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.

Shoulder Spirals

IAM: gebbeth.

By Rion, Deep Roots, Seattle, WA.

Comments

28 responses to “Shoulder Spirals”

  1. Jenn Avatar
    Jenn

    Ha! I live right up the street from Deep Roots. Rad. Love to see a final photo.

  2. wayne Avatar
    wayne

    i love that he looks so calm and at peace with the whole situation, and yess a finished shot would be awsome!
    happy healing

  3. ristintin Avatar
    ristintin

    rion is so good, and kind (and i love their large gauge jewelry:)

  4. liz Avatar

    he’s a cutie; i wonder what the finished product looks like.

  5. liz Avatar
    liz

    modblog = full of naked people. can i request a full front page dedicated to family-safe photos?

  6. liz Avatar
    liz

    p.s. i’m not saying they’re all naked. a lot of them are, though.

  7. SJ Avatar
    SJ

    I have that spiral in my ear right now! Hah… I love the cheeky smile. He’s far too un-phased by that.

  8. RooRaaah Crumbs Avatar

    Liz – I’m not sure I understand..

  9. liz Avatar

    i’d like to say that i commented number 4; NOT five&six.

  10. Connor Avatar

    This is a wonderful shot. He looks so calm. If that was me I would probably be screaming my head off. Haha. :]

  11. VOMIT Avatar

    Awesome, I’ve been thinking about getting spirals on my shoulders for a while now

  12. CutThroat Avatar

    I do NOT want this page toned down for families.

    What I would like, is more descriptions that say whether or not a scarification piece included tissue removal. I’m intrigued by how wide lines can get without tissue removal, and it’s not always 100% clear whether anything was removed.

  13. sparrowgirl Avatar
    sparrowgirl

    OH that is great. 😀

    Also, Liz? I don’t get it :/ no nakedness here…?

  14. DuckieVamp Avatar
    DuckieVamp

    I also have to comment on the serenety in his face. It’s lovely. Hope it goes half as well for me when I’m ready ^^

  15. Melanie Avatar
    Melanie

    I also would love to see the finished product! I bet it’ll look very nice.

  16. gebbeth Avatar

    CutThroat: No tissue was removed. The lines are now, six months later, about one centimeter at the thickest.
    And as far as being naked goes… I’m wearing pants in this photo….

  17. kaitlee Avatar

    yeaaaaaaaah deep roots!! and rion!!! and this scarification! good things all around.

  18. MrsMelvin Avatar

    Really, we already have big brother regulating what we can see on our TVs and now MODBLOG readers are requesting “family safe” photos? Give me a break. Go read some other blog. I am so sick of this.

  19. miss this Avatar
    miss this

    he is SO hot, I wish he was naked… 🙂

  20. ooElaineoo Avatar
    ooElaineoo

    I think she might be refering to the ass on the front page? I don’t know either way BME does not need to be “family safe”. I want to see a finished photo! I had a similar idea for a tattoo…

  21. martron Avatar

    I would like some :]

  22. Chaq Avatar
    Chaq

    Liz, Modblog *is* “safe” for families – the very big and somewhat disconnected family of people across the world who like playing with their bodies and admiring others who do the same!

  23. nicholas Avatar
    nicholas

    I love the irony of scarification, suspension and cutting being “family safe” but nudity no fucking way…

  24. CutThroat Avatar

    I really like this.

  25. SId SKid Avatar

    Hes cute, I wanna see him naked too!

  26. dollface Avatar
    dollface

    i get to see him naked. *lucky*

  27. nikkitine Avatar
    nikkitine

    Hahahaha! oh god, i met this guy at the jason webley/amanda palmer show in seattle a few months ago! we all hung out after the show and wrote a song about his scar! the video lives here:
    crazyness…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fHDe4_wxkI

  28. nikkitine Avatar
    nikkitine

    by the way…the sexy-shoulder-dance alone makes that video^^ worth watching ^_^

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