About us
ZELE Tattoo is located in Zagreb, in Tresnjevka,
in Savska street, number 10. You can reach us by taking tram number 12, 9 and 3
going towards the Tresnjevka market, or number 13, 14 and 17 going to Cibona
tower, and then walking towards Tresnjevka market.
Salons working hours are Monday-Friday from 12 - 20 PM.
The reception area of the salon consists of the entrance stairway with
storefronts with jewelry and photographs of our works; of a waiting area with about
20 seats, with information counter containing some 60 catalogues and over 300 specialized
books with tattoo motives. Behind the info counter there is a drawing space, with
the archive of magazines specialized in tattooing, equipped with photocopier,
fax and computer.
We have four separate rooms for tattooing of the total
capacity of 5 clients minimum at the same time. Two of the working rooms are currently
air-conditioned.
All working areas are equipped with two component monolithic floors or tiles that
are disinfected daily; also with non-porous furniture which is disinfected before
and after each client, and special anti-microbe UV lamps. We also have toilet and
washroom facilities as well as the separate room for sterilization equipped with
ultrasound cleaner with disinfectant bath, separate washroom facilities for rinsing
the instruments before sterilization, the equipment for welding the sterilization
packs and Autoklav sterilizer which is frequently tested.
Employees
Our salon’s team is dedicated to constant improvement of its expert
and artistic capabilities. All employees are trained for correct usage of disinfectants,
preparation of materials and instruments for sterilization, sterilization control
and appropriate handling of sterile utensils. Aiming to protect the health of our
clients, our employees and also to protect the respectability of our salon, we continuously
purchase materials, equipment and professional literature, and we use them all knowingly.
We are also participating in the world’s network of exchanging information between
our colleagues and health workers, whether it is through personal contacts or through
organizations dedicated to the improvement of the quality and safety in the working
methods and equipment.
Supporting the soundness of our methods is the fact that they were
approved by the team of doctors with whom we have consulted regarding the safety
procedures, and also numerous doctors, nurses and other health department associates
who were our clients or were accompanying our clients. We are also regularly being
controlled by the Croatian National Institute for Public Health and the Sanitary
Inspection. Each of our clients can see the entire preparation of the working area
and working table, the unpacking of the sterile utensils, the complete work process,
the dismantling and disposal of the used equipment and the disinfection of the furniture
and work surfaces.
So much about safety, and as regards the quality and the artistic value
of our work, the picture speaks more then words. In the photo gallery of designs
or in catalogues in our salon you can browse for something that you like, or you
can come to us with an idea of your own. All tattoo masters who are working with
us are also quality drawers, skillful with all tattoo styles, and they would be
happy to help you with a drawing or an advice. The proof of our successful work
is in the respect of our colleagues from all around the world and many awards we
have won on the competitions that were part of international conventions of tattoo
masters.
ANA JUKIĆ ZELENOVIĆ
Upon completion of Musical High School and Chemical-Tehnical School,
Ana undergoes the training in blood transmitted diseases, the sterilization training
and the training for administrative work, in Tattoo Studio ZAGREB under
the supervision of Ninoslav Zelenović as a mentor. At the same time she
graduates from the Commercial School at the Open University, and starts managing
the administrative work, purchasing work and internal sanitary inspector work in
Tattoo Studio ZAGREB, and she still does all of those activities even today.
After we took over the exclusive distribution of The Wildcat collection for Croatia,
and for ex-Yu Countries (former Yugoslavia countries), Ana takes over the supervision
of all activities connected with the Croatian branch of that firm.
NINOSLAV ZELENOVIĆ aka ZELE
After demobilization from the active non-commissioned servise in the
Croatian Army during the Croatian War of Independence, Ninoslav undergoes the training
in the protection from blood transmitted diseases, the sterilization training and
the training for administrative work, in Tattoo Studio ZAGREB under the
supervision of Ivana Švalj, the owner of the salon at the time. Late 1993
Ninoslav starts working as a tattooist and also on the sterilization. In 1995, during
a tattoo convention in Amsterdam, he undergoes the training for the jewelry application,
under the mentor Denis Dikke, in Amsterdam, in the Tattoo Studio SKIN DEEP
and also the additional training for tattooing under the mentor Jana Huis in
Tattoo Studio ALMERE (ex-mentor of Ivana Švalj). . After that he participates
on numerous international conventions, seminars and congresses on tattooing, lecturer and a member of the jury. This results in numerous
awards, recognitions, published works and interviews in foreign tattoo magazines
and books, and also in fast advancement among the elite of the international tattoo
scene.
Together with tattooing and jewelry application, Ninoslav is the author of numerous
design kits for tattooing, several models of carved frames of tattooing machines,
the Ethic and Hygiene Manual of the Croatian Association of Tattooists (this Association
is unfortunately not active) and the jewelry applicants, as well as the complete
texts of this and previous web pages. Through direct crafts training of his apprentices,
through lectures and internal debates on the local and international scene, Ninoslav
forms a line of recognized master tattooists and jewelry applicants, and influences
the course of the development of many other colleagues from younger generation,
both in practice and theory.
Equipment
The tattooing equipment and jewelry application can be divided into
three main categories:
- Spare materials and supplies for single use only
- Instruments that are sterilized
- Equipment that is isolated by non-porous PVC foil
Spare materials and supplies for single use are colors and color dosers,
gloves, protective cover for the working plate, needles, razors and other materials
for skin preparation and skin disinfection, and materials for isolating the furniture
and equipment that are impossible to sterilize. These materials are used only once,
and then discarded immediately, with the exception of the needles that are disposed
in special containers for dangerous waste, and then destroyed according to the regulations,
by the company authorized for such activities.
Instruments that are sterilized are tubes of the tattoo needle slides, different
grippers and clamps and tools for applying the jewelry. They are decontaminated
between two usages in the ultrasound cleaner with disinfectant bath, and then they
are mechanically cleaned and rinsed, packed and sealed in the sterilizing bags.
After this procedure they are properly sterilized in the Autoklav sterilisator.
The equipment that cannot be sterilized as they contain plastics and isolation materials,
and they have to be touched during the tattooing are cover up, or wrapped in PVC
bags or PVC foil. This method serves for preventing contamination and transmittal
of diseases through the operating part of the tattooing machine, contact wire and
parts of the furniture that come into the contact with the client during tattooing
or during jewelry application.