ʻO ka mea pena ʻo Justin Weatherholtz e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hoʻoulu ʻana, ka makemake a me nā hoʻolālā e hiki mai ana

Me nā makahiki he 10 nui ma Kings Avenue Tattoo, kekahi o nā hale i mahalo nui ʻia i ka ʻoihana, a me ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Pagoda City Tattoo Fest, manaʻo kekahi e lilo ʻo Justin Weatherholtz i kona mau makahiki he 50 e noʻonoʻo ana i ka nui o kāna hana. Akā, ʻo ia wale nō ka mea akamai loa, ʻo 37 makahiki ka mea i hoʻokō ʻoi aku i nā makahiki he 18 ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā mea pena i ke ola.

ʻO ke kiʻi ʻana i nā ʻano mai ka hana i hoʻoikaika ʻia e Irezumi a i ka hana kuʻuna, ua huki ʻo Weatherholtz i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana mai nā mea āpau a puni iā ​​​​ia. "ʻO ka hopena nui loa iaʻu ʻo ka poʻe aʻu i hana pū ai. Ua loli nui kaʻu hana i 10 mau makahiki i hala aku nei i koʻu hoʻomaka ʻana e hana ma ʻaneʻi, "wahi a Weatherholtz. "Ua noʻonoʻo wau e komo i ka peʻa Iapana a ua nui ka hopena o Mike Rubendall iaʻu a ua aloha wau iā ia. Manaʻo wau ʻo ka mea i hoihoi iaʻu i kāna hana ʻo ia ka hui pū ʻana i ke ʻano peʻa Japanese maʻamau, akā aia kekahi mea ʻē aʻe, e like me kona mana a i ʻole kona pili ponoʻī iā ia a pau. 

I ke kauwela o 2014, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Weatherholtz, kahi mea hoʻoweliweli i hōʻike ʻia iā ia iho, ua hana ʻo Pagoda City Tattoo Fest me kāna kumu aʻoaʻo mua ʻo Joe Jones. ʻO ka ʻaha kūkā, aia ma Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, he mau ukali kūpaʻa. “Ua manaʻo mau wau ʻaʻole he hōʻike nui ma ke kahakai hikina e like me kahi hōʻike hōʻiliʻili, ʻaʻole ia no kekahi kumu ʻē a he nui nā kūlanakauhale kupaianaha a me nā mea pena. ma keia apana. No laila, manaʻo wau, "E hoʻāʻo kāua e hana i kēia hōʻike ia. "

ʻO Pagoda City, ka mea i hala no ʻekolu lā a ua hoʻokipa i kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana e like me Oliver Peck, ka hui Spider Murphy a me Tim Hendrix, ua hoʻokumu iā ia iho ma ke ʻano o nā hui maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana, e huki ana ma kahi o 3,000 poʻe a ma kahi o 150 mau mea pena. makahiki hoʻokahi. Ua hopohopo nui ʻo Pagoda City i ka hōʻike ʻana iā ia iho he hōʻiliʻili o nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā mea hōʻiliʻili ma mua o kahi hui eclectic a i kekahi manawa nui o nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea pena. "I ka hopena, inā makemake nā mea pena kiʻi iā ia, e hoʻomau mākou e hana. A inā ʻaʻole, e hoʻopau mākou.

ʻO Weatherholz, ka mea i hoʻomaha ʻole e hoʻomaha, ke hoʻolālā nei ʻo ia i kāna hōʻike kiʻi mua i kēia Malaki, i kapa ʻia ʻo Goodbye, e hōʻike ana i kekahi o kāna mau hoa hana kiʻi kiʻi Kings Avenue. "ʻO ke kaʻina hana e hiki ai i kēlā mea he mea hoihoi ia no ka mea ua lawe ʻia iaʻu i kekahi mau ʻaoʻao ʻokoʻa e pili ana i kaʻu mea e hana ai i ke akamai," wehewehe ʻo ia. "Ke ho'āʻo nei au e hana i kekahi mau mea i ʻoi aku ka moʻolelo i loko o ia mau mea." Akā inā paha ʻo ia e pena ana, paʻi kiʻi, a i ʻole ke poʻo i kekahi o nā ʻaha kūkā maikaʻi loa o ka honua, ʻaʻohe mea hoʻopā ʻo Weatherholtz e huli ʻole i ke gula. Mai hoʻopunipuni kona mau makahiki iā ʻoe, ke hoʻomaka nei ʻo Weatherholtz a inā he 18 mau makahiki i hala aku nei he hōʻailona o nā mea e hiki mai ana, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kali e ʻike i ka mea e hiki mai ana no kēia mea kiʻi ʻōpio.