Mawallafin Justin Weatherholtz yayi magana game da wahayi, buri da tsare-tsare na gaba

Tare da cika shekaru 10 a Kings Avenue Tattoo, daya daga cikin wuraren da ake girmamawa a cikin masana'antu, kuma wanda ya kafa Pagoda City Tattoo Fest, wanda zai yi tsammanin Justin Weatherholtz zai kasance cikin shekaru 50 da la'akari da nawa ya cim ma. Amma shi haziki ne kawai, mai tsananin buri mai shekaru 37 wanda ya yi fiye da shekaru 18 fiye da yadda yawancin masu fasaha ke yi a rayuwarsu.

Tattoo a cikin salon da ya fito daga ayyukan Irezumi da aka yi wahayi zuwa ga ayyukan gargajiya, Weatherholtz yana jawo wahayi daga kusan duk abin da ke kewaye da shi. “Babban tasiri a kaina shi ne mutanen da na yi aiki da su. Aikina ya canza sosai shekaru 10 da suka gabata lokacin da na fara aiki a nan, ”in ji Weatherholtz. "Ina tunanin shiga Jafananci tattoo kuma Mike Rubendall ya yi tasiri sosai a kaina kuma ya sa ni ƙauna da shi. Ina tsammanin abin da ya ja hankalina ga aikinsa shi ne ya haɗu da salon tattoo na Jafananci, amma kuma yana da wani abu dabam, kamar tasirinsa ko tsarinsa na kansa ga duka. " 

A lokacin rani na 2014, Weatherholtz, wanda ya yi shelar haɗarin haɗari, ya kirkiro Pagoda City Tattoo Fest tare da haɗin gwiwar tsohon mashawarcinsa Joe Jones. Taron, wanda ke Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, yana da mabiyan aminci. "Koyaushe ina tsammanin babu wani babban nunin gabar tekun gabas da gaske kamar wasan kwaikwayo na salon tattarawa, kawai ba ya wanzu saboda wasu dalilai masu ban mamaki kuma akwai biranen ban mamaki da masu fasaha da yawa a can. a wannan gundumar. Don haka na yi tunani, “Bari mu yi ƙoƙarin yin wannan nunin wanda. "

Birnin Pagoda, wanda ya dauki tsawon kwanaki uku kuma ya ja hankalin wasu daga cikin mafi kyawun masana'antar irin su Oliver Peck, kungiyar Spider Murphy da Tim Hendrix, ta kafa kanta a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi kyawun tarurruka a cikin masana'antar, wanda ya jawo kusan mutane 3,000 da kuma kusan masu fasaha 150. shekara daya. Birnin Pagoda ya fi damuwa da bayyanar da kanta a matsayin tarin masu fasaha da masu tarawa maimakon hadaddiyar dillalai da masu fasaha a wasu lokuta. "A ƙarshe, idan masu fasaha suna sha'awar shi, za mu ci gaba da yin hakan. Idan kuma ba haka ba, to za mu daina.”

Weatherholz, wanda ba ya tsayawa ya huta, har ma yana shirin wasan kwaikwayonsa na farko na fasaha a wannan Maris, wanda ake kira Goodbye, wanda zai nuna wasu daga cikin abokan aikinsa na Kings Avenue. "Tsarin da ya kai ga hakan ya kasance mai ban sha'awa saboda irin nau'in ya ɗauke ni ta hanyoyi daban-daban dangane da abin da nake yi da fasaha," in ji shi. "Ina ƙoƙarin yin wasu abubuwan da ke da ɗan taƙaitaccen labari a cikinsu." Amma ko yana zane-zane, zane-zane, ko kuma yana jagorantar ɗaya daga cikin manyan tarurrukan duniya, babu wani abu da Weatherholtz ya taɓa wanda bai juya zuwa zinari ba. Kada ka bari shekarunsa su ruɗe ka, Weatherholtz yana farawa kuma idan shekaru 18 da suka gabata sun kasance alamar abin da ke zuwa, ba za mu iya jira don ganin abin da makomar wannan matashin mai zane zai kasance ba.