UBert Grimm, umdwebi nosomabhizinisi

UBert Grimm wazalwa ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20.^Eme ekhulwini, ngoFebhuwari 1900 enhloko-dolobha yase-Illinois i-Springfield. Ekhangwe izwe lama-tattoo esemncane kakhulu, wayengakaze abe neminyaka eyishumi ubudala lapho eqala ukuzulazula ezindaweni zokudweba izithombe zedolobha.

Lapho nje ineminyaka engu-15 ubudala, le nsizwa inquma ukushiya isidleke somkhaya ukuze inqobe umhlaba. Wathola indlela yokuphila yokuzulazula ngokuhlanganisa i-Wild West Shows, imibukiso ehamba phambili ehlaba umxhwele eyajabulela impumelelo eyisimanga e-United States naseYurophu kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1870 kuya ekuqaleni kwawo-1930. Ukuhamba edolobheni kuye kwelinye, u-Grimm uzojwayelana nobuciko bokudweba ama-tattoo ngokuhlangana okungavamile nokungavamile nabaculi abaningi besikhathi sakhe. UPercy Waters, uWilliam Grimshaw, uFrank Kelly, uJack Tryon, uMoses Smith, uHugh Bowen baphakathi kwabadwebi be-tattoo abeza endleleni yakhe futhi bamvumele ukuthi ahlukanise futhi anothise ukuqeqeshwa kwakhe.

Uma eneminyaka engu-20 wayesevele ehola ngobuciko bakhe, uGrimm, nokho, waqaphela ukuntula kwakhe ukunemba futhi wanquma ukuqhuba ukuqeqeshwa kwangempela. Ngo-1923, ezimisele ukuphumelela emsebenzini wakhe, washiya impilo ye-bohemian. Ikusasa libeka endleleni yalo itilosi uGeorge Fosdick, umdwebi we-tattoo onolwazi, odume ikakhulukazi ePortland. Kanye naye, wenza isitayela sakhe izinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokufika eLos Angeles ukuze acije inaliti yakhe noSailor Charlie Barrs, ngamanye amazwi, "umkhulu wawo wonke ama-tattoos amahle" (umkhulu wawo wonke ama-tattoos amahle).

UFosdick noBarrs bamfundise izisekelo zesitayela sendabuko saseMelika, azozifunda futhi aqhubeke nokucwengisisa phakathi nomsebenzi wakhe weminyaka engama-70. Ngempela, uma eqhubekisela phambili isitayela sesikole esidala ngokulandela amakhodi akudala: iphalethi yombala elinganiselwe (ophuzi, obomvu, oluhlaza okotshani, omnyama) kanye nemifanekiso yenganekwane efana nerose, ikhanda lehlosi, inhliziyo, ugebhezi, i-panther, insangu, opopayi, njll. iphakamisa inguqulo eyinkimbinkimbi, idlala ngezithunzi nezithunzi ezimnyama. Wazakhela esakhe isitayela, esibonakala ekuqaleni futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, asiphelelwa yisikhathi, kuze kube yilapho sisathola imidwebo yakhe ye-tattoo ephrintiwe ezingutsheni, ngisho nanamuhla.

Qonda, "ukudweba umzimba kumnandi." Yilokhu uGrimm athande ukukusho, futhi ngesizathu esihle. Ngo-1928 wathuthela eSaint Louis, eMissouri. Indawo ayeya kuyo ekhethwe ngokucophelela, amakhasimende akhe atholakala phakathi kwenkambu Yezempi Yase-US e-Mississippi kanye nezikhumulo zansuku zonke zamatilosi.

Uvula esaluni yakhe ngesikhathi sokurekhoda futhi usebenza ngokungami. Ngala makhulu abenzi bezicelo abalungele uyinki, upholisha ubuciko bakhe usuku nosuku futhi aqhubekisele phambili umsebenzi wakhe. U-Bert Grimm usebenza kanzima: ubhala i-tattoo izinsuku ezingu-7 ngesonto, futhi ezindaweni eziseduze negumbi lakhe lokuphumula, ngesikhathi esifanayo udala futhi asebenze igumbi lokudlala kanye nesitudiyo sezithombe. Usomabhizinisi wangempela, ukutshalwa kwezimali kwakhe kanye nokuzimisela kwakhe kuyakhokha ngoba ibhizinisi lakhe elincane aliyazi inkinga, kuyilapho i-US isanda kuhlaselwa kanzima iminyaka engu-7 yemakethe yamasheya kanye Nokucindezeleka Okukhulu okwalandela.

Ngemuva kweminyaka engama-26 yokumboza imizimba yamatilosi namasosha e-Saint Louis, uGrimm ngokungangabazeki waziwa njengomunye wabaculi be-tattoo abakhulu kakhulu ezweni. Uzoqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe eminye iminyaka engu-30 ezindaweni zokucwala izinwele ezihlonishwayo e-USA nasemhlabeni wonke, edlula ngendlela evelele eNu-Pike. Leli paki lokuzijabulisa elisenganekwaneni e-Long Beach, e-California laliyindawo eya kuyo ngeminyaka yawo-50s no-60s yamatilosi ayefuna ukumakwa ngoyinki ongacimeki ngaphambi kokuphuma olwandle futhi. Phakathi kwezitolo eziningi zeNu-Pike, uGrimm wayephethe isihloko se-tattoo parlor endala kunazo zonke ezweni. Kwanele ukuqinisa ukuvelela kwakhe nokwelula umugqa ophambi komnyango wakhe! Ngemva kokuma eSan Diego nasePortland, wavula isitolo sakhe sokugcina eGearhart, Oregon ... emzini wakhe! Unentshiseko futhi othanda ukuphelela, akakwazi ukuthatha umhlalaphansi noma ayeke ukuzidweba kuze kube sekufeni kwakhe ngo-1985.