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.

Sin-dustrial Piercing

I’m a little worried about the bottom hole in this S-shaped 12ga industrial, but in general I very much like the placement. It was done by Savannah Walker at Freaky’s Tattoo and Body Piercing in Glendale, Colorado. Whenever I interview piercers, almost every one says that their favorite piercings to do are “ear projects”… After the break are a couple more nice (but not over-the-top) industrials, these ones by the aptly-named Gauge at Golden Eagle Tattoo in Santa Barbara, California.

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Comments

52 responses to “Sin-dustrial Piercing”

  1. Jimmy Landby Avatar

    Kinda nice, i like the 2nd the most.

  2. SpeedoApe Avatar
    SpeedoApe

    Large gauge CBR’S look SO good in lobes. i know the pics are for the other things but in pic. 1 that lobe looks so cool with the bigger gauge….
    S

  3. wotnwhy Avatar
    wotnwhy

    how do they actually get the jewellery in??

    2nd ones my fave BTW

  4. Killaya Avatar
    Killaya

    Wow, those are all really pretty… I like the first one a lot, very interesting…I think the third one is my favorite though, I like the backwards question mark shape of the bar.
    How DO they get the jewelry in…? is it in two pieces maybe and it screws together? Especially in #2…

  5. jean Avatar
    jean

    love the last one.

  6. Shaun Avatar
    Shaun

    I love the second one, very cool.
    If only I was man enough to get pierced.

  7. Autopsy26 Avatar
    Autopsy26

    fuck i love all of them.

    so do you have to get these specially made to order?

  8. Xalia Avatar

    These are so pretty! It makes me sad that I probably couldn’t get anything like this, as the only type of jewelry I can wear is titanium, which can’t really be bent without great difficulty
    (I am one of the approximately 1 in 4 million people who are allergic to *all* forms of steel, including surgical grade steel)

  9. Whiskas Avatar
    Whiskas

    Wow, those are beautiful. It makes me want more metal in my ears.

  10. eternalsunshine Avatar

    I really love that “S”.
    They’re all very nifty. They’re sort of like these three-D puzzles in where you’ll have to remove a knot from a rope and it seems impossible.

  11. Lk Avatar
    Lk

    those rock!

  12. BendtheGlass Avatar

    Yea, I’m really wondering how they would get those OUT. I don’t like confusing jewelry… even though it’s pretty.

  13. Vasey Avatar
    Vasey

    im with the others how do they get the jewelry in?
    thoes look awesome, i want more metal now…

  14. anametamystik Avatar

    I like this style of industrial enough to consider having my own ears pierced with a sin-dustrial because I like uncommon and exceedingly rare piercings.

  15. vegas Avatar
    vegas

    ive been trying to think of a cool way to do an industrial, and this deffinatley gave me a direction and something to base an idea from, i had a similar idea to the second one already, but i didnt like it, but i love the way that was done. and i see how that could be removed, but im lost about the other two, no way to get them out easily, bu ti see how it could be done

  16. SeanyBwoy Avatar

    they all look great and i agree with SpeedoApe #2 about the large CBR’s (i have a cool pic on my IAM page with large CBB’s in my ears)….i’d have to say the third pic is my favorite.

  17. H Avatar
    H

    I am totally in love with the 2nd & 3rd ones. These make mine regular industrial look so lame. Like everyone else I wonder how they get these in & out. I can’t even get regular industrial barbells with the loops in the middle into mine. Nor can I do the zig zag ones.

  18. H Avatar
    H

    I am totally in love with the 2nd & 3rd ones. These make my regular industrial look so lame. Like everyone else I wonder how they get these in & out. I can’t even get regular industrial barbells with the loops in the middle into mine. Nor can I do the zig zag ones.

  19. deadlypoison Avatar

    these give me so many ideas for my right ear!

  20. Daderain Avatar
    Daderain

    I bet they just have to twist them in, The ear is pretty flexible I dont think it would be that hard to do. Very cool though!

  21. Skye Avatar
    Skye

    This is the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen with an ear piercing! :O

  22. Fester Avatar
    Fester

    #8 me too. I can’t even wear the surgical grade steel Medicalert bracelets. I start getting a huge, burny, stingy rash on my arm from it.

