Meet UK’s most tattooed man: 80% covered in ink including 1 eye-ball (PHOTOS)

Britains most tattooed man has spent 300 hours in the chair, spent roughly £20,000 on ink and has legally changed his name to Body Art. Born Mathew Whelan, the 33-year-old says body modification is a culture, a way of life and almost a religion

Tats crazy … 80 per cent of his body is covered with ink

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Meet Britain’s most tattooed man – he’s blown more than £20,000 on them including one on his EYEBALL.

Barmy Mathew Whelan loves tats so much he’s even legally changed his name to ’Body Art’.

 

Mathew Whelan shows off his tattoo's while holding a snake

Obsessed … he first got inked aged 16
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And the 33-year-old former wrestler, from Birmingham, says when he dies he wants to leave his body to a museum.

He said: “I’ve got so much respect for the history of body modification.

“It’s an art and a culture and when a group of kids stare at me, I’ll talk to them and explain the history of it.

“People who do what I do treat their body like a temple. Like Christian’s have Jesus, we have our bodies.

 

Mathew Whelan dressed in a shirt and tie

Donation … he wants to give his body away when he dies
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“I’m fully aware of the risks involved. For my eyeball, I went to the opticians beforehand and got several opinions.

“When I die I want to leave my body to a museum or a member of my family.

“There’s someone in Canada who has already asked if he can have my skull to use as a paint pot.”

 

Mathew Whelan before the tattoo's

How he was … Body Art as a schoolboy when he was still called Mathew
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Body Art first wanted a tattoo aged nine after seeing his Dad’s and Uncle’s.

But it wasn’t until he was 16 that he got his first – a British Bulldog with a blank scroll.

He’s now set up a non-profit organisation called Modify to help people with body modifications get jobs.

Body Art – who volunteers for the Liberal Democrats in his spare time – added: “I don’t see why someone should be discriminated against just because of the way they look, so I want to help those people as much as I can to find employment.”

Read more: The Sun UK

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