Sailor Jerry and Ed Hardy
They
say that when it comes to tattoo artistry, there is only one person
that can be considered as the foremost American tattoo artist of his
time, and person is Norman Collins or popularly known for his alias
as "Sailor Jerry".
He was the one that created
needle formations that embedded pigment with much less trauma to the
skin, and he was one of the first to utilize single-use needles and
hospital-quality sterilization. His attention to detail was so
precise that the riggings in his nautical tattoos were perfectly
accurate. Artistically, his influence stems from his union of the
roguish attitude of the American sailor with the mysticism and
technical prowess of the Far East.
Sailor Jerry became more
popular because of the unique style he used in each of his work. He
maintained a close correspondence with Japanese tattoo masters during
his career. He regarded tattoos as the ultimate rebellion against
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But other than Sailor Jerry,
there is also another one than specialized in incorporating Japanese
Tattoo in his works, and this is Ed Hardy. Don Ed Hardy is an
American tattoo artist born in Iowa in 1945, and raised in Southern
California. A pupil of Sailor Jerry, Hardy is recognized for
incorporating Japanese tattoo aesthetic and technique into his
work.
But other than his own artworks, the Don Ed Hardy styles
are also popular with clothing lines. These clothing lines are called
the Don Ed Hardy Branded clothing line. In 2002 Hardy was approached
by Ku USA, Inc. to produce a line of clothing based on Hardy's art
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Within two
years, the collection had drawn the interest of Saks companies. Hardy
and Ku USA formed Hardy Life LLC, which holds the trademark ownership
as well as the copyrights to all his images.
In 2004,
Christian Audigier licensed the rights to produce the high-end Ed
Hardy clothing line, which is based on Hardy's imagery. Prior to the
Ed Hardy clothing line, Audigier was the Head Designer at Von Dutch
Originals, which marketed the imagery of Kenny Howard|Von
Dutch.
There are currently at least thirteen Ed Hardy stores,
located in Waikiki, Dubai, Kuwait, Tel Aviv, Dallas, Miami, Los
Angeles, Las Vegas, Tucson, Houston, New York, Boston, Tokyo,
Singapore, Berlin, Riga, three in Australia and two stores have
recently been opened in India, one in New Delhi and the other in
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