Bert Grimm, ɗan kasuwa kuma ɗan kasuwa

An haifi Bert Grimm a farkon karni na 20.^ème karni, a cikin Fabrairu 1900 a babban birnin Illinois Springfield. Duniyar tattoo ta ja hankalin sa tun yana ƙarami, yana ɗan shekara goma da ƙyar a lokacin da ya fara yawo a ɗakin shakatawa na birnin.

A lokacin da yake da shekaru 15 kawai, saurayin ya yanke shawarar barin gidan iyali don ya ci nasara a duniya. Ya gano salon rayuwar makiyaya ta hanyar hada Wild West Shows, nunin tafiye-tafiye masu ban sha'awa waɗanda suka sami babban nasara a cikin Amurka da Turai daga 1870s zuwa farkon 1930s. Tafiya daga birni zuwa birni, Grimm zai saba da fasahar zane-zane ta hanyar gamuwa na yau da kullun da na yau da kullun tare da yawancin masu fasahar zamaninsa. Percy Waters, William Grimshaw, Frank Kelly, Jack Tryon, Moses Smith, Hugh Bowen suna cikin masu zane-zanen tattoo da suka zo ta hanyarsa kuma suka ba shi damar haɓakawa da haɓaka horo.

Idan yana da shekaru 20 ya riga ya fara samun rayuwarsa daga fasaha, Grimm, duk da haka, ya gane rashin daidaito kuma ya yanke shawarar gudanar da horo na gaske. A 1923, ya yanke shawarar yin nasara a cikin sana'arsa, ya bar rayuwar bohemian. Fate ya sanya a cikin hanyarsa ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa George Fosdick, ƙwararren mai zanen tattoo, musamman sananne a Portland. Tare da shi, ya ƙirƙira salonsa na watanni da yawa kafin ya sauka a Los Angeles don yaɗa allurarsa tare da Sailor Charlie Barrs, a wasu kalmomi, "kakan duk kyawawan jarfa" (kakan duk kyawawan jarfa).

Fosdick da Barrs sun koya masa tsarin salon gargajiya na Amurka, wanda zai koya kuma zai ci gaba da inganta shi tsawon shekaru 70 na aikinsa. Lalle ne, idan ya ci gaba da tsohuwar salon makaranta ta hanyar bin ka'idodin gargajiya: iyakataccen launi mai launi (rawaya, ja, kore, baƙar fata) da abubuwan almara irin su fure, kai tiger, zuciya, kwanyar, panther, dagger, zane mai ban dariya, da dai sauransu. yana ba da shawarar sigar da ta fi dacewa, wasa tare da inuwa da inuwar baki. Ya halicci salon kansa, wanda aka sani a farkon gani kuma, sama da duka, maras lokaci, har zuwa lokacin da muke samun zane-zane na tattoo da aka buga a kan tufafi, har ma a yau.

Ka fahimta, "tattoo yana da daɗi." Wannan shine abin da Grimm ke son faɗi, kuma saboda kyakkyawan dalili. A 1928 ya koma Saint Louis, Missouri. Wurin da aka zaɓa a tsanake, an sami abokin aikinsa a tsakanin barikin Sojojin Amurka da ke Mississippi da kuma jiragen ruwa na yau da kullun.

Yana buɗe nasa salon a lokacin rikodin kuma yana aiki ba tsayawa. Tare da waɗannan ɗaruruwan masu neman tawada, yana goge fasaharsa kowace rana kuma yana ci gaba da aikinsa. Bert Grimm ƙwararren ma'aikaci ne: yana yin tattoo kwanaki 7 a mako, kuma a cikin yankunan da ke kusa da ɗakinsa, yana ƙirƙira da sarrafa ɗakin wasa da ɗakin hoto. Dan kasuwa na gaske, jarinsa da jajircewarsa suna biya saboda kananan kasuwancinsa ba su san wani rikici ba, yayin da Amurka ta yi fama da faduwar kasuwannin hannayen jari na shekaru 7 da kuma Babban Bala'in da ya biyo baya.

Bayan shekaru 26 na rufe jikin ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa da sojoji a Saint Louis, Grimm babu shakka an gane shi a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan masu fasahar tattoo a kasar. Zai ci gaba da aikinsa na tsawon shekaru 30 a cikin manyan wuraren shakatawa na Amurka da duniya, inda ya yi fice musamman a Nu-Pike. Wannan wurin shakatawa na almara a Long Beach, California ya kasance makoma a cikin 50s da 60s ga ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa waɗanda suke so a yi musu alama da tawada marar gogewa kafin su sake komawa teku. Daga cikin ɗimbin shagunan Nu-Pike, Grimm yana riƙe da taken gidan tattoo mafi tsufa na dindindin a ƙasar. Ya isa ya tabbatar da shahararsa da tsawaita layin da ke gaban kofarsa! Bayan ya tsaya a San Diego da Portland, ya buɗe shagonsa na ƙarshe a Gearhart, Oregon ... a cikin gidansa! Mai sha'awa da kamala, ba zai iya yin ritaya ko daina jarfa ba har sai mutuwarsa a 1985.