The story of Broad Street Studio
"Piercing has been my passion since I was 14 years old. It was my first love and my life has been dedicated to sharing this passion with people in safe and inclusive environment. I hope my little studio brings my clients as much joy as it bring to me." Mike Hill, Owner.
Origins
Mike moved to the South West (Bristol) at the age of 18
when offered a job piercing in deepest darkest Wiltshire.
After a while Mike found himself living in Bath and he fell
in love with the city. At the time it was lacking in safe
piercing studios so he decided it would be the perfect place
to settle and begin his journey as a business owner.
Mike's original plan was to rent some space within an
established business and see if it was something he could
make work at such a young age but whilst enquring about
using a freelance treatment room in a popular hair salon he
found himself with the opportunity to take on the whole
building.
As a somewhat impetuous 20 year old Mike decided this was a
brilliant plan, and signed the lease.
The doors opened on November 1st 2006 under the name
[ab]normal fashions. Back then leaning much more into Mike's
love of alternative fashion and music inspiring the piercing
work.
The Re-brand
After a couple of years Mike made the decision to change
the direction of the business and re-brand the studio into a
more conventional Tattoo & Piercing studio.
Alongside a handful of very talented tattoo artists Broad
Street Studio was born.
The studio very quickly became one of the most popular
studios in the South West for both tattoos and piercings and
known throughout the country with some of the top tattoo
artists working here either full time or as guests.
Into the Modern Era
After years of running the business like this it became
apparent to Mike that the studio wasn't what he was
passionate about.
His passion of piercing and jewellery had taken a backseat
to the tattoo side of the business and the decision was made
to move forward without any tattooing and focus on what he
loved, safe piercings and stunning jewellery.
The studio was remodelled with the re-opening of the new
look studio in March 2018, and with that the joy
of coming to work every day returned.
And that brings us to today, our modern, inclusive space offering the very best in piercings and jewellery that you won't find anywhere else in the world.
