Bert Grimm, muimbi uye muzvinabhizinesi

Bert Grimm akaberekwa pakutanga kwezana remakore rechi20.^ème zana remakore, muna Kukadzi 1900 muguta guru reIllinois Springfield. Akwezvwa nenyika yetattoo achiri mudiki, akange asati asvika makore gumi paakatanga kudzungaira mudzimba dzematattoo dzemuguta.

Pazera remakore 15 chete, jaya rinosarudza kusiya dendere remhuri kuti rikunde nyika. Akawana mararamiro ekutama-tama nekubatanidza iyo Wild West Shows, inoyevedza yekufambisa mitambo yainakidzwa nekubudirira kunoshamisa muUnited States neEurope kubva kuma1870 kusvika kumavambo 1930s. Kufamba kubva kuguta kuenda kuguta, Grimm anozojairana nehunyanzvi hwekutema tattoo kuburikidza nekusangana uye ephemeral kusangana nevazhinji vevanyori venguva yake. Percy Waters, William Grimshaw, Frank Kelly, Jack Tryon, Moses Smith, Hugh Bowen ndevamwe vevatambi vetattoo vanouya munzira yake uye vachimubvumira kusiyanisa nekupfumisa kudzidziswa kwake.

Kana pazera remakore makumi maviri akanga atowana mararamiro ake kubva kune unyanzvi hwake, Grimm, zvisinei, akaziva kusava nechokwadi kwake uye akasarudza kuitisa kudzidziswa kwechokwadi. Muna 20, akatsunga kubudirira mubasa rake, akasiya hupenyu hwebohemian. Fate anoisa munzira yake mutyairi wengarava George Fosdick, ane ruzivo rwe tattoo muimbi, kunyanya ane mukurumbira muPortland. Pamwe chete naye, akagadzira chimiro chake kwemwedzi yakati wandei asati asvika kuLos Angeles kuti akwenenzvera tsono yake naSailor Charlie Barrs, nemamwe mazwi, "sekuru veese akanaka ma tattoos" (sekuru veese akanaka ma tattoos).

Fosdick naBarrs vakamudzidzisa izvo zvekutanga zvemaitiro echinyakare ekuAmerica, izvo zvaanozodzidza nekuenderera mberi nekukwenenzvera mukati memakore makumi manomwe ebasa rake. Zvechokwadi, kana akapfuuridzira maitiro echikoro chekare nekutevera makodhi ekare: zvishoma ruvara palette (yero, tsvuku, girini, dema) uye ngano motifs akadai rose, tiger musoro, mwoyo, dehenya, panther, dagger, cartoons, etc. inoratidza imwe yakanyanyisa vhezheni, ichitamba nemimvuri nemimvuri yedema. Akasika maitiro ake, anozivikanwa pakutanga kuona uye, pamusoro pezvose, asingagumi, kusvika patichiri kuwana madhizaini ake e tattoo akadhindwa pazvipfeko, kunyange nhasi.

Hwisisa, "kunyora nyora kunonakidza." Izvi ndizvo zvaidiwa naGrimm kutaura, uye nechikonzero chakanaka. Muna 1928 akatamira kuSaint Louis, Missouri. Nzvimbo yainyatsosarudzwa, vatengi vake vakawanikwa pakati pemabharaki emauto eUto reUS padyo neMississippi uye chiteshi chezvikepe chemazuva ese.

Anovhura salon yake munguva yekurekodha uye anoshanda asingamire. Neaya mazana evanyoreri vakagadzirira inki, anokwenenzvera unyanzvi hwake ndokupfuuridzira basa rake zuva nezuva. Bert Grimm anoshanda nesimba: anonyora tattoo mazuva manomwe pasvondo, uye munzvimbo dziri padyo nekamuri yake yekutandarira, panguva imwe chete anogadzira uye anoshanda imba yekutamba uye studio yemifananidzo. Muzvinabhizimisi chaiye, mari yake yekudyara uye kutsunga kunobhadhara nokuti bhizinesi rake duku harizivi dambudziko, nepo US ichangobva kurohwa zvakanyanya ne7-year-stock market crash uye Great Depression yakatevera.

Mushure memakore makumi maviri nematanhatu ekuvhara miviri yevafambisi vezvikepe nemasoja muSaint Louis, Grimm pasina mubvunzo anozivikanwa semumwe wevakuru vevanyori vetattoo munyika. Achaenderera mberi nebasa rake kwemamwe makore makumi matatu mumasaroni ane mukurumbira muUSA nepasirese, achipfuura zvakanyanya kuNu-Pike. Iyi paki yemafaro yengano muLong Beach, California yaive nzvimbo yekuenda kuma26s ne30s yevafambisi vezvikepe vaida kuiswa chiratidzo neingi isingadzimiki vasati vaenda kugungwa zvakare. Pakati pezvizhinji zvezvitoro zveNu-Pike, Grimm akabata zita rekare rekare re tattoo parlor munyika. Zvakakwana kusimbisa mukurumbira wake uye kurebesa mutsara pamberi pemusuwo wake! Mushure mekumira muSan Diego nePortland, akavhura chitoro chake chekupedzisira muGearhart, Oregon ... mumba make! Ane shungu uye anoda kukwana, haakwanise kuenda pamudyandigere kana kumira kuita tattoo kusvika parufu rwake muna 50.