Bert Grimm is an important figure in American Traditional tattooing who lived from 1900-1985 and spent nearly 70 years tattooing. Grimm got into tattooing at a young age, he started hanging around shops in Portland around 11 and had his first tattoo machine in 1912. When he was 15 years old Bert ran away from […]
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American Traditional Part 1
American Traditional is a simple but complex style with a large history, so this is going to be a multiple part series. This week I’m going to start with the key characteristics and establish a foundation and then in coming weeks we will dive more into specifics and some different traditional images, people and history! […]