UMaud Stevens Wagner, i-trapeze kanye nenaliti virtuoso

Ingqalabutho yemidwebo yesimanjemanje, uMaud Stevens Wagner ufake isandla ekwenzeni ama-tattoos abe ngabesifazane kanye nomsebenzi wokudweba. Ephula amakhodi nama-taboos alo mkhathi, obekugcinelwe amadoda isikhathi eside kakhulu, waba umdwebi wama-tattoo wesifazane wokuqala ochwepheshe e-United States ekuqaleni kwekhulu leminyaka elidlule. Umdwebi kanye nesithonjana se-feminism, ugubhe umlando womdwebo oyinki unomphela. Ukuma ngobude.

UMaud Stevens Wagner: Ukusuka esekisini kuya kutattoo

Ngaphambi kuka-Amy, uMelissa noma uRuby, kwakukhona uMaud. UMaud Stevens osemncane wazalelwa eKansas ngo-1877 futhi wachitha ubuntwana bakhe epulazini lomndeni. Engakhuthazwa kakhulu umbono wokuphila impilo ehlanzekile njengomama wekhaya, wakhetha indlela yobuciko, waba umculi we-trapeze kanye ne-accrobat yesekisi. Unekhono futhi uyagqama, udlala embukisweni omkhulukazi ezweni.

Eshayela e-Saint-Louis ngo-1904 ngesikhathi soMbukiso Womhlaba, wahlangana noGus Wagner, owazibiza ngesizotha “umuntu onetattoo kunawo wonke emhlabeni” owayezokwenza ukuphila kwakhe kuthuthumele. Ngemva kweminyaka eminingi ehamba olwandle, lo mhambi wabuyela ezweni nomzimba wakhe ugcwele imidwebo. Ngezisusa ezingaphezu kuka-200, iheha izivakashi eziyibuka ngelukuluku lokufuna ukwazi njengendoda enemilenze emithathu noma owesifazane onentshebe.

Ewela ngaphansi kwesipelingi somculi osemusha phakathi kwemidlalo emibili, wenza umsebenzi wokuyenga ukuze azuze inhliziyo yakhe. Kodwa kuMaud kwakungekho mbuzo wokwamukelwa ngaphansi kwanoma yiziphi izimo. Intombi enanoma iyiphi i-tattoo, izovuma kuphela kulolu suku lokuqala uma ithembisa ukuyibhala futhi imfundise ubuciko. UGus uyavumelana nesivumelwano futhi wabelana ngolwazi lwakhe lwesikole esidala ohambweni lwakhe. Yazi kanjani, lapho engayikuyeka kuze kube sekupheleni kwezinsuku zakhe. Ngempela, nakuba i-dermograph isivele idumile, uGus ukushisekela ukusebenza ngendlela yakudala, esebenzisa “i-tattoo yesandla” noma “i-stick and poke tattoo,” ngamanye amazwi, ubuciko bokwenza i-bitmap ngemva kwenye. I-tattoo ekhomba. efekethisiwe ngesandla, ngaphandle kokusebenzisa umshini. Isisusa sokuqala sikaMaud siqala kancane ngokuthi umngane wakhe abhale igama lakhe esandleni sobunxele. Kunalokho ngokuhlakanipha. Thola okwengeziwe mayelana ne-tattoo yegama.

Umdwebi we-tattoo ochwepheshe kanye nomkhululi wesifazane oholayo

Engcoliswe i-tattoo, washada noGus wakhe ngo-1907 futhi eminyakeni embalwa kamuva wazala intombazanyana, uLotteva. Ngokushesha kakhulu, i-tattoo yakhe yokuqala yahlanganiswa nezimvemvane, amabhubesi, izinyoka, izinyoni, ngamafuphi, i-bestiary yonke phakathi kwezimbali nezintende zezandla ezahlasela umzimba wakhe wonke kusukela entanyeni kuya ezinyaweni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uMaud Wagner akasaneliswa inaliti yomyeni wakhe. Wazitholela i-tattoo, wayeka isekisi ukuze adwebe, wabe eseba umdwebi wama-tattoo wokuqala owaziwayo waseMelika.

Amaciko angomama u-Maude noGus bavakashela e-United States ukuze babonise imizimba yabo eseyimisebenzi yobuciko yangempela. Uma abathengisi babo behlanganyela embusweni wentando yeningi wokudweba imifanekiso emzimbeni, izigxobo zizoba ezibaluleke nakakhulu ku-Maud, osemphakathini waseMelika ohlanzekile nonodlame wasekuqaleni kwekhulu leminyaka elidlule owahola inguquko engokoqobo encane yokulwela amalungelo abesifazane, enesibindi sokubukisa amehlo akhe. ngokuvamile, umzimba ugqoke kancane futhi umbozwe ngokuphelele ngamaphethini angenakucimeka.

Kodwa ngaphandle kombukiso, abakwaWagneres baqhubekile nemisebenzi yabo njengabadwebi be-tattoo abahambahambayo. Ngeshwa, uma umnumzane eshaya, kuMadame, naphezu kwethalenta lakhe elikhulu, amakhasimende awami esangweni. Ngaleso sikhathi, ukudweba umzimba kwakuyibhizinisi lomuntu, futhi abaningi babo bakuthola kunzima ukucabanga nge-tattoo njengowesifazane ... Yebo, ithalenta akuyona yonke into, futhi ama-clichés anzima. Ukuwagoba, abaculi abambalwa banquma iqhinga. Emaflaya asakazwa ukukhangisa, uMaud uyenelisa ukumbiza ngokuthi “Mnuz Stevens Wagner” ukuze ahehe amakhasimende, enethemba lokuthi lapho ebhekene nomsebenzi wakhe, laba banumzane bazosusa ukucwasa kwabo.

Ngemva kokuba uchwepheshe owaziwayo emhlabeni wokudweba imifanekiso emzimbeni ngenkathi uGus eshona ngo-1941, waqhubeka nokuphishekela ubuciko bakhe kwaze kwaba sekufeni kwakhe, eminyakeni engama-20 kamuva. Kuze kube manje, uMaud udale i-tandem entsha, kulokhu i-100% yabesifazane, edlulisela wonke amaqhinga obuciko endodakazini yakhe uLotteva, okuzothi, futhi, izodlulisela leli fa ezizukulwaneni ezizayo.