A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Traditional Throat Tattoo

I missed mentioning Marc‘s great traditional urki rekong, done by Thomas and Claus Neugarth. Click through for a second shot of it being done by hand using traditional tattoo tools.

Comments

14 responses to “Traditional Throat Tattoo”

  1. derkaiser Avatar

    haha, marc, modblogwhore *g*
    love it.

  2. meg Avatar

    ugh talk about painful

  3. nowherenear Avatar
    nowherenear

    Looks great! Pretty painful though, not sure if I could get that done on my throat of all places.
    A bit unrelated, but is there a symolism behind the flowers with spirals in, ’cause I’ve seen quite a few around recently. Feel free to IAM message me instead of clogging up this thread. (I won’t be able to read or reply ’till tuesday though)

  4. veronica Avatar

    he’s so cute 🙂

  5. wickedgame6 Avatar

    ah, talk about pain is correct. oh well, have to suffer some pain in order to obtain beauty :]

  6. VeganZombie Avatar

    Eek eek eek!!! >_

  7. rori Avatar

    ow my trachea!!

  8. InKubus Avatar

    Fucking intense. I could imagine the pain would be something completely out of this world

  9. Ze Avatar
    Ze

    ……what a wonderfoul throat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!go on freak!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. Raevyn Avatar

    …wow.. that’d be so intense!

  11. gillian gamine Avatar

    man, that’d be painfully AWESOME.

  12. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    Ow. Ow, ow, ow. i could not sit through that.

  13. Robin Avatar
    Robin

    I wonder the same thing as #3. What’s the symbolism behind the flowers? Are they lotus flowers?

    Please answer in this thread or send me a mail –> [email protected]

    : D

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