Making a Mark An Ethnography on a local Tattoo Shop and its Artists ...
Making a Mark An Ethnography on a local Tattoo Shop and its Artists ...
Making a Mark An Ethnography on a local Tattoo Shop and its Artists ...
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Laven 4c<strong>on</strong>sent form, a parental c<strong>on</strong>sent form if a minor, <strong>and</strong> instructi<strong>on</strong>s for wound care to be kept for aminimum of two years.In order to become a tattoo artist, a certificati<strong>on</strong> in first aid <strong>and</strong> CPR is needed. Also, aRed Cross AMA certificati<strong>on</strong> is required. Some kind of art schooling is also important to graspthe basic art c<strong>on</strong>cepts used c<strong>on</strong>sistently in the business. Apprenticeship is a huge step in theprocess of becoming a tattoo artist. Apprenticeships usually last 1 to 2 years, <strong>and</strong> is the schoolingto learn everything there is to know about the art of tattooing.Good Clean Fun tattoo shop first opened <strong>on</strong> Friday, June 13, 2002, across the bridge offof Highway 25 in M<strong>on</strong>ticello, Minnesota. John, Ben <strong>and</strong> their piercer at the time, Joel, workedout of that shop until June 1, 2005, when they moved into the same building as the movie theater,which gave them more room. John, the owner of Good Clean Fun <strong>and</strong> a tattoo artist for 13 years,opened up the shop because no <strong>on</strong>e in that area at the time specialized in all custom tattooing.Observati<strong>on</strong>al DataIt’s 1:45 <strong>on</strong> a Saturday afterno<strong>on</strong>. After going to the unoccupied ab<strong>and</strong><strong>on</strong>ed shop <strong>and</strong>discovering that the subculture I had planned to observe had relocated, Paige, my partner incrime, <strong>and</strong> I quickly made our way to the new locati<strong>on</strong> of Good Clean Fun. I could see the 20-foot-high, lettered TATTOO sign from the highway as we approached. There were not many carsin the parking lot when I pulled up to the brick, glass-encased building with a big green awning, Iwas nervous. I was scared that they wouldn’t accept me or that I wasn’t dressed in acceptableattire. I thought they wouldn’t give me a chance. As we walked in, the relaxed atmospherecaught my attenti<strong>on</strong> right away. Aqua blue walls, hardwood floors, three c<strong>on</strong>temporary tancouches, <strong>and</strong> pictures of Japanese, Asian, <strong>and</strong> traditi<strong>on</strong>al art hung all over the walls. Laughing,