Lyle Tuttle, mai zanen tattoo daga nahiyoyi 7

Wanda ake yiwa lakabi da uban tattoo na zamani, Lyle Tuttle almara ne. Wani mawaƙin da taurari ke ƙauna, ya zana fatar manyan mutane na ƙarni na ƙarshe. Mai tattarawa kuma ɗan matafiya, ya ba da gudummawa sosai don kiyayewa da kuma dawwamar da gadon tattoo a gare mu. Mu koma shekaru 70 na aiki.

Daga gona zuwa wuraren tattoo

An haifi wannan dan manoma masu ra'ayin mazan jiya a shekara ta 1931 a Amurka kuma ya yi kuruciyarsa a California. A lokacin bikin nune-nunen kasa da kasa na Golden Gate, wanda aka gudanar a San Francisco a shekarar 1940 - a bukin buda gadar tatsuniyoyi a gabar teku - ya kamu da son birnin. Matashi Lyle yana sha'awar haske da girman gine-gine. Wani dan kasada a zuciya, yana da shekaru 14 ya yanke shawarar tafiya tafiya ta bas, shi kadai, ba tare da cewa uffan ga iyayensa ba, don gano City ta Bay.

A wani lanƙwasa a wani titi, ya fuskanci fuska da fuska tare da wani tsohon ɗakin shakatawa, kuma rayuwarsa ta ɗauki mataki mai mahimmanci. A gare shi, zane-zane (wanda akasari ya rufe jikin jami'an soji) ya kasance alamar 'yan kasada, kuma yana daya daga cikinsu. Sai ya shiga cikin kantin, ya dubi zane-zanen bangon, ya zaɓi zuciya mai kalmar "mama" da aka rubuta a ciki, wanda ya biya $ 3,50 (kimanin $ 50 a yau). Kyauta da gaske ba a yi don lokacin da ƙaramin Lyle ya yi alfahari da abin da zai iya ba.

Gano kiran nasa, daga baya sai daya daga cikin manyan mazaje: Mista Bert Grimm, ya yi masa jarfa kuma ya horar da shi, wanda tun a shekarar 1949 ya ba shi damar yin sana'ar fasaharsa a daya daga cikin situnansa da ke kan Pike a Long Beach. Shekaru 5 bayan haka, ya fara kuma ya buɗe kantin sayar da shi na farko a San Francisco, wanda ya gudanar shekaru 35.

Falsafa na mai fasaha

Ilhami da jajircewa, ya fi son jarfa ba tare da bata lokaci ba tare da tsarin da ba dole ba wanda ke ɗaukar sa'o'i don fenti. Ya ɗauki tattoo a matsayin abubuwan tunawa na yawon bude ido, kamar lambobi waɗanda za a iya liƙa a kan akwati. Dole ne ku yi tafiya don ɗauka tare da ku, tare da ku. Saboda wadannan dalilai ne kantin sa na farko ya kasance kusa da tashar motar!

Mata, taurari da shahara

ƙwararren masanin tattoo Lyle Tuttle yana jan hankalin duk manyan masu fasaha zuwa salon sa, wanda ya fara da almara Janis Joplin. A shekarar 1970, ya zana abin hannu a wuyan hannunta da kuma wata ‘yar karamar zuciya a kirjinta, wanda ya zama alama ta ‘yantar da mata kuma ya ba ta damar jawo kyakkyawar jima’i tsakanin allurar ta. A cikin shekaru da yawa, ya yi tattooed ɗaruruwan da ɗaruruwan nono kamar Cosmic Mama. A wannan shekarar, ya yi murfin wata shahararriyar mujallar. Tumbleweed kuma tana fadada sunanta a duniya. A tsawon aikinsa, ya yi tattoo mafi kyawun shahararrun mashahurai: mawaƙa, mawaƙa, mawaƙa da ƴan wasan kwaikwayo irin su Joe Baker, The Allman Brothers, Cher, Peter Fonda, Paul Stanley ko Joan Baez.

Mai rike Tarihin Tattoo

Lyle Tuttle kuma ƙwararren mai tarawa ne. A tsawon rayuwarsa, ya tattara abubuwa masu ƙima da kayan tarihi masu alaƙa da duniyar jarfa, waɗanda wasu ma tun daga shekara ta 400 AD. A cikin 1974 ya sami tarin mashahurin ɗan wasan tattoo na Ingilishi George Burchett, wanda ya ba shi damar faɗaɗa tarinsa. Hotuna, jarfa, injin tattoo, takardu: wannan tarin ban sha'awa ne wanda duk masu sha'awar tattoo suke mafarkin. Ko da yake Tuttle ya daina yin tattoo a shekarar 1990, amma duk da haka ya ci gaba da yin lacca kan tarihin tattoo da na'urorin da ake amfani da su a fagen don sadarwa da iliminsa.

Kalubalen Antarctic

Tafiya zuwa kusurwoyi huɗu na duniya, yana da shekaru 82, Lyle Tuttle ya yanke shawarar biyan burinsa: ya zama ɗan wasan tattoo na farko a nahiyoyi 7. Kamar dai matashin da ya gudu zuwa San Francisco yana ɗan shekara 14 don faɗaɗa tunaninsa, wannan lokacin ya nufi Antarctica. Nan take sai ya kafa wani dakin kwana a gidan baki inda aka karbe shi, ya karbi farensa kuma ya zama almara. Shekaru 5 bayan haka, a ranar 26 ga Maris, 2019, ya mutu a gidan dangi inda ya yi kuruciyarsa a Ukiah, California.