Bert Grimm, wojambula komanso wochita bizinesi

Bert Grimm anabadwa kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 20.^ème Zaka zana, mu February 1900 ku likulu la Illinois Springfield. Atakopeka ndi dziko la zojambulajambula ali wamng'ono kwambiri, anali asanakwanitse zaka khumi pamene anayamba kuyendayenda m'malo opangira tattoo mumzindawu.

Ali ndi zaka 15 zokha, mnyamatayo anaganiza zochoka pachisa cha banja lake kuti akagonjetse dziko. Anapeza moyo wosamukasamuka pophatikiza ziwonetsero za Wild West, ziwonetsero zochititsa chidwi zoyenda zomwe zidachita bwino kwambiri ku United States ndi Europe kuyambira m'ma 1870 mpaka koyambirira kwa 1930s. Kuyenda kuchokera ku mzinda kupita kumzinda, Grimm adzadziwa luso lojambula mphini pokumana wamba komanso wanthawi zonse ndi akatswiri ambiri anthawi yake. Percy Waters, William Grimshaw, Frank Kelly, Jack Tryon, Moses Smith, Hugh Bowen ndi ena mwa akatswiri ojambula ma tattoo omwe amadutsa njira yake ndikumulola kusiyanitsa ndikulemeretsa maphunziro ake.

Ngati ali ndi zaka 20 adapeza kale ndalama kuchokera ku luso lake, Grimm, komabe, adazindikira kuti alibe zolondola ndipo adaganiza zopanga maphunziro enieni. Mu 1923, atatsimikiza kuti apambane mu ntchito yake, anasiya moyo wa bohemian. Tsogolo limayika panjira yake woyendetsa ngalawa George Fosdick, wojambula wodziwa bwino za tattoo, wotchuka kwambiri ku Portland. Pamodzi ndi iye, adapanga kalembedwe kake kwa miyezi ingapo asanafike ku Los Angeles kuti awongole singano yake ndi Sailor Charlie Barrs, mwa kuyankhula kwina, "agogo aamuna onse abwino" (agogo aamuna onse abwino).

Fosdick ndi Barrs adamuphunzitsa zoyambira zamakhalidwe achi America, zomwe aziphunzira ndikupitiliza kuwongolera pazaka 70 za ntchito yake. Zowonadi, ngati apitiliza kalembedwe kasukulu yakale potsatira ma code apamwamba: utoto wocheperako (wachikasu, wofiira, wobiriwira, wakuda) ndi nthano zongopeka monga duwa, mutu wa tiger, mtima, chigaza, panther, lupanga, zojambula, ndi zina. akuwonetsa mtundu wapamwamba kwambiri, kusewera ndi mithunzi ndi mithunzi yakuda. Anapanga kalembedwe kake, kodziwika poyang'ana koyamba ndipo, koposa zonse, kosatha, mpaka pamene timapezabe zojambula zake zosindikizidwa pa zovala, ngakhale lero.

Mvetserani, "kulemba mphini ndikosangalatsa." Izi ndi zomwe Grimm amakonda kunena, ndipo pazifukwa zomveka. Mu 1928 anasamukira ku Saint Louis, Missouri. Malo amene anasankhidwa mosamala kwambiri, makasitomala ake anapezeka pakati pa malo a asilikali a US ku Mississippi ndi doko la tsiku ndi tsiku la amalinyero.

Amatsegula salon yake munthawi yake ndipo amagwira ntchito mosalekeza. Ndi anthu mazana ambiri okonzekera inki, amapukuta luso lake tsiku ndi tsiku ndi kupitiriza ntchito yake. Bert Grimm ndi wolimbikira ntchito: amajambula tattoo masiku 7 pa sabata, ndipo m'madera oyandikana ndi chipinda chake chochezera, nthawi yomweyo amapanga ndikugwira ntchito yochitira masewera ndi studio yojambula zithunzi. Wochita bizinesi weniweni, ndalama zake ndi kutsimikiza mtima kwake zimalipira chifukwa bizinesi yake yaying'ono sadziwa vuto, pamene US yangogwedezeka kwambiri ndi kuwonongeka kwa msika wa 7 ndi Kuvutika Kwakukulu komwe kunatsatira.

Pambuyo pa zaka 26 zophimba matupi a amalinyero ndi asitikali ku Saint Louis, Grimm mosakayikira amadziwika kuti ndi m'modzi mwa akatswiri ojambula bwino kwambiri mdzikolo. Adzapitiliza ntchito yake kwa zaka zina 30 mu salons otchuka kwambiri ku USA ndi dziko lonse lapansi, ndikupanga chiphaso chapadera kwambiri ku Nu-Pike. Paki yosangalatsa iyi ku Long Beach, California inali kopitako m'zaka za m'ma 50 ndi 60 oyendetsa sitima omwe ankafuna kuti alembetse inki yosazikika asanapitenso kunyanja. Pakati pa masitolo ambiri a Nu-Pike, Grimm anali ndi mutu wa nyumba yakale kwambiri ya tattoo mdziko muno. Zokwanira kulimbitsa kutchuka kwake ndikutalikitsa mzere kutsogolo kwa chitseko chake! Atayima ku San Diego ndi Portland, adatsegula sitolo yake yomaliza ku Gearhart, Oregon ... kunyumba kwake! Wokonda komanso wokonda kuchita zinthu mwangwiro, sangapume pantchito kapena kusiya kujambula mpaka imfa yake mu 1985.