Carl Kerssen
@fytattoo
Veteran Tattoo Artist with 20+ years of experience. Former owner of Forever Yours Tattoos, Inc. from December of 1994 until the shop’s closing in December, 2018. Carl joined Ink Kings Tattoo in September 2019. Welcome Carl!
“I was always interested in tattoos even as a kid. I got my first one when I was 15, with my mom’s permission of course, she signed for it and it was given to me by Neil Grant. After being tattooed by various other people between the ages of 15-19, I met up with Steve Barjonah, who was stationed on the same ship as me in the Navy. Once learning that I had some natural art skills and a desire to learn it was Steve that gave me my first step in the door, introducing me to all kinds of people in the industry and showing me some of the basics I needed to pursue being a tattoo artist. Once discharged from the Navy I worked full-time as an electronics technician at a pacemaker company while tattooing by night in my makeshift tattoo studio at my parents’ house. It soon became apparent where I belonged when someone at the pacemaker company took offense from a recent tattoo I had gotten, and I was told to cover them or be fired. Needless to say, I didn’t do as asked.” I found a little spot in Ramsey and founded Forever Yours Tattoos inc. in December of 1994. The rest is history…”
~Carl Kerssen
