Zulueta, fifty-six, was born in Washington D.C. Leathers gave him a shoulder tattoo of a wolf’s head with the inscription “Kill or be killed.” So far, Leathers’s best-known client is U-M basketball player Manny Harris. His own client roster includes former NBA star Dennis Rodman, film director Jim Jarmusch, actress Marlee Matlin, Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee. Zulueta says apprentices often pay top tattoo artists between $5,000 and $10,000 for the privilege. The first six months of the apprenticeship were unpaid, but Leathers considers that a bargain. Stooping over his leg drawing upside down and backwards, Leathers was so excited he had to keep slowing himself down to stay calm. Last March, Leathers followed an age-old tradition by putting his first tattoo onto his own skin: a shark holding a paintbrush and palette. You’ve got a living, breathing canvas in front of you, and you’ve got to make sure that they’re okay.” “There’re just so many different facets to it,” Leathers says, “not only in terms of art, but the people-handling skills. He watched Zulueta’s every move and absorbed as much about the business as he could. At first, Zulueta just had Leathers clean up the shop. We’ve actually had people cry in the shop.”īut this time they said yes. When someone comes around asking for an apprenticeship at the shop, we usually tell them no straightaway. “There’s thousands upon thousands of people tattooing now. “In today’s world it is really hard to get into tattooing,” Zulueta explains. It took awhile before Leathers found the courage to ask Zulueta and Mansfield if he could learn from them. And Leathers began spending more time at Spiral Tattoo. Many of Leathers’ drawings and paintings similarly explore “positive and negative space.” The men discovered that they had similar tastes in music and started getting together to play guitar. Zulueta’s “New Tribalism” style is influenced by South Pacific traditions, with interweaving patterns and strong contrasts of darks and lights. They share a common artistic sensibility. Zulueta tattooed it onto his left forearm, and the two hit it off immediately. Leathers, an artist himself, drew a design resembling tiger stripes and brought it into the shop. In 2000, Zulueta had sold his Hollywood parlor, Black Wave, to move here and open Spiral Tattoo on Packard with his girlfriend, Michigan native Dianne Mansfield, a tattoo artist and photographer. He was floored to learn that Zulueta was part of the 1970s San Francisco tattoo scene that helped introduce the once-marginal art form into mainstream America. Leathers was working at the Arborland Borders and recognized Zulueta as one of his regular customers. Known as the “father of modern tribal tattooing,” Zulueta popped up on a television show that Jared Leathers saw one day. After all, there are few tattoo parlors that haven’t cashed in on Zulueta’s art. Since then other artists have tried to hand Zulueta cash, too. It started when an inker friend handed him a $100 bill, saying it was partial payment for all the money he’d made from the designs Zulueta created. The fanciful explosion of flash styles found within this volume will make any tattooist's heart beat faster.It’s a running joke in the tattoo world that everyone owes Leo Zulueta $100. The extensive collection of flash that follows is unique! The illustrations and drawings have been made exclusively for this collection, and have been produced by contemporary tattoo artists who rank among the best in the world. Clair -music to the ears of tattoo aficionados. As a special highlight for the book Wojciechowski has provided impressive historical flash-sheets from the pioneer days of tattooing! Names like "Sailor" Jerry Collins, Ray Emms, Milton Zeis, Ted Hamilton and Leonard St. This volume continues with an exciting interview with Piotr Wojciechowski, director of the "Polish Tattoo Museum," who offers valuable insights into the world of tattooing in eastern Europe. The whole of the "Leu family clan" has contributed fantastic flash artwork to this section. Tattoo Masters Flash Collection, Part II opens with an interview featuring the exceptional tattooist Filip Leu.
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