Don Ed Hardy, The Legend of Modern Tattoo

Ta hanyar juggling goga da allura, Don Ed Hardy ya canza kuma ya inganta al'adun tattoo na Amurka. Mai zane-zane da mai zane-zane mai daraja, yana ɓatar da iyakoki tsakanin tattoo da zane-zane na gani da kuma karya stereotypes, ya ƙyale tattoo ya sami darajarsa. Zuƙowa kan ɗan wasan almara.

Ruhi (ba ta shekaru) na mai fasaha ba

An haifi Don Ed Hardy a shekara ta 1945 a California. Tun yana ƙarami ya kasance mai sha'awar fasahar tattoo. Lokacin da yake da shekaru 10, yana sha'awar tattoos na mahaifin abokinsa mafi kyau, ya fara zana a hankali. Maimakon yin kwallo da abokansa, ya gwammace ya shafe sa'o'i yana yi wa yaran makwabci tattoo da alkalami ko gashin ido. Da yake yanke shawarar yin wannan sabuwar sha'awa ta sana'a, bayan kammala karatun sakandare ya fara karatunsa ta hanyar lura da ayyukan masu fasaha na lokacin, irin su Bert Grimm, a cikin ɗakunan tattoo na Long Beach. Lokacin da yake matashi, ya zama mai sha'awar tarihin fasaha kuma ya shiga Cibiyar fasaha ta San Francisco. Godiya ga malamin wallafe-wallafen Phil Sparrow - kuma marubuci kuma mai zane-zane - ya gano Irezumi. Wannan bayyanarwar farko ga zane-zanen Jafananci na gargajiya zai yi wa Ed Hardy alama sosai kuma ya zayyana yanayin fasahar sa.

Don Ed Hardy: Tsakanin Amurka da Asiya

Abokinsa kuma mai ba da shawara, Sailor Jerry, tsohon malamin makaranta wanda ya sabunta fasahar tattoo a aikace da kuma kayan ado tare da sha'awar tattoo Jafananci, zai ba Don Ed Hardy damar ci gaba da karatunsa. A cikin 1973, ya aika shi zuwa ƙasar fitowar rana don yin aiki tare da mashahurin ɗan wasan Jafananci Horihide. Ed Hardy kuma shine farkon mai zanen tattoo na Yamma don samun damar zuwa wannan horon.

Tada tattoo zuwa matakin fasaha

Salon Ed Hardy taro ne na zane-zanen gargajiya na Amurka da al'adar ukiyo-e ta Japan. A gefe guda, aikinsa yana yin wahayi ne ta hanyar zane-zanen tattoo na Amurka na al'ada na rabin farko na karni na 20. Yana amfani da abubuwa na yau da kullun kamar fure, kokon kai, anga, zuciya, gaggafa, wuƙa, panther, ko ma tutoci, ribbons, haruffan zane mai ban dariya, ko hoton tauraron fim. Tare da wannan al'adar Amurka, ya haɗu da ukiyo-e, ƙungiyar fasahar Japan da ta samo asali daga farkon karni na 17 zuwa tsakiyar karni na 19. Jigogin gama gari sun haɗa da mata da masu ladabi, masu kokawa sumo, yanayi, da kuma halittu masu ban sha'awa da batsa. Ta hanyar haɗa zane-zane da zane-zane, Ed Hardy ya buɗe wata sabuwar hanya ta tattooing wanda har sai lokacin ba a yi la'akari da shi ba kuma an keɓe shi ga ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa, masu keke, ko ƴan daba.

Bayan Ed Hardy: Tabbatar da Canja wurin

Don Ed Hardy bai daina tattara kowane irin bayanai da suka shafi tarihin tattoo ba. A farkon 80s, ya kafa Hardy Marks Publications tare da matarsa ​​kuma ya buga littattafai da yawa kan fasahar tattoo. Har ila yau, ya keɓe manyan masu fasaha na 4 na jiya da yau: Brooklyn Joe Lieber, Sailor Jerry, Khalil Rinti ko Albert Kurtzman, aka The Lion Bayahude, mai zane-zane na farko don ƙirƙirar da sayar da tattoo motifs. Filasha Dalilan da suka kafa kasida na jarfa na Amurka a farkon karni na karshe, kuma wasu daga cikinsu har yanzu ana amfani da su a yau! Don Ed Hardy kuma yana buga tarin ayyukansa da zane-zane. A lokaci guda kuma, a cikin 1982, tare da takwarorinsa Ed Nolte da Ernie Carafa, ya ƙirƙira Triple E Productions kuma ya ƙaddamar da taron tattoo na farko na Amurka a kan Sarauniya Maryamu, wanda ya zama alamar gaske a duniyar tattoo.

Daga tattoo zuwa fashion

A farkon shekarun 2000, an haifi Ed Hardy a karkashin jagorancin mai zanen Faransa Christian Audigier. Tigers, pin-ups, dodons, skulls da sauran abubuwan alamu na mai zanen tattoo na Amurka ana nuna su sosai akan T-shirts da na'urorin haɗi waɗanda alamar ta ƙirƙira. Tabbas salon yana da haske, amma nasarar tana da ban sha'awa kuma tana ba da gudummawa ga haɓakar hazakar Don Ed Hardy.

Idan a yau almara na zane-zane na zamani ya keɓe musamman ga zane, zane da zane, Don Ed Hardy duk da haka ya ci gaba da haɓaka masu fasaha (ciki har da dansa Doug Hardy) waɗanda ke aiki a ɗakin studio na Tattoo City a San Francisco.