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I stopped to think...and forgot to start again. I DO TATTOOS AN THEN... I DO TATTOOS.
MY TATTOOING IS ME, ITS EVERYTHING I AM AND ITS EVERYTHING ... active within 1 week |
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| Saturday, March 08 2008 10:59 PM |
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Subject: Base Weblog |
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Where is all the knowledge? By Crazy Ace |
Where is all the knowledge? By Crazy Ace
"Where is all the knowledge we lost with information?" T S Eliot.
Mr Eliot posed this question prior to his death in 1965, but at no point in history has this position been more poignant than it is today. It applies to everything, and is an essential question that should be applied to the tattoo industry.
There is a wealth of knowledge in the world about the human body and the skin which contains it. The very skin without which we would all be devoid of employment. How many of us have any real knowledge about the human tissue referred to as skin, and more importantly the materials used to decorate it, and the tools and methods used to introduce these materials into the skin.
It seems that all too many of us are content to use whatever materials are available at the time, and rely heavily on second hand knowledge (or assumptions) dissemated via the internet, or by word of mouth.
"Wow, that color pops, who made it?" and thus begins another round of half assed information, which will make the rounds getting diluted and corrupted as it gets passed on from one individual to another.
"I use that color and it doesn't look anything like that when I am finished". Well do you use the same needles, machines, stroke, pressure and hand speed as me. Probably not. Do you use the same preparation methods as me? Probably not. Do you promote the same aftercare products and methods as me? Probably not. That my friends is why some of us get great results with certain colors and products while others of us produce dismal attempts to duplicate the same finished product.
"Who uses Brand X ink, and what can you tell me about it?" Well many of us use it, some with excellent results and others with far from satisfactory results. Only a chemist that specializes in human tissue pigmentation can really tell you about why some pigments work for me and not for you, or visa versa. One thing is for sure, it's not the pigment, but the person depositing it under the skin that is the answer.
"Where is all the knowledge we lost with information?" It seems to have gone down the same road as all the respect for the history of our craft, and the reverence we had for those who pioneered the methods and materials that we take for granted. If it is a new product that is being touted as the best thing since electric tattoo machines, how can we say "This color will last a lifetime"? Hell its only been on the market for a year or two, and only some of its users are successful in its use. How can we make such boastfull claims?
There is no right and wrong way to perform the art of tattooing. There are simply right and wrong combinations of methods, tools and materials. That is the knowledge that used to get passed on from master to student. That is how the apprenticeship program succeeds. Not just telling your buddy, "buy this machine from brand "A", needles from brand "G" and color from brand "S" and you too can do this as well as me. Thats bullshit. Pure and simple bullshit.
A true master not only experimented with different methods and materials, he studied his results, and pondered the variables which contributed to those results. These types of masters were and are few and far between, and often enough they kept those results as closley guarded secrets, which were passed on to their students who out of respect did not just bandy these secrets around to the general public.
With the advent of the internet came a loosening of lips, and a culture of hero worship. No longer are the secrets held close to the heart. unfortunately along with the dissemation of the information, the knowledge is rapidly becoming lost.
Crazy Ace |
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