Peacock PinUp "Sailor Jerry" inspired A3 print
Peacock PinUp inspired by 'Sailor Jerry' A3 print.
This design is based on an old sailor jerry flash design that originally would have been created during his career in the 1940s.
I have used the original techniques to create this print which is the same that would have been used to create the original design.
Here is some history about Sailor Jerry himself....
Norman Keith Collins was born on January 14, 1911, in Reno but grew up in Northern California. As a child he hopped freight trains across the country and learned tattooing from a man named "Big Mike" from Palmer, Alaska, originally using the hand-pricking method. In the late 1920s, he met "Tatts Thomas" from Chicago who taught him how to use a tattoo machine. He practiced on drunks brought in from Skid Row. He later sailed the Pacific Ocean before settling in Hawaii in the 1930s and furthered his tattoo career. Sailor Jerry made significant contributions to the art of tattooing. He expanded the array of colors available by developing his own pigments. He created custom needle formations that embedded pigment with much less trauma to the skin. He became one of the first artists to utilize single-use needles. His tattoo studio was one of the first to use an autoclave to sterilize equipment.
Collin's last studio was at 1033 Smith Street in Honolulu's Chinatown, then the only place on the island where tattoo studios were located.
Peacock PinUp inspired by 'Sailor Jerry' A3 print.
This design is based on an old sailor jerry flash design that originally would have been created during his career in the 1940s.
I have used the original techniques to create this print which is the same that would have been used to create the original design.
Here is some history about Sailor Jerry himself....
Norman Keith Collins was born on January 14, 1911, in Reno but grew up in Northern California. As a child he hopped freight trains across the country and learned tattooing from a man named "Big Mike" from Palmer, Alaska, originally using the hand-pricking method. In the late 1920s, he met "Tatts Thomas" from Chicago who taught him how to use a tattoo machine. He practiced on drunks brought in from Skid Row. He later sailed the Pacific Ocean before settling in Hawaii in the 1930s and furthered his tattoo career. Sailor Jerry made significant contributions to the art of tattooing. He expanded the array of colors available by developing his own pigments. He created custom needle formations that embedded pigment with much less trauma to the skin. He became one of the first artists to utilize single-use needles. His tattoo studio was one of the first to use an autoclave to sterilize equipment.
Collin's last studio was at 1033 Smith Street in Honolulu's Chinatown, then the only place on the island where tattoo studios were located.
Peacock PinUp inspired by 'Sailor Jerry' A3 print.
This design is based on an old sailor jerry flash design that originally would have been created during his career in the 1940s.
I have used the original techniques to create this print which is the same that would have been used to create the original design.
Here is some history about Sailor Jerry himself....
Norman Keith Collins was born on January 14, 1911, in Reno but grew up in Northern California. As a child he hopped freight trains across the country and learned tattooing from a man named "Big Mike" from Palmer, Alaska, originally using the hand-pricking method. In the late 1920s, he met "Tatts Thomas" from Chicago who taught him how to use a tattoo machine. He practiced on drunks brought in from Skid Row. He later sailed the Pacific Ocean before settling in Hawaii in the 1930s and furthered his tattoo career. Sailor Jerry made significant contributions to the art of tattooing. He expanded the array of colors available by developing his own pigments. He created custom needle formations that embedded pigment with much less trauma to the skin. He became one of the first artists to utilize single-use needles. His tattoo studio was one of the first to use an autoclave to sterilize equipment.
Collin's last studio was at 1033 Smith Street in Honolulu's Chinatown, then the only place on the island where tattoo studios were located.