Psajko. Sorry. Engineer Psajko.
Our ambassador. The marathon runner who keeps tattooing deep into the night. He’s done plenty of sessions here and, of course, he’ll be back this Wednesday, 19th of February, for the Great Tattoo Sesh at the shop.
Psajko recently opened his own studio... you’ll hear more about it in the interview!
1.You recently opened your own tattoo studio! Congrats! Where is it, what’s it called, and how’s it going?Ha, the time has come! I don’t know if it was really a voice of reason or the start of a midlife crisis. But I told myself, now or never. After 15 years, I’m opening Kinky Tattoo, where you’ll get a good spanking and still like it! It’s at French Street 11, just a little off Mírák, so still in the neighborhood. So, come by! Otherwise, I’m currently busy as hell, fighting with the authorities, not sure what to do first, but everything’s moving along. I’m writing this and it’s 3 a.m. 
2.If you weren’t so incredibly modest, you’d probably write "Ing." before your name, which would be "Ing. Psajko." Why the hell aren’t you sitting in an office, drafting things?Because the best thing that ever happened to me was getting fired in 2009 during the crisis. And only because of that, I was able to start doing what I still love. Drawing pictures all day and getting paid for it. Of course, it’s all bullshit, it’s hard work, like you wouldn’t believe. As for drafting, I’d probably like that too. When you see a building you designed being built and you know it’s your work, that feels good too. Maybe when I get fed up with tattooing, I’ll go back to that.
3.I don’t get how you managed to finish ČVUT. Every time I’m near that place in Dejvice, I get a panic attack and want to slit my throat. Do you have nerves of steel, or did you actually enjoy it, you geek?Well, to be honest, they kicked me out in my second year, so I had to finish my education elsewhere. Back then, I was a total punk—mohawk, Docs, talking about freedom, you know how it is. Then I kept going in the field, but I focused more on urbanism, so I played a kind of real-life SimCity. It took me 9 years to finish it all. And yeah, I actually enjoyed it. Student life is great, I wouldn’t change a thing! When they offered me postgrad, I said screw it, I’ll just work and have fun
4. When your daughter wants a face tattoo, how will you react?I’ll tell her I hope she gets “Dad” tattooed under her eye. I already gave her her first piercings, so I hope her first tattoo will be from me too. Or, like DJ Czech once told me, it doesn’t matter if you think you’re a cool dad, they’ll always think you’re lame. So, maybe she’ll say tattoos are gross, only criminals have them, and she doesn’t want one.
5.What’s the last great concert you went to:This is definitely the hardest question... The last one that blew my mind was Malignant Tumor at the summer Rusthaven. Unbelievable power, dark, thundering rock 'n' roll. Total Motörhead vibes. They released a new album, so check them out. Plus, they’re playing at Futurum with Wolfbrigade on the 28th. Highly recommend!!
6.You've been tattooing at Nevru parties for years, practically for pennies, working ten hours straight. Isn’t that annoying?)Nope, it’s not. I don’t do tattooing for myself, but for others. And when you see the happiness on those kids’ faces, like when they get a lollipop, you just can’t help it. Actually, I’m a bit of a community nerd. When I see someone starting a project that brings people together for a good cause, where everyone wants to chip in, I can’t stand on the sidelines—I want to be part of it. So besides tattooing at Nevru, I also do workshops and tattooing at Junktown, and a friend introduced me to Darkshire, so I’ll be there too, and so on. Originally, I did tattoo workshops in squats. That’s probably where it all started... I just want to build a community of cool people who all pull in the same direction, and I feel like my tattoos can contribute to that. Because, as we all know, Nevru is just pretending to be a clothing store 
That’s probably where it all started... I just want to build a community of cool people who all pull in the same direction, and I feel like my tattoos can contribute to that. Because, as we all know, Nevru is just pretending to be a clothing store 