I-INKspiration - uMaddie Harvey, I-Tattoo Artist - I-Body Art & Soul Tattoos: Isifundo se-tattoo

Njengoba noma ubani owake wathola tattoo uyazi, ukuthola tattoo kuyinto eyingqayizivele! Abekho abantu ababili abanendaba efanayo ncamashi. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi isikhumbuzo, umkhosi wokuzibonakalisa, isimemezelo sobungani noma nje ngoba, yonke i-tattoo inencazelo ethile. Njengoba nje isisusa sokuthola tattoo entsha sibalulekile kumuntu ogqokile, isisusa sokuba umdwebi we-tattoo singaba ngumuntu siqu. Futhi izindaba zomdwebi we-tattoo ngamunye ofisa zihlukile. Kule bhulogi, sikulethela uMaddie Harvey, iciko lase-studio sethu e-Philadelphia, onendaba ekhuthazayo kakhulu. UMaddie uthole ucingo lwakhe njengomdwebi we-tattoo ochwepheshe bezithombe zomdwebo wezimonyo lapho ebona ukuthi kusize kanjani ukubuyisela ukuzethemba kukanina ngemva kokuhlinzwa kwe-prophylactic mastectomy.

"Umama uthole ukuthi uneqembu elihle lesi-2, okuwukuguqulwa kofuzo owesifazane oyedwa kwabayisithupha, futhi ngokuyisisekelo kukwenza uthambekele kakhulu kumdlavuza webele, umdlavuza wesikhumba, umdlavuza wesibeletho. Ngakho wenza lokho abesifazane abaningi abakwenzayo, okuwuhlelo lokuhlinzwa olubizwa ngokuthi i-prophylactic mastectomy. Lapha bakhipha amabele namaqanda ngaphambi kokuba babe nomdlavuza. 

Lapho bekhipha amaqanda akhe, bathola ukuthi unomdlavuza we-ovary wesigaba sokuqala, okwethusa kakhulu, ngoba eminyakeni emibili kungenzeka angabikho. Sekulungisiwe konke nomzimba wakhe usupholile, ngahamba naye lapho izingono zibhalwe itattoo emhlane. Ukubona indlela ajabule futhi azizwa ephelele ngayo ngemva kokuba lokhu sekwenziwe njengengxenye yakhe yokugcina yoshintsho, yilokho okungenze ngafuna ukukwenza.”

Kungaleso sikhathi lapho uMaddie athola khona i-Body Art & Soul Tattoos, waya emhlanganweni wokucobelelana ngolwazi, wabhalisa futhi waphothula izifundo zakhe. Kusukela lapho, ubesebenza njengomculi we-tattoo ochwepheshe futhi edala art on an anhlobonhlobo abantu, kodwa uthola tattoo of abasinde umdlavuza luwusizo ikakhulukazi. Ukugxila kwakhe kuma-tattoos wezimonyo kumlethela injabulo. Njengoba esho: “Ngiyakuthanda ukukhuluma nabesifazane abaphume kolunye uhlangothi basinda, futhi laba besifazane banamandla futhi banenjabulo entsha ngoba banikezwe elinye ithuba ekuphileni. Ukubona nje ukusabela kwabo emizimbeni yabo emisha enama-tattoos kubo... kuhle kakhulu ukukwazi ukubanikeza lokho kuphusha. Ngeke ngilahlekelwe yilutho!"

Naphezu kokuphikelela kwabo, abantu abaningi babheka ama-tattoos njengokuthambekela noma isinqumo esikha phezulu “esiyozisola ngaso lapho sesikhulile” futhi ngokuvamile abawunaki umthelela omuhle wemidwebo engokwesiko nemidwebo yezimonyo ezinawo ekuphileni kwabawagqokile. Njengoba ufunde endabeni kaMaddie, abadwebi be-tattoo banganika abantu amandla okuzizwa beyingxenye yomphakathi obandakanya wonke umuntu, futhi banqobe ukuhlukumezeka ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo. Bangakwazi ngisho nokuhlanganisa izibazi ezivela ekuhlinzeni okukhulu emdwebeni we-tattoo futhi banikeze abantu ukuzethemba kokuthanda umzimba wabo futhi.

Funda ukuthi ungakha kanjani ama-tattoos ezimonyo

Uma ufuna ukufunda ukwenza i-tattoo endaweni ephephile, echwepheshile futhi esekela lapho ungenza khona ubuciko bakho bube umsebenzi onjengoMaddie, hlola izifundo zethu zokuqeqesha ama-tattoo. Umsebenzi wokuba ngumdwebi wama-tattoo ochwepheshe useduze kunalokho ocabanga ngakho, futhi sizokusiza ngaso sonke isikhathi!