12HHealed Medusa in bloom

Healed bold red rose and leaves wrapping an elbow — **ACC. 2025.061**Tess AlbrightElbow9HHealed Her grandmother's roses

Healed green succulent in an ornamental frame over an elbow, reworked over older colour — **ACC. 2024.079**Tess AlbrightElbow6HHealed Rework: succulent in a frame

Healed full colour leg sleeve from thigh to ankle — **ACC. 2023.066**Tess AlbrightFull leg46HHealed Leg sleeve, six sittings

Healed colour songbird and peony on a shoulder — **ACC. 2022.044**Tess AlbrightShoulder10HHealed Songbird and peony

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All of Tess's records in the archive

ART. 03 · Case C On the wall now · Sheet 07 · Spring 2026

Tess Albright$300 · 2H · Claimed Sat 13.09 Flash 041Flapper
Tess Albright$300 · 2H · Available Flash 058Veiled saint
Tess Albright$340 · 2.5H · Available Flash 069Laughing geisha
Tess Albright$260 · 90 min · Available Flash 072Rose pair
Tess Albright$240 · 75 min · Available Flash 075Heart of poppies
05Tess's flash4 available · Saturdays from 12

ART. 03 · Case D Before you book with Tess

N. 01SizesHand-sized and up. Sleeves run four to six sittings; she maps the whole sleeve at the first one.
N. 02PlacementArms, legs, shoulders and backs. Ribs and feet are fine but slower to heal in colour.
N. 03The drawingA full colour drawing is sent a week ahead. Bring the heirloom itself to the consult if you can.

RM 02 ART. 03 · Books closed to February · Next accession 2026.139

Back inFebruary

Tess's books are closed to February. Ask to be told and you hear first, before the dates go up.

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