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.

Anchors Aweigh

Considering an anchor is a big weight meant to hold a ship in place, it makes you wonder if the 80 microdermals in this anchor hold her down at all?  Oh, that’s not a typo, I counted, and there are indeed 80 in place.

This project was put together by Bart Bastiaanse from Tribal Trading bv in Tilburg, The Netherlands.

I guess this puts new meaning to the term “surface anchor”

Comments

18 responses to “Anchors Aweigh”

  1. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    I wonder how many she’ll have in a years time.

  2. Valoren Avatar

    that looks completely uncomfortable. cool, but still.

  3. Ceci Avatar
    Ceci

    looks fucking awesome! if she loses any the combination of scars and studs will look cool anyway.. would like to see follow ups if that happens

  4. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    holy shit that is awesome.

  5. lady_stab Avatar
    lady_stab

    nice, must suck while healing and general movement, feel sorry for the piercer lol brain must have been fried by the end of that

  6. kendall Avatar
    kendall

    It’s stunning, but over time that is going to be the most uncomfortable thing ever.

  7. Nesh cash Avatar
    Nesh cash

    She’s got them for a few months now (we did the piece end of january 2011) and apart from some minor maintenance that was to be expected, it healed really well. First week she reported a lot of itching, and being carefull moving, sitting and sleeping. But after that there were no difficulties.

  8. 9S4Kc Avatar
    9S4Kc

    Freckles <3

  9. AbyssalChoas Avatar
    AbyssalChoas

    Would love to see how it looks now *-*

  10. Piercerdan Avatar

    where is the jewelry from? doesnt look very shiny

  11. jamie james Avatar
    jamie james

    Does anyone know her name?? I think I was on the same bus as her in long beach, admiring her from a far.

  12. JD Avatar
    JD

    “minor maintenance that was to be expected”, what does that really mean? Re-insertion of anchors that were snagged and partially displaced? Re-inserion of same?

  13. AJ Avatar

    did this guy claim that they were done in january and that they are already healed?? i did two microdermal projects like this about 3 years ago, didn’t consider them to be healed until at least a year later. both of them are still in to this day. i was dumb to do them because of the chances of them all healing is pretty slim, but i got lucky and they were both on close friends. wouldn’t do it again.

  14. Zar Avatar
    Zar

    Microdermals: the bedazzlers of bodies!
    I like.

  15. arseniy andersson Avatar
    arseniy andersson

    looks amazing! :))
    but… absolutely inconvinient for a person who will wear it.

  16. LeoBodyArt Avatar

    Se ve esteticamente hermoso, pero no creo que sea comodo ya que el area es de movimiento, quisiera ver como esta de aqui a un año. Saludos.

  17. Nesh cash Avatar
    Nesh cash

    Indeed, they are still healing. I’m sorry, english isn’t my first language. What i meant is that its not red or irritated or swollen.
    But healing is going good, we replaced some dermals that got partially ripped out by daily activities, but that weren’t many. Some really irritated, so we took m out and re-did them.
    I guess that in total less then 10 needed extra care like that after placement.

  18. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    Ooh I’ve never seen coloured microdermals before! Beautiful!

    That does looks like an area that will get a lot of tension though!

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