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.

Piercing has gone way too mainstream

I mean, even oranges are getting their navels pierced these days. I’m pretty sure that this orange isn’t 18 yet, so now I know where to get pierced in Edmonton if I’m underage — by Aaron Brink at Eye of the Lotus. Well, at least if I’m an underage orange… I doubt it applies to humans.

Comments

67 responses to “Piercing has gone way too mainstream”

  1. Winch Avatar
    Winch

    My piercer has a picture of a Prince Albert in his portfolio… beside a picture of a King Edward Piercing…..It’s amazing how many people don’t get it

  2. Winch Avatar
    Winch

    (King Edward Potato, I should have explained…)

  3. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    Pretty damn sexy.

  4. jOELTRON Avatar

    I’d hit that.

  5. wickedgame6 Avatar

    haha, nice jewelry…:P

  6. juDe Avatar

    THAT orange got pierced because it’s a charming playboy.

  7. NeutronLIAR Avatar

    Haha that’s awesome ^___^

  8. starless_dark Avatar
  9. Frances Avatar

    Haha, looks neat !

  10. JenO33 Avatar

    I wonder if it will reject… :/

  11. Modster Avatar

    I find that damn cute.

  12. phrawzty Avatar
    phrawzty

    That will never heal properly..

    😛

  13. Hailstorm Avatar
    Hailstorm

    oh aaron.. 🙂

  14. Vyky Avatar

    this is the second time Aaron has used oranges for display purposes. does anyone else remember the wrinkly one?

  15. elixabeth Avatar

    Well, that’s pretty funny. XD

  16. CristinaK Avatar

    Wow that’s the funniest thing I’ve seen all day… I just can’t get over the fact that the placement looks so damn natural :D.

  17. AaronBrink Avatar
    AaronBrink

    haha!

    PS: WE DON’T SELL PLAYBOY BUNNY BARBELLS AT EYE OF LOTUS! (i found it in some drawer… and needed to put it somewhere 🙂 )

  18. C.J. Avatar
    C.J.

    Dude.

    That orange isn’t even a month old yet.

    Guy should get thrown in prison for piercing it… how is an orange that young capable of making good life decisions? He’s mutliating a minor!

    😀

  19. AaronBrink Avatar
    AaronBrink

    and Vyky… are you talking about this picture?

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/enderskid/wrinkledorange.jpg

  20. toast Avatar

    That orange couldn’t possibly have given consent.

    And I bet he made it pay in sexual favours.

    La…

  21. nk Avatar

    Very cute.

  22. em Avatar

    REJECTIOOOOOON!!

  23. nyne, Avatar

    a navel orange. hahahha, cute.

  24. gillian gamine Avatar

    i hate curved barbells with dangly bits. but i do like oranges.

  25. Andy Avatar

    As a vegan I am shocked and appalled at this cruelty to fruit. Or something.

  26. LeaveThePoliticsToMadmen Avatar
    LeaveThePoliticsToMadmen

    Andy, that’s a funny one…. cruelty to fruit.

    However, I have to say that it looks REALLY good! The placement looks perfect, its straight, it really FLOWS with the orange’s body! :D!

  27. Max Brand Avatar

    there is a picture like that hanging in my piercing room……i hate it…..the one in my piercing room, that is…..

  28. Mr.O Avatar

    That orange is fat

  29. Vyky Avatar

    Aaron- that’s the one!

  30. bucket of bunnies Avatar

    I hear there is talk of a navel project. Is this true?

  31. Campbell Avatar

    That piercing must have been done with a gun, the skin’s gone all orange from infection!

  32. Kenny Avatar
    Kenny

    i dont even wanna know what they did to the wrinkly one… but the navel orange deffinitely made my day.

  33. Lilee Avatar
    Lilee

    pahaha. i love it. =)

  34. filthee Avatar

    fruit piercing was finely performed by another iamer before who even had a gellery of different fruits pierced, not that i’m accusing anybody of plagiarism, it’s quite a natural wish to pierce fruits when you’re obsessed about this…

  35. TheWomanMonster Avatar
    TheWomanMonster

    hehe cute.

    wish I still lived up the block so I could drop in and see that in person.

  36. ApatheticJay Avatar
    ApatheticJay

    So THIS is what Aaron does in his free time.

  37. Sunshine Avatar
    Sunshine

    This makes me smile!

  38. Troy's falling Avatar

    That wrinkly orange was the grossest fucking thing i have ever eaten it tasted just the way it looked….fucking nasty

  39. Aaron Brink Avatar
    Aaron Brink

    Vyky:

    I never used that wrinkly orange for anything! We actually ate it…

    it think it was some accidental orange/lemon hybrid because the peel was almost half an inch thick, and the orange was literally MORE sour than an avarage lemon.

    it was bizarre!

  40. Jay.O Avatar
    Jay.O

    haha, I love it!!

  41. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    I would have thought the wrinkly orange would have been used for a scrotal ladder or something.

  42. pillpoppinfun Avatar

    what im wondering is what gallery did this go into?

  43. .caitlin. Avatar

    So no navel=orange puns?

  44. j a c q Avatar
    j a c q

    edmonton as in cairns in nth queensland, australia??

  45. Erene Avatar
    Erene

    I love it 🙂

  46. HELLS_MoNkEy Avatar

    haha rofl @ #27

  47. noisy Avatar

    .caitlin., orange you glad we didn’t sink to puns?

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