tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47254207724416210222011-04-21T19:55:45.853-07:00Lizzie of Passage Tattoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14356942172105946879noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725420772441621022.post-81623752996024360812008-12-09T05:49:00.000-08:002008-12-09T05:57:18.645-08:00A friend of mine opened my eyes to the idea that a tattoo artist being ignorant to his/her machine workings is as dysfunctional as an artist who doesn't understand why a pencil works the way it does.  Even if it's manipulated in a way that produces a satisfactory product, it takes a firm understanding of the tools used to be able to recreate the desired effect.<div><br /></div><div>I plan to keep this blog as a place to talk about my dabbling and tinkering in a small workshop that is in its very infantile stages.  I'll work with what I've got now, and as the needs arise, expand it to accomodate new skills I've learned.</div><div><br /></div><div>What I'll be documenting first is removing chrome from an old Spaulding Liteweight frame that I bought as a kit.  This would be the first machine I ever learned to set up, with the help a friend who had been doing his own experiments with tattooing before I was even born.</div><div><br /></div><div>I hope that someone, or anyone, finds this blog interesting.  It may be technical and it may be boring, I'm not sure, but one thing I do know is that there is a lot of shit I don't know, and I plan on figuring it out.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4725420772441621022-8162375299602436081?l=lizzietattoos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lizzie of Passage Tattoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14356942172105946879noreply@blogger.com1