Lyle Tuttle, wojambula tattoo wochokera ku makontinenti 7

Wotchedwa tate wa zojambula zamakono, Lyle Tuttle ndi nthano. Wojambula wokondedwa ndi nyenyezi, adajambula khungu la anthu akuluakulu azaka zapitazi. Pokhala wotolera komanso wapaulendo wachangu, wathandizira kwambiri kusunga ndi kupitiriza cholowa chodzilemba mphini. Tiyeni tibwerere ku zaka 70 za ntchito.

Kuchokera ku famu kupita kumalo opangira ma tattoo

Mwana uyu wa alimi osamala kwambiri anabadwa mu 1931 ku United States ndipo anakhala ali mwana ku California. Pa chionetsero cha mayiko Golden Gate, unachitikira ku San Francisco mu 1940 - pa kutsegula kwa nthano milatho kudutsa Bay - iye anagwa m'chikondi ndi mzinda. Lyle wachinyamata amachita chidwi ndi kuwala komanso kukula kwa nyumbazi. Wokonda pamtima, ali ndi zaka 14 adaganiza zopita paulendo wa basi, yekha, popanda mawu kwa makolo ake, kuti apeze Mzinda wa Bay.

Pokhota m’kanjirako, amakumana ndi kanyumba kakale kojambula zithunzi, ndipo moyo wake unasintha kwambiri. Kwa iye, zojambulajambula (zomwe nthawi zambiri zinkaphimba matupi a asilikali) zinali chizindikiro cha othamanga, ndipo iye anali mmodzi wa iwo. Kenako amalowa m'sitolo, akuyang'ana zojambula pakhoma, ndikusankha mtima ndi mawu oti "amayi" olembedwa mkati, omwe amalipira $ 3,50 (pafupifupi $ 50 lero). Mphatso yomwe sinapangidwe panthawi yomwe Lyle wamng'ono ankanyadira zomwe angakwanitse.

Atapeza kuyitanidwa kwake, adajambulidwa ndikuphunzitsidwa ndi m'modzi mwa amuna akulu kwambiri: Bambo Bert Grimm, yemwe kuyambira 1949 adamulola kuti azichita luso lake mwaukadaulo mu imodzi mwa studio zake zomwe zili pa Pike ku Long Beach. Patatha zaka 5, adayamba ndikutsegula sitolo yake yoyamba ku San Francisco, yomwe adakwanitsa zaka 35.

Filosofi ya wojambula

Mwachibadwa komanso molimba mtima, amakonda kujambula zithunzi zomwe zimangofunika kujambulidwa mosafunikira zomwe zimatenga maola ambiri kuti azijambula. Amaona ma tattoo kukhala zikumbutso za alendo, monga zomata zomwe zimatha kumata pasutikesi. Uyenera kupita paulendo kuti upite nayo limodzi nawe. Ndi pazifukwa izi kuti sitolo yake yoyamba inali pafupi ndi siteshoni ya basi!

Akazi, nyenyezi ndi kutchuka

Wojambula waluso waluso Lyle Tuttle amakopa akatswiri onse akulu kwambiri ku salon yake, kuyambira ndi Janis Joplin wodziwika bwino. Mu 1970, adapanga chibangili pa dzanja lake ndi mtima wawung'ono pachifuwa chake, chomwe chinakhala chizindikiro cha kumasulidwa kwa amayi ndikumulola kuti akope kugonana kokongola pakati pa singano zake. Kwa zaka zambiri, adalemba mabere mazana ndi mazana ngati a Cosmic Mom. M’chaka chomwecho, anapanga chikuto cha magazini yotchuka. Zovuta ndipo ikukulitsa mbiri yake padziko lonse lapansi. Pa ntchito yake yonse, adajambula anthu otchuka kwambiri: oimba, oimba, oimba ndi ochita zisudzo monga Joe Baker, The Allman Brothers, Cher, Peter Fonda, Paul Stanley kapena Joan Baez.

Wosunga Mbiri ya Tattoo

Lyle Tuttle nayenso ndi wokonda kusonkhanitsa. M'moyo wake wonse, adasonkhanitsa zinthu zambiri zaluso ndi zinthu zakale zomwe zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi zojambulajambula, zina zomwe zidayambanso mu 400 AD. Mu 1974 adapeza chojambula chodziwika bwino cha tattoo cha Chingerezi George Burchett, zomwe zidamupangitsa kuti awonjezere zolemba zake. Zithunzi, ma tattoo, makina a tattoo, zikalata: ichi ndi chopereka chochititsa chidwi chomwe onse okonda tattoo amalota. Ngakhale Tuttle anasiya kujambula mu 1990, adapitilizabe kufotokoza mbiri ya kujambula ndi makina omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito m'munda kuti afotokoze zomwe akudziwa.

Kupambana kwa Antarctic

Akuyenda kumakona anayi a dziko lapansi, ali ndi zaka 82, Lyle Tuttle akuganiza zokwaniritsa maloto ake oti akhale woyamba kujambula tattoo pamakontinenti 7. Monga wachinyamata yemwe adathawira ku San Francisco ali ndi zaka 14 kuti awonjezere malingaliro ake, nthawi ino akupita ku Antarctica. Pamalopo, adakhazikitsa malo ochezera a ephemeral m'nyumba ya alendo komwe adalandiridwa, adalandira kubetcha kwake ndikukhala nthano. Zaka 5 pambuyo pake, pa Marichi 26, 2019, adamwalira m'nyumba yabanja komwe adakhala ubwana wake wonse ku Ukiah, California.