Kia Whakahauhia e Steph, Philadelphia Tattoo Apprentice - Toi Tinana me te Moko Wairua: He Akoranga Tattoo

Tutaki atu ki a Steph Alino, he tauira i to maatau taiwhanga i Philadelphia. Pērā i te maha o nga tauira moko, i moemoea ia kia noho hei tohunga moko mai i te kura tuarua. Na roto i te kaareti, te mahi wharekai, me te mahi tuumotu, kare te ngakau nui o Steph ki te mahi toi me te hoahoa moko i mawehe atu i a ia. A, i te hurihanga o te tau 2020, ka kite ia i te whai waahi ki te mahi pera. Kia whakahihirihia e te korero mo tana mahi i te angitu me te whakatau kua tae ki te waa ki te whai i tana hiahia me tana mahi auaha hei kaupapa matua ki te Toi Tinana me te Moko Soul!

Me mahi noa, me pehea koe e mohio ai kua tae ki te wa ki te timata ki te whakangungu moko

Whai muri i te kaareti, he mahi hoha a Steph i roto i te wharekai engari i kaha ki te pupuri i tana mahi auaha i roto i tona oranga: "I mahi toi tonu ahau ki te taha me te ngana ki te whai mahi kia pai ai te utu me te noho noa." Ahakoa tana mahi toi korekore e hiahia tonu ana ia ki te mahi, kaore a Steph i mutu te moemoea kia noho hei tohunga moko. 

I tetahi ra ka huri nga mea katoa ka mohio ia kua tae ki te wa ki te whakaaro nui ki ana mahi toi! Ka maumahara ia: "Kaore au i te mohio, ki taku mahara ka tae mai te 2020, he rite ahau, kei te mohio koe, ka mahia e au. Kaati, me mahi noa, me te pai tonu." I te ngenge ia i te uauatanga ki tetahi mahi karekau i pai ki a ia, ka mohio ia kua tae ki te wa ki te timata ki te ako ki te moko.

He aha te ahua o to rangatira ake?

Ko tetahi o nga huringa nui ki a Steph ko tana timata ki te mahi mo ia ake, kaua ki te waarangi a tetahi atu ki te whai oranga. E ai ki a ia, "Ko te noho hei rangatira mo koe ake he rite ki te whakahaere i to wa, i to waarangi, i to mahi, me o kaihoko." Ko te tikanga o te mahi toi moko ko koe ake to rangatira me te whai mana katoa ka puta mai. Ko te kaha ki te whai i tenei momo ngawari ka taea te huri keemu me te whakapai ake i te kounga o to oranga. Heoi, ehara i te mea ngawari te whakawhiti, na reira kei konei matou ki te arahi ia koe i roto i ia hikoinga o to akoranga. Ka whakarite maatau kei a maatau tauira toi moko nga pukenga e tika ana ki te whakarato ratonga kaihoko kounga teitei, me o raatau moko motuhake.

Me timata ki te whakangungu moko me te maia ki o mahi toi

Ko tetahi atu mea i huri ai a Steph i a ia e whakangungu ana ko tana mohio kei a ia nga pukenga ki te whai oranga mai i ana mahi toi. E ai ki a ia, "Kaore au i tino maia kia mohio ra ano ahau he pai taku mahi. Ka taea e au te whai oranga ma tenei mahi." Ko te huarahi o Steph ki tana mahi moemoea e kore e taea mei kore ia i whiwhi i te maia e tika ana kia eke ia ki te pekepeke. Mena he ahua taunga tenei, me awhina koe ki te whai maia ki o mahi toi me koe ano! Korero ki tetahi o o maatau kaitohutohu i tenei ra mo te ahua o te mahi toi moko te whiringa tika mo koe.

Ko te tohutohu a Steph mai i te tirohanga o tona wa hei tauira: "Mena e mohio ana koe ki to mana ake, ka mohio koe ki te nui o to mahi."

Tīmatahia te ako ki te moko i roto i te akomanga mariko ora

Mena kei te whakahihiko koe i nga korero a Steph ka hiahia koe ki te timata i to whakangungu moko 

i roto i te taiao tautoko, haumaru me te ngaio, timata i te korerorero ki to maatau paetukutuku me tetahi kaitohutohu. Hei tauira moko i Body Art & Soul Tattoos, ka taea e koe te ako ano me te ako i nga pukenga e whai hua ai koe ki te mahi! Ma o maatau kaitohutohu e awhina i a koe ki te hanga i tetahi waarangi e pai ana ki a koe, a ma o maatau kaiako mohio koe e arahi i nga huarahi katoa! A kaore koe e tatari mo te kano kano COVID ka pa ki te maakete na te mea ka timata to whakangungu i runga ipurangi i roto i te akomanga mariko tuuturu ka mahi tahi koe me to kaiwhakangungu i te timatanga o to whakangungu. Kia oti i a koe nga whakaritenga whakangungu akomanga mariko mo te mahi mai i te kaainga, ka reri koe ki te whakaoti i to whakangungu ki tetahi o a maatau taiwhanga tinana. A ko tetahi o nga waahanga nui o te kaupapa whakangungu ko te ako me pehea te tiaki i a koe me o kaihoko. Ma te whakaoti i nga whakangungu, ka taea e koe te maia ka whiwhi koe i nga pukenga aukati-whakawhitiwhiti me nga matauranga e hiahia ana koe ki te mahi i roto i te ao post-COVID. Tīmatahia he korerorero me tetahi o o maatau kaitohutohu kia timata.