Vita and Creativity

Eddy Schuster born 1964 lives and works with his horses and other animals on a mountain farm high above the municipality of Fresach in Carinthia. His "metal tattoos" are popular all over the world.

 

Eddy Schuster has a picturesque view over the Drau Valley. As he says himself, he has arrived at his destination after decades on the road. The trained toolmaker has traveled all over Europe, worked as a tattoo artist in Germany, Spain in a finca and now on a mountain farm, says the father of three about his varied life.

 

Eddy started tattooing at the age of 17. He quickly developed a passion for the profession and, after starting out in Carinthia, opened his first studio in Munich. Further studios followed in Dresden and Frankfurt, and even in the infamous station quarter district in the metropolis on the Main.

 

"You can only stay there for a while, especially as I love nature, and there was very little of that to be seen there." Thought, done, belongings were sold, a caravan was bought and off he went on the road - without a specific destination - just enjoying the freedom." He eventually settled in Murcia, Spain, but Eddy never really settled down.

"I flew back and forth between Spain and Norway to tattoo."

 

After his youngest daughter was born, Schuster returned to Germany before his path led him back to Carinthia twelve years ago, where he opened tattoo studios in Villach and St. Veit. After 40 years in the business, he wanted to make a new start. "I sat down and practiced engraving. It's similar to tattooing, only nobody cries". Word quickly spread about his new field of activity and the first Harley customers came to have their bikes engraved. The "Harley tattoo artist" was born. As such, he made it into the international trade press and television crews came to him on the mountain, where he has now lived and worked for several years.

 

In the meantime, the horse lover has created another business area by engraving stirrups. Thanks to his presence on social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok), customers all over the world have become aware of his extraordinary work - including his most recent elaborately decorated stirrups, including a commission from the US state of Idaho.

HOME BASE

Eddy is living in the Austrian Carinthian Mountains at 1200m altitude in a 300 years old wooden mountain farm house with his horses and other animals. With a bombastic view on the mountains and its surrounding he owes the most beautiful working place where his creative ideas and unique engraving handcrafting are unlimited. He is hosting regularly Parties and Events where he presents his art in combination with culinary delights. 

During the Harley Davidson week every year in September there are around 500 bikers driving up to him on to the mountain to meet and greet and to order new engraved parts for their Harleys.

Eddy also admires and follows the culture of the Vikings which is can be seen on his outdoor premises by showing related items such as a big

Viking ship functioning as a grill.