Let's take a intelligent look at tattoo history now with this great devotee of old school tattoos. Jerry Collins is carefully the father of tattoo, and his pinup tattoos have come to be very favorite today.
Born in 1911, and died in 1973, Jerry was a sailor for most of his lifetime. He resided in Hawaii, where he had access to the great mysticism of the far east... He kept in close touch with the Japanese tattoo masers, and learned much from them.
Japanese School Girls
He practiced his early tattoo art while a period in tattoo history when only sailors, bikers and collective deviants got tattoos. He elevated the art of tattoo to a new level of respectability, and perfected methods of sterilization. He referred to the other tattoo practitioners working in less antiseptic conditions as "scab artists".
He is most preponderant for his girly tattoos, his demon tattoos, she-devils, etc. Jerry absolutely perfected the thought of the pin up girl as the the supervixen that would lead a poor sailor down the path to his destruction. She, in combination with liquor, gambling and fast cars, would come to be known as "man's ruin".
Sailor Jerry mentored such modern day tattoo masters as Ed Hardy, Cliff Raven and Mike Malone. Ed Hardy and Mike Malone inherited the proprietary to all of Jerry's tattoo flash art and tattoo drawings!
With the resurgence in popularity of old school tattoos, Jerry's vintage pinup girls have come to be iconic. There is a line of products sporting his images now.. From clothing, ashtrays and playing cards, to 92 proof rum! Talk about ubiquitous and iconic-- I even saw his rum the other day at Rite Aid drug store!
Sailor Jerry and His Sexy Pin Up Girl Tattoos
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