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Unusual Industrial Piercings

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Shannon Larratt

I’ll start with one that’s fairly standard in terms of jewelry for unusual industrials, other than the wonkiness of looping it through the piercings. This custom made piece was done by Oliver at Danse Sabbatique in Tecate, California.

These next three examples using very pretty custom jewelry are all by El Verno at Holy Macherel/Visual Addiction in St. Paul, MN. From left to right they’re a three way industrial with a trillion cut stone, a 6x6mm princess cut cubic zirconia in a vertical industrial, and finally a very cool six-point custom inner cage.

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64 responses to “Unusual Industrial Piercings”

  1. Shannon Larratt Avatar
    Shannon Larratt

    I can’t think of any particular symbolism…

  2. Shannon Larratt Avatar
    Shannon Larratt

    I can’t think of any particular symbolism…

  3. ÈMþRꧧ Avatar
    ÈMþRꧧ

    Love the first pic, very pretty.
    Would this be custom made jewellery, or something that can be bought off the shelf so to speak?

  4. ÈMþRꧧ Avatar
    ÈMþRꧧ

    Love the first pic, very pretty.
    Would this be custom made jewellery, or something that can be bought off the shelf so to speak?

  5. ÈMþRꧧ Avatar
    ÈMþRꧧ

    Oops hadnt wound the screen down, 1st pic of the little ones, silly me 😉

  6. ÈMþRꧧ Avatar
    ÈMþRꧧ

    Oops hadnt wound the screen down, 1st pic of the little ones, silly me 😉

  7. solaris Avatar
    solaris

    ouch. how would you do that?

  8. solaris Avatar
    solaris

    ouch. how would you do that?

  9. Crazy Kay Avatar
    Crazy Kay

    Those are very nice! Giving me some ideas, thats sweet.

  10. Crazy Kay Avatar
    Crazy Kay

    Those are very nice! Giving me some ideas, thats sweet.

  11. ashlee Avatar
    ashlee

    those are fucking sweet i just have a normal industeral and it hurts like a b**** 🙂 oh well nice dudes peace xox

  12. ashlee Avatar
    ashlee

    those are fucking sweet i just have a normal industeral and it hurts like a b**** 🙂 oh well nice dudes peace xox

  13. krakendrakon Avatar
    krakendrakon

    Those are cool, especially the last two! It’s be hard to use headphones though.

  14. krakendrakon Avatar
    krakendrakon

    Those are cool, especially the last two! It’s be hard to use headphones though.

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