  23. Kosh Avatar
    Kosh

    Absolutely love #2. The spiral is, imo, VERY sweet.

  24. Isis pt Avatar

    neat projects 🙂
    ear piercings is not really my thing, but these are original, and yeah i also like the 2nd one more.

  25. AeChei Avatar

    that S looks cool at first glance….but that’s totally a rejection waiting to happen. not to mention the likelihood of something catching on the ball ends, the top one in particular.
    goes in the “looks cool, bad idea” bin.

  26. Rachael Avatar
    Rachael

    # 24 – Actually I think the 3rd one falls into that camp more…I can imagine that curve at the top catching on things very easily indeed.

  27. angelicfruitcake Avatar

    #8…Industrial Strength do super bendy Ti bars 🙂

    and #25…totally agree. I do really like the third pic, though.

  28. Gauge Avatar
    Gauge

    I custom bend all those bars myself with brass lined pliers out of a straight barbell and then I polish it. The insertion is quite easy but I make them heal their piercings for at least 1 year before insertion of the custom jewelry and then we keep an eye on it for a few weeks after to see if any adjustments are needed which I haven’t needed yet.

  29. Nadiah Avatar

    The bottom part of the first one looks as if it could rip out easy, But I really love the second one. The third one reminds me of a question mark!

  30. ash Avatar

    on the first one, the hypertrophic scarring (i think that’s what it’s called) kind of stands out to me, but all in all, very beautiful work 🙂

  31. huyner Avatar
    huyner

    gauge always does great work

  32. Reout Avatar
    Reout

    The 3rd is my favorite but they all rock! (-:

  33. Warren Hiller Avatar

    definitely agree that the first one worries me about, mostly in the tragus section…However I’m worried the angles aren’t precise, due to the distortion of the tissue(possible scarring on every single path of the piercing)

    the other two though rather nicely done

  34. mutumbo Avatar
    mutumbo

    those are all awsome! i am kinda curious how they would come out though. . . oh well they look great

  35. Modified_Dreamer21 Avatar

    the “s” shaped is a cool cocept but it look like crap and will soon , rejection looks like it’s on the way and some hypo-.
    the others are absolutly wonderful though

  36. Cale Avatar

    I love the second one.

  37. bertany Avatar

    The tragus part on the first one looks really unhappy.
    The other two are positively gorgeous, though.

  38. dani Avatar
    dani

    i really like the second one.

  39. dani Avatar
    dani

    P.S. i know this is probably a slightly ignorant question but how/where would you get the jewelry for the second one…would you have to get a piercer to like special order one for you and measure you? i really like it and would love to get it.

  40. MR.C Avatar
    MR.C

    I LOVE THEM ALL 😀

  41. Jackalhead Avatar
    Jackalhead

    I’d love to get someting like that done. But where, oh, where do I find bars like those!?!

  42. snakelady1956 Avatar
    snakelady1956

    I agree with #40. These are all very beautiful.

  43. Stacey Avatar
    Stacey

    very, very cool. i actually really like industrials so this is interesting to see, thanks shannon!

  44. Tami Avatar
    Tami

    It’s actually not too difficult to get in… little uncomfortable for the piercee, maybe, but not hard. When my piercer did mine (4 point helix to rook to daith to conch), he just kinda…. wiggled it in I guess. I wasn’t necessarily paying too much attention as I was focused on pain control. That shit hurts!

  45. PiercingBunny Avatar

    The second one is very hot!

  46. Tapsa Avatar
    Tapsa

    #8 I don’t know what is available in that metal but in principle Niobium is ductile and if you find a long enough bar to start from you should be able to have it custom fold to any shape you like.

  47. Alottagutsalittlevision Avatar
    Alottagutsalittlevision

    wicked!!

  48. vegas Avatar
    vegas

    im kinda worried about the first one, the piercing looks liek its barely beign held in at the bottom

  49. graelston Avatar
    graelston

    check this link out. SOMEBODY ripped off SOMEBODY’S work. i dont know if savannah took gauge’s work, or vice versa, but the industrial – rook piercing and the industrial- spiral piercings are the EXACT SAME PICTURES.

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