Sailor Jerry Tattoo Flash (10 Sheets): Snakes, Panthers, Geisha Girls

Published by Don Ed Hardy's Hardy-Marks Publications, these ten unbound sheets (double-sided) of tattoo flash are identical to the sheets of flash that hung on the walls of Sailor Jerry's shop in Honolulu's Chinatown. Ready to frame or mount, they are printed on high quality, acid-free matte stock, and measure approximately 10 x 14 inches each. "Norman 'Sailor Jerry' Collins is considered by many the foremost American tattoo artist of his generation. He expanded the array of colors available by developing his own safe pigments. He 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. . . . He regarded tattoos as the ultimate rebellion against 'the Squares'."