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Rev. Chad Wells - Custom Tattooing, Vandalia, OH

(937) 286 3127

 

Rev. Chad A. Wells attributes his beginnings in the Tattoo world to the "glorious results of a misspent youth", taking up the needle at age 15 to tattoo his "punk rock, hoodlum friends". Rev began his forays into the world of professional body art in 1993 at the age of 19. After dropping out of Art College, Wells served an apprenticeship with Glenn Scott, learning the tricks of the trade in Dayton's longest running and most well known shop. Chad worked at the shop for a short time after serving his apprenticeship and then left Glenn Scott’s to pursue his own path. Rev travelled extensively, tattooing "on the road" before opening his own shop, a 3500 square foot retail space that, in addition to tattoos and piercing, sold used records and CD’s, books and magazines, posters and incense and featured an arcade full of video games, pinball machines and a pool table.  Feeling overwhelmed with the scale of Vision Quest and the overhead it took to run such a huge space, Rev closed the doors and decided to go back to work for someone else. During this time Wells worked for a small Dayton studio called F.A.T. Tattoos before landing a spot at the more respected New Breed. Shortly after 9/11 Chad felt an urge to refocus his path and return to his roots so he went back to work as part of Glenn Scott's Tattoo Team. Wells stuck with Tattoo Team for almost 7 years before deciding to fly solo again, this time with a different approach. Rev. Chad Wells - Custom Tattooing in Vandalia, Ohio is a scaled back, small, cozy, creative atmosphere where the client and artist can relax and focus on the work at hand, which is creating absolutely the best tattoo. Whether the piece is large or small, Rev believes that planning, research and a relaxed atmosphere are the key elements in creating the highest quality work.