Business Times of Edmond, Oklahoma March 2020 - Page 22

Local Artists Putting their Mark on
Downtown Edmond at Thunderdome Tattoo
BY TOM FINK | PHOTOS PROVIDED
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andy Randerson and Joshua Ross have different
styles but they bring them together under one roof in
downtown Edmond to create beautiful pieces of art.
As the co-owners of Thunderdome Tattoo on Broadway,
Randerson and Ross bring more than 30 years of tattooing
experience to create the aforementioned artwork — one tattoo at
a time.
“We’d worked together for about five years, and honestly,
hadn’t considered opening our own shop before. I’ve got clients
from social media and we both have clients who come from all
over the world to get work done, but after I, and Randy, felt
comfortable building our own brands, we felt like it was time for
us to have our own space,” Ross said. “We thought this would
give us the opportunity to do things at our own pace, to make
our own decisions, to decorate the way we wanted. The result of
this is Thunderdome (Tattoo).
“The way we work, we almost have banker’s hours in that
we’re open from 10 to 6, whereas a lot of other shops are open,
for example, from noon to 10,” he continued, “but we both have
good home lives, and we just wanted to leave work when the
sun’s still up — most days — and go home to our families.”
California native Ross began his career as a professional
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