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.

Dermal Anchor Artwork

My friend Sean Dowdell from Club Tattoo is holding a few dermal anchor seminars (click for a flyer), so let me share with you two gorgeous dermal anchor projects he’s done (the angel wings one I’ve actually posted before, but this is a much nicer photo). First, this Om is really something, in terms of really characterizing the level of “art” that these can bring to what’s traditionally more of a “craft”:

om-dermal-anchor.jpg

As is this metal angel… Hopefully Caitlin and I can make it out to see him at the Maritime Tattoo Festival in Halifax this May, which is one of his seminar destinations along with Baltimore, Mesa, Philly, and Long Beach.

dermal-anchor-wings.jpg

Comments

156 responses to “Dermal Anchor Artwork”

  1. Dylan Avatar

    i really like these.
    id enjoy learning how to do the procedure

  2. Dylan Avatar

    i really like these.
    id enjoy learning how to do the procedure

  3. Dylan Avatar

    i really like these.
    id enjoy learning how to do the procedure

  4. Summer Avatar

    that om is amazing.

    i’m hoping to get a dermal anchor in my cleavage area soon, that def goes above and beyond

    love it.

  5. Summer Avatar

    that om is amazing.

    i’m hoping to get a dermal anchor in my cleavage area soon, that def goes above and beyond

    love it.

  6. Summer Avatar

    that om is amazing.

    i’m hoping to get a dermal anchor in my cleavage area soon, that def goes above and beyond

    love it.

  7. darylect Avatar

    ummm…doesn’t that make sitting or lying down a bit of a problem?

  8. darylect Avatar

    ummm…doesn’t that make sitting or lying down a bit of a problem?

  9. darylect Avatar

    ummm…doesn’t that make sitting or lying down a bit of a problem?

  10. estrojenn Avatar
    estrojenn

    god that om is gorgeous.

  11. estrojenn Avatar
    estrojenn

    god that om is gorgeous.

  12. estrojenn Avatar
    estrojenn

    god that om is gorgeous.

  13. modfan Avatar
    modfan

    All I can say is WoW !!! My mouth had dropped open. I’ve never imagined you could do that much with dermal anchors. Beautiful!

  14. modfan Avatar
    modfan

    All I can say is WoW !!! My mouth had dropped open. I’ve never imagined you could do that much with dermal anchors. Beautiful!

  15. modfan Avatar
    modfan

    All I can say is WoW !!! My mouth had dropped open. I’ve never imagined you could do that much with dermal anchors. Beautiful!

  16. if6was9 Avatar
    if6was9

    The om is incredible. Wow.

  17. if6was9 Avatar
    if6was9

    The om is incredible. Wow.

  18. if6was9 Avatar
    if6was9

    The om is incredible. Wow.

  19. k Avatar
    k

    Beautiful photos, piercings and models! I love the wings, it’d be kind of uncomfortable to lay on tho, well I guess you’d get used to it.

  20. k Avatar
    k

    Beautiful photos, piercings and models! I love the wings, it’d be kind of uncomfortable to lay on tho, well I guess you’d get used to it.

  21. k Avatar
    k

    Beautiful photos, piercings and models! I love the wings, it’d be kind of uncomfortable to lay on tho, well I guess you’d get used to it.

  22. Smallfry Avatar

    Holy. Crap. That Om is amazing.

  23. Smallfry Avatar

    Holy. Crap. That Om is amazing.

  24. Smallfry Avatar

    Holy. Crap. That Om is amazing.

  25. Mangaartist Avatar
    Mangaartist

    Absolutely gorgeous, I’ve seen the wings before here on Modblog but I still just love them (I’m a fan of full-back wings anyway)

  26. Mangaartist Avatar
    Mangaartist

    Absolutely gorgeous, I’ve seen the wings before here on Modblog but I still just love them (I’m a fan of full-back wings anyway)

  27. Mangaartist Avatar
    Mangaartist

    Absolutely gorgeous, I’ve seen the wings before here on Modblog but I still just love them (I’m a fan of full-back wings anyway)

  28. James Avatar
    James

    Assuming she does, how would the girl with wings wear a bra?

  29. James Avatar
    James

    Assuming she does, how would the girl with wings wear a bra?

  30. James Avatar
    James

    Assuming she does, how would the girl with wings wear a bra?

