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AUTHORKate Hellenbrand
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ARTISTSailor Jerry Collins
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PAGES96
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BINDINGSoftcover
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SIZE9" x 12"
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WEIGHT1.5 lbs
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CONTENTLine Drawings
Sailor Jerry's Tattoo Stencils Vol. 1 reproduces hundreds of line drawings by Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins from the personal collection of Kate Hellenbrand, printed here for the first time. These are the outlines behind some of the most copied designs in American traditional tattooing.
The 96-page softcover covers butterflies, roses, angels, daggers, birds and the other standards of Collins' work, shown as clean tattoo stencils rather than painted flash. Every page is perforated, so you can pull a sheet out to trace, redraw or keep at your station without breaking the spine.
For tattooers, this is direct access to Sailor Jerry flash in its working form: the line weight, spacing and simplification that made his designs hold up on skin. Collectors and students of tattoo history will value it as a record of the old-school shop practice that shaped traditional tattooing.
