This is a free preview DEX Builds made for The Stabbernacle Tattoo Studio — not yet live. Claim it →

An artist at The Stabbernacle working on a back piece, photographed through a ring light. The violet stencil is still visible on the skin.
The Stabbernacle

Ask for anybody.
The work holds up.

Tattoo Studio 2947 S Meridian St, Indianapolis

Black and grey, portraits and fine line on South Meridian in Indianapolis. Cover-ups and reworks of other shops' tattoos. Lobe piercings while you're here.

5.0
383 Google reviews
Tue–Sat Doors at 12:30 PM
Call (317) 384-1753
Rated by 383 people
5.0
Reviews
383
Open
Tuesday to Saturday
Doors
12:30 PM
Payment
Cards accepted

Nothing here is priced by the row. Size, placement and detail decide it. Call with the idea and ask.

The work

Black and grey,
mostly

Portraits, realism, big cats, wrapped figures, fine line, script. Heavy shading, light on the outline. Colour only when the piece earns it.

A good share of what comes through the door is somebody else's tattoo, cover-ups, reworks, finishing what another shop started badly.

Lobe piercings too, if you're in for one.

A finished black-and-grey sleeve of three wrapped figures, photographed against the shop's red wall.
One shop, not one chair
…no matter the artist, I will get the most beautiful piece.
A client of ten years Google

The owner tattoos here, and he trained the artists working next to him. Which is why regulars book the day instead of the person.

Recent pieces

What comes off the needle

Portraits, big cats, wrapped figures, single-needle script. Eight of them full size on the work page.

Black-and-grey Medusa portrait with a snake and skull, on an upper thigh.
Medusa. Snake, skull, upper thigh. All black and grey.
A skull and ribcage wrapped in pink cherry blossom, on a thigh.
Skull and ribcage through cherry blossom. One of the few with colour in it.
A small single-needle tattoo reading 6205 with a heart, on the back of an arm, with the shop's ink caps racked behind.
Four numbers, one heart. Single needle. Ink caps racked behind.
A forearm sleeve of big cats and florals in black and grey.
Tiger, snow leopard, lilies. One forearm, wrist to shoulder.
A fine-line calf tattoo of a moon, sunflower, vine and cross.
Fine line straight down the calf. Moon, sunflower, vine, cross.
See the work
From Google

Three of 383

Tabitha Suter

“my family & i walked in on a friday night and moose tattooed all 5 of us. we got a sentimental piece for our grandmother, and we couldn't be happier with them.”

· Google
Sarah Woods

“My bestie and I came here to get our matching bestie tattoos, and I can't recommend this place enough! We're from Florida…”

· Google
Peyton Howell

“…the best experience I could have asked for, very rich in personality and very very professional.”

· Google
Find it
2947 S
Meridian St
Indianapolis

Cards accepted. Open in Google Maps →

The week

Doors at
twelve thirty

Opening hours
MondayClosed
Tuesday12:30 – 8:00 PM
Wednesday12:30 – 8:00 PM
Thursday12:30 – 8:00 PM
Friday12:30 – 8:00 PM
Saturday12:30 – 9:00 PM
SundayClosed

Closed Sunday and Monday. Call ahead on a holiday.

Pick up the phone
(317) 384-1753
See the work Hours and directions
Two words that keep coming up
Clean.
Safe.

That's where 383 reviews keep landing.