  31. dutchweirdo Avatar
    dutchweirdo

    This really brings dermal anchoring on a higher artistic level. I think it is way more aestetic than the traditional ornament because it does not need the distracting chain or necklace, and stays in place. I like them this way, but I could also see how they could greatly combine with tattoo work. But I do also wonder about them catching to clothes or how it would to lay on them.

  32. dutchweirdo Avatar
    dutchweirdo

    This really brings dermal anchoring on a higher artistic level. I think it is way more aestetic than the traditional ornament because it does not need the distracting chain or necklace, and stays in place. I like them this way, but I could also see how they could greatly combine with tattoo work. But I do also wonder about them catching to clothes or how it would to lay on them.

  33. dutchweirdo Avatar
    dutchweirdo

    This really brings dermal anchoring on a higher artistic level. I think it is way more aestetic than the traditional ornament because it does not need the distracting chain or necklace, and stays in place. I like them this way, but I could also see how they could greatly combine with tattoo work. But I do also wonder about them catching to clothes or how it would to lay on them.

  34. toadybones Avatar
    toadybones

    The Om is beautiful. Work like this is moving body modification to a new level.

  35. toadybones Avatar
    toadybones

    The Om is beautiful. Work like this is moving body modification to a new level.

  36. toadybones Avatar
    toadybones

    The Om is beautiful. Work like this is moving body modification to a new level.

  37. glauber andreas Avatar

    Maravilhoso trabalho

    parabéns

    FREAK SHOW BODY ART

    BODY PIERCINGS E TATTOOS

    SDS. CONIC, BRASÍLIA DF BRASIL

    Ed. Venâncio IV 5º andar SL 524

    61 3321 1328 ou 9948 5460

  38. glauber andreas Avatar

    Maravilhoso trabalho

    parabéns

    FREAK SHOW BODY ART

    BODY PIERCINGS E TATTOOS

    SDS. CONIC, BRASÍLIA DF BRASIL

    Ed. Venâncio IV 5º andar SL 524

    61 3321 1328 ou 9948 5460

  39. glauber andreas Avatar

    Maravilhoso trabalho

    parabéns

    FREAK SHOW BODY ART

    BODY PIERCINGS E TATTOOS

    SDS. CONIC, BRASÍLIA DF BRASIL

    Ed. Venâncio IV 5º andar SL 524

    61 3321 1328 ou 9948 5460

  40. lalala Avatar
    lalala

    I’ve never been a massive fan of dermal anchors, but they are both soooo pretty! Hats off to the photographer too; these are beautiful photos.

  41. lalala Avatar
    lalala

    I’ve never been a massive fan of dermal anchors, but they are both soooo pretty! Hats off to the photographer too; these are beautiful photos.

  42. lalala Avatar
    lalala

    I’ve never been a massive fan of dermal anchors, but they are both soooo pretty! Hats off to the photographer too; these are beautiful photos.

  43. EternalLife Avatar

    I’m just waiting for someone to do a dermal anchor anchor 🙂 Perhaps a pirate themed piece?

  44. EternalLife Avatar

    I’m just waiting for someone to do a dermal anchor anchor 🙂 Perhaps a pirate themed piece?

  45. EternalLife Avatar

    I’m just waiting for someone to do a dermal anchor anchor 🙂 Perhaps a pirate themed piece?

  46. John Durante Avatar
    John Durante

    Not to be negitive, I just want to see these projects at 3 mos, 6mos, and year????

  47. John Durante Avatar
    John Durante

    Not to be negitive, I just want to see these projects at 3 mos, 6mos, and year????

  48. John Durante Avatar
    John Durante

    Not to be negitive, I just want to see these projects at 3 mos, 6mos, and year????

  49. Mangaartist Avatar
    Mangaartist

    I would think she doesn’t wear bra, the space between two anchors on that part of the back just looks so small in the picture a bra wouldn’t fit in there and if she put it over the anchors it would irritate them like hell. But everything is possible, maybe she found out a solutin.

  50. Mangaartist Avatar
    Mangaartist

    I would think she doesn’t wear bra, the space between two anchors on that part of the back just looks so small in the picture a bra wouldn’t fit in there and if she put it over the anchors it would irritate them like hell. But everything is possible, maybe she found out a solutin.

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