Westport’s first and only tattoo shop, Darkstar Tattoo and Body Piercing was founded in April 2005 by Troy Wilson. Troy is also one of the shops two tattoo artists. Steve Patnaude has also been tattooing at Darkstar since day 1.

Darkstar’s first body piercer, Corrie Wilson, RN apprenticed Jon Stairs, who was originally the “front guy” and designer. The crew at Darkstar likes to keep it tight.

Darkstar is primarily a custom shop and is serious about the quality of work they produce.