So, I'm tattooing a Predator head on my friend Jeff Sonn's ribs when...bam! Lights out! Personally, I find it very difficult to tattoo without electricity! I am a slave to its power! Without it I am nothing! Not to mention; its hard to see what you're doing without any lights! However, this is not true of everyone! One artist continued to tattoo! How? Without electricity? Without lights? Its true! He had a contraption (called a stylus) that held a cluster of needles. This allowed him to continue tattooing by hand poking! How did he see? A small group of people held their cell phones open and aimed at his subject; lighting his work area! Talk about ingenuity!
In the photo's above you see my man Jeff; bored out of his mind and also some other patrons milling around in the darkened ballroom; wandering from booth to booth trying in vain to see flash books and photo albums! It began to get warm inside...and boredom set in as you can see with the photo of Jeff...so; naturally, people began to wander outside to smoke, chat and get some air. That's all well and good; except that they were not allowed back in! Of course, this was done to keep the artist's belongings safe; but some found it irritating. I did not however; I simply sat and waited...for two hours!
Finally, the lights returned and the familiar buzz of machines making beauty resumed; much to the pain and delight of the clients. Putting needles to skin that is broken and raw....and has rested for two hours...is quite painful! But, everybody got through it and the day was still successful and fun; made even more interesting by this unfortunate loss of power.
Stay tuned for more adventures from your favorite little tattoo studio in Greenbrier, Tennessee; Artistic Ink!
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