ABOUT ANCHE | GALLERY


Achne, real name: Antje Wittkopp, born the 28th of june 1964 in Treves, came to Berlin at the age of 10, with her Hippie Mum and her brother. Having left her home at the age of 16, she finished her school leaving exam, passed her motorbike drivers licence and worked in the gastronomy.

The next station was the study of fashion design, followed by some fashion shows and the sale of her designs in her mothers shop in Schöneberg (Berlin). Flat share with other women. Selling jewellery in the "Highlite". Then the first step into self employment: a jewellery shop in Charlottenburg (Berlin). Apprenticeship to become a cosmetician.
Then the first jewellery booth at the 2nd Berlin Tattoo- and Piercing Convention, and the possibility to take a look at the work of Bernie Luther. That was the moment when the wish to become a tattoo artist started to grow. The first steps where supported by Berit and Matze (former: Tattoo Connection). Additional PR work for the "Circus Renz".

The first tattoos arise at home. Apprenticeship at the All Style Tattoo in Berlin, under the guidance from miss Nico and Robert. From the beginning one of the members of the All Style Tattoo Straussberg, together with Evi and Marco.

Since 1996 leading tattoo artist in the shop in Straussberg. 2000 head of the shop in the Straussberg, together with Frank, who had become her trainee in 1999.

Creating tattoos really became a kind of addiction to me during the last years, I can`t imagine doing something different one day. The thing that impresses me the most, is the close realtionship, which grows between the customer and the artist. One of my collegues once said: "It`s an even closer realtionship, than during sex, you can forget a bad one night stand, but you can`t forget a horrible tattoo you`re going to wear it fort he rest of your life!" Very True!!!

Since the january of 2012: member of the All Style Tattoo Berlin.
I really try to create the one and only, personal tattoo for every one of my customers, which is not that easy, cause a lot of people tend to prefer the "fast and easy" little tattoo "to go". It takes a lot of time and talk to convey the real meaning.

My thanks go out to all of my teachers and all the people who never stopped motivating me: miss Nico ( All Style Tattoo Berlin), Berit (Tatau Obscur), Snake (Switzerland) and Robert (All Style Tattoo Berlin) - without you guys, all the way would have been a lot harder!