Tattoo, Piercing, and Body Modification News, Events, and Culture
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You know it was only a matter of time before you saw that headline. Every day I wait for the call that the Epic Meal Time guys want to do something Body Modification related and need another beard for the camera, it’s just one province over after all. Of course for BMEpic Meal Time, we don’t use bacon in our bacon strips.
That scar is on the leg of IAM: pornXXXpiggy.
The BMEShop is having a sale right now!
Just use the code 30offbme when you check out!
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Magnets! How do they work? It must be magic, or something else. Remember to have faith in your body modification artist, for they can do incredible things. You know, like make a zombie finger magnetic.
This discreet magnet implant was done by Damien Kenny from Outer Rim BodyMod in Nanimo, BC
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Adhara is fantastic. Aside from being one of my favorite BMEGirls, her outfits always make me think that she jingles everywhere she walks.
Photo by Jon Raskin.
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First off, rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. I’m back and I’m doing well.
Now then, we’ve got a lot to catch up on. I figured since I missed last week’s scarification follow-up, I’d start today off with one. Now to be fair, we’ve already seen the heart as a follow-up before. That was back in May when the scar was 6 months old. It’s been a year since the initial cutting and she has now added a new anchor scