This row of surface piercings, one half of a permanent arm corset, was done on Nic by Hugh Mattay of Tattoo Culture in Canberra, Australia.
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26 responses to “Arm Corset in Progress”
love it, look forward to seeing the finished project.
i agree number 1! tis original, at least to me, as well
cool, i think that in a spirl around the arm would look cool too. can i ask a question though, what are the scars from?
That will look awesome even if(when) they migrate out. They’ll leave some interesting scars.
@ Shannon: please give IAM:Nic credit, too – as it is on her!
Zzzzzzz.
i have one forearm microdermal and it gets caught on something at least once a day and i yell out a curse word. i can’t imagine how often this chick is gonna get that shit caught with that many of them. they do look pretty flat so hopefully they will stay that way. good luck!
that arm looks like its had a rough life
What Bastian said, iam Nic is definately the wearer 🙂
Go Nic 🙂 🙂
That’s my arm. 🙂
We’ve done the other side now. Just waiting for some healing and we’ll swap all the ends for rings and lace it together.
They actually don’t get snagged often, I have had two or three swear moments but nothing that has actually done damage.
The scars are from a decade or so of self harm, if this project leaves scars I won’t be concerned. The idea was to do the corset to cover the scars, turning something ugly into something beautiful.
This whole project was also done as a bit of an experiment. I wanted to see the process of Punch & Taper Surface Piercing. We decided to use an arm so I could watch. Hugh came up with the corset idea. I had the first row of seven done in two sittings on one day and the second row done in one sitting about 4 weeks later.
One way or another, I learned a lot from this. I’ve now seen the process up close 14 times, it was really fascinating.
I think it looks pretty cool with just the one side done personally 😉 But I bet it’ll look awesome when it’s finished.
#10: as someone with self harm scars too, i think this is a wonderful thing to incorporate into those scars. i really look forward to seeing the final product!
Awesome work Nic and Hugh! They look fantastic 🙂
Wow, those really do look fantastic! What an awesome idea.
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awesome work guys!
go the aussies!
this should be stunning when its finished
This looks like it’d be fun to run your fingers across. 🙂
I currently have 9 surface in my left arm. Started doing them in november and added more and more 🙂
Had one Microdermal in my arm once and got it snagged on loose cotton and it pulled right out.
This looks quite effective.
Beautiful. I LOVE it. 🙂
Kind of like playing Quake,and getting shot for real with the Nail Gun!
(Quake – old first-person shooter game for the PC)
Looks fantastic, Lofty. Looking forward to seeing it when complete.
Very nice. Definitely want to see the finished project.
As an aside, take some notes kids. This is what surface piercings should look like, not red, angry and rejecting pieces of shit.
Looking good, mein hero!!! 😀
hahaha, love it!!!
It is amazing! I want it too. Please whrite me, if is it for sale.