ULyle Tuttle, umdwebi we-tattoo ovela emazwenikazi angu-7

Uqanjwe ngokuthi ubaba we-tattooing yesimanje, uLyle Tuttle uyinganekwane. Umdwebi okhonzwe izinkanyezi, wapenda isikhumba sobuntu obukhulu kakhulu bekhulu leminyaka elidlule. Umqoqi kanye nomhambi oshisekayo, ube nesandla esikhulu ekulondolozeni nasekuqhubekiseni phambili ifa lokuzidweba emzimbeni wethu. Ake sibuyele emuva eminyakeni engu-70 yomsebenzi.

Kusukela epulazini kuya kuma-tattoo parlors

Le ndodana yabalimi abasadla ngoludala yazalwa ngo-1931 e-United States futhi yachitha ubuntwana bayo eCalifornia. Phakathi nombukiso wamazwe ngamazwe weGolden Gate, owawuseSan Francisco ngo-1940 - ekuvulweni kwamabhuloho enganekwane ngaphesheya kwetheku - wathandana nedolobha. ULyle osemncane ukuthakasele ukukhanya nobukhulu bezakhiwo. Umhambi enhliziyweni, eneminyaka eyi-14 wanquma ukuthatha uhambo lwebhasi, yedwa, ngaphandle kokusho kubazali bakhe, ukuze athole iDolobha ngaseBay.

Ejikeni le-alley, uhlangana ubuso nobuso ne-tattoo parlor endala, futhi impilo yakhe ithatha ijika eliwujuqu. Kuye, ama-tattoos (iningi ahlanganisa imizimba yamasosha) ayewuphawu lwabashayi bemidlalo, futhi wayengomunye wabo. Ube esengena esitolo, abuke imidwebo esodongeni, bese ekhetha inhliziyo enegama elithi “mama” ngaphakathi, akhokha ngayo u-$3,50 (cishe amaRandi angu-50 namuhla). Isipho ngempela ebesingasenzelwanga isikhathi uLyle omncane ayeziqhenya ngalokho ayengakwazi ukukukhokhela.

Ethola ubizo lwakhe, wabe esedwetshwa futhi waqeqeshwa ngomunye wamadoda amakhulu: UMnu. Bert Grimm, okwathi kusukela ngo-1949 wamvumela ukuba enze ubuciko bakhe ngobungcweti kwesinye sezitudiyo zakhe esisePike eLong Beach. Eminyakeni engu-5 kamuva, waqala futhi wavula isitolo sakhe sokuqala eSan Francisco, asiphethe iminyaka engu-35.

Ifilosofi yomculi

Njengoba enomuzwa wemvelo futhi enesibindi, ukhetha ama-tattoos azenzakalelayo anamaphethini acelwe ngokungadingekile athatha amahora ukudweba. Ubheka ama-tattoo njengezikhumbuzo zabavakashi, njengezitika ezinganamathiselwa epotimendeni. Kufanele uhambe nohambo ukuze uhambe nalo, kanye nawe. Kungenxa yalezi zizathu ukuthi isitolo sakhe sokuqala sasiseduze nesiteshi samabhasi!

Abesifazane, izinkanyezi nodumo

Umdwebi we-tattoo onethalente u-Lyle Tuttle uheha bonke abaculi abakhulu kunabo bonke esaluni yakhe, eqala ngo-Janis Joplin odumile. Ngo-1970, waklama isongo esihlakaleni sakhe kanye nenhliziyo encane esifubeni sakhe, okwaba uphawu lokukhululwa kwabesifazane futhi wamvumela ukuba ahehe ubulili obuhle phakathi kwezinaliti zakhe. Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, uye wadweba amakhulu ngamakhulu amabele afana ne-Cosmic Mom. Ngawo lowo nyaka, wenza ikhava yomagazini odumile. I-Roll-field futhi ikhulisa isithunzi sayo emhlabeni jikelele. Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe, udwebe osaziwayo abasemfashinini kakhulu: abaculi, abaculi, abaqambi nabalingisi abanjengoJoe Baker, The Allman Brothers, Cher, Peter Fonda, Paul Stanley noma Joan Baez.

Umgcini womlando weTattoo

ULyle Tuttle naye ungumqoqi oshisekayo. Kuyo yonke impilo yakhe, waqoqa izinto zobuciko ezingenakubalwa nezinto zobuciko ezihlotshaniswa nezwe lama-tattoos, ezinye zazo ezasukela ku-400 AD. Ngo-1974 wathola iqoqo lomdwebi we-tattoo wesiNgisi owaziwayo uGeorge Burchett, okwamvumela ukuba andise iqoqo lakhe. Izithombe, ama-tattoos, imishini ye-tattoo, amadokhumenti: leli iqoqo elimangalisayo bonke abathanda i-tattoo abaphupha ngalo. Nakuba u-Tuttle wayeka ukubhala i-tattoo ngo-1990, waqhubeka efundisa ngomlando wokudweba imifanekiso kanye nemishini esetshenziswa ensimini ukuze adlulisele ulwazi lwakhe.

Inselele ye-Antarctic

Ehamba emagumbini amane omhlaba, eneminyaka engu-82, u-Lyle Tuttle unquma ukuphishekela iphupho lakhe: ukuba ngumdwebi wokuqala we-tattoo emazwenikazi angu-7. Njengosemusha owabalekela e-San Francisco eneminyaka engu-14 ukuze andise ama-horizons akhe, kulokhu ulibangisa e-Antarctica. Onsite, wakha i-ephemeral lounge endlini yezivakashi lapho amukelwa khona, wamukela ukubheja kwakhe futhi waba yinganekwane. Eminyakeni emi-5 kamuva, ngoMashi 26, 2019, washonela ekhaya lomndeni lapho achitha khona bonke ubuntwana bakhe e-Ukiah, eCalifornia.