Fable Grove Tattoo

Fable Grove Tattoo A tattoo studio in Duluth, owned by tattoo artists Jessica and Josh Crotty.

 grew up around tattooing, always loved drawing and painting, and spent a lot of time in the Duluth Denfeld High School ...
04/24/2026

grew up around tattooing, always loved drawing and painting, and spent a lot of time in the Duluth Denfeld High School art room!

Living a life dedicated to creating art has always been her hopeful dream-not just for herself, but in service to others, crafting meaningful pieces for people to carry with them.

After receiving her Bachelor's of Arts in Psychology and studying studio art in college, Jessica began her tattoo journey in 2015.

The shared experience and intention between artist and client is tremendously important to Jessica. With a trauma-informed background, her approach helps ensure clients feel a sense of comfort and safety empowerment, trust, fun, and participation in the creative process. She believes in cultivating a well-rounded skillset in tattooing. The combination of artistry in various mediums, mindful client connection continuous learning, curiosity, and respect for the craft make tattooing a lifelong passion and gift.

Aiming to be well-rounded and genuinely enjoying multiple styles of tattooing, she has a personal passion for styles and subiect matters that include but are not imited to: large-scale black and arev and blackwork compositions, ornamental-focused work, neo-traditional with bold colors, illustrative, the occult, botanical and nature, mythology, mastectomy work, top scar coverups, and Japanese-influenced work. Her focus is to create tattoos for people that will stand the test of time, to cultivate a space where clients feel at home, and to meet people where they are at in their life.

Jessica is currently completing a 9 month Depth Psychology program. Upon completion she will be regulated by MDH as a Practitioner in the Alternative and Holistic Health Services within Fable Grove. She will share more towards the end of the year as she finishes her capstone project on opportunities with her in the studio alongside tattooing.

Outside of tattooing Jessica attends local events when she can. She did her very first burlesque performance this year and is excited to do more. She enjoys learning, tending to all her plants, magic, and snuggling at home with Josh and their fur babies.

✨️ARTIST SPOTLIGHT✨️It's been a couple years since we shared about Fable Grove's other artists. We will start with shop ...
04/20/2026

✨️ARTIST SPOTLIGHT✨️

It's been a couple years since we shared about Fable Grove's other artists. We will start with shop dad!

Beginning his tattoo career in 2007, has expanded his knowledge of tattooing to offer the best he can for his clients. Exploring and becoming proficient in many different styles, he can create photo-realism, bold traditional, successful cover ups, or fine line tattoos. Whether you're looking for color or black and grey, Josh is comfortable and confident with both. Having over 15 years of experience, he has the knowledge to design tattoos that will stand the test of time. If you are in the process of deciding what you truly want for your tattoo, Josh is well-rounded and comfortable talking through an idea with you and creating a design while being honest about the integrity of the piece. His focus is to help you feel at ease during the process to ensure you can leave with a tattoo you will feel connected to for a lifetime.

On a personal level, Josh has a passion for taking on pieces that have an interesting story and utilizing special details to help showcase that for clients. This stems from an ongoing love of the stories and meanings within traditional Japanese tattooing. Whether it's a tattoo with deep personal meaning or an original flash design, all tattoos have a story behind them. Josh is continuously pushing his limits during the process in order to offer his personal best for each person in his chair.

In his free time, Josh has become a proud nerd. He enjoys spending time with his Dungeons and Dragons group, crafting, Magic the Gathering, goes to a local boxing gym, travels when he can, and gets outdoors with his partner and fur babies! His cooks dinner for his wife almost every day because it is his love language. Jess definitely doesn't mind the benefits that come with his love for cooking!

If you've noticed the plant jungle in the back of the studio, Josh tends to it weekly. He has become quite the plant dad! 🌿

We couldn't be more thrilled to welcome Madie to Fable Grove Tattoo. 🖤 In a time of hungry artists rushing over fundamen...
03/20/2026

We couldn't be more thrilled to welcome Madie to Fable Grove Tattoo. 🖤

In a time of hungry artists rushing over fundamental and necessary moments early on in their career, we have been present with Madie as she began to move forward from her apprenticeship. During the last two+ years we have watched her work improve volumes, witnessed her self driven nature bring her to various conventions to learn and absorb with intention, and Jessica in particular has had the opportunity to work on multiple projects with her during this time frame. Madie took time and care to build a relationship with us so when we decided we were ready to expand as a studio, we crossed our fingers that it just might work out with this precious gem! How lucky are we? 💎

We hope Fable Grove will be a place Madie can reflect on what she has learned up to this point and begin building off it in new ways! Being a growth mindset studio, we are looking forward to seeing what we can learn from an artist like Madie, while offering her our own skillsets and insight as she keeps developing into her own. We have high hopes for her and support all her future goals.

We took our time before deciding we were ready to add to our crew. This is a big step for us! Our first resident artist we are sharing our space with and we want it to be hers as much as it is ours.

We will share an artist spotlight next week of Madie so everyone can get to know her more. We will also begin the process of getting her added to the Fable Grove Tattoo website. For now, get familiar with her face because starting in April, she will be with us full-time!

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Who is she?! 🖤✨️We couldn't pass creating a little tease and excitement because she deserves it and we are stoked for th...
03/19/2026

Who is she?! 🖤✨️

We couldn't pass creating a little tease and excitement because she deserves it and we are stoked for this new transition. We get to share who will be joining us as a resident artist at Fable Grove very soon! 😄

'Tis the season! This holiday season, we officially have gift certificates available, and we would love to be considered...
11/28/2025

'Tis the season! This holiday season, we officially have gift certificates available, and we would love to be considered while you shop for your loved ones! Starting today and through Christmas, every purchase made towards a gift certificate will also be an opportunity to be added to an entry for a $300 gift certificate from us. (One entry per purchase) We will also have a digital certificate option we can send for those who can't physically pick their gift certificate up from the studio. The winner for the $300 gift certificate will be announced on December 26th. Thank you for supporting our small business. Happy Holidays! 🎄🖤✨️

A night of magic, community, and creativity! ✨️Congratulations to our friend .curio on their very first ethically source...
10/27/2025

A night of magic, community, and creativity! ✨️
Congratulations to our friend .curio on their very first ethically sourced oddity jar class! We are thrilled to have been able to host this and look forward to more events in the future.

Keep your eyes open for what is in store for December! 🎄🎃✨️🕸☃️🌙

LOTR piece by Josh! 🔥Fill out the form on our website to book your next piece with him.
06/20/2025

LOTR piece by Josh! 🔥
Fill out the form on our website to book your next piece with him.

We have been flying a little under the radar, just enjoying time in the studio with our clients and as a little family w...
05/29/2025

We have been flying a little under the radar, just enjoying time in the studio with our clients and as a little family when we can! We hope everyone is enjoying the Duluth sunshine. ☀️

Click on the link under our bio to fill out the form to start the booking process if you want to swing in to get tattooed in Fable Grove!

We appreciate all our clients and friends. Much love. 💛

Finished chest and throat piece by Jessica! Her client wanted a combination of bold color and black and grey. 🌸✨️🌸
04/10/2025

Finished chest and throat piece by Jessica! Her client wanted a combination of bold color and black and grey. 🌸✨️🌸

Completed bold and colorful piece by  🐦🌸Josh loves taking on a variety of styles and puts love and care into the Fable G...
04/07/2025

Completed bold and colorful piece by 🐦🌸

Josh loves taking on a variety of styles and puts love and care into the Fable Grove Tattoo space, the craft, and all his work.

Fill out the online form on the Fable Grove website if you would like to book a project with him!

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313 W Superior Street
Duluth, MN
55802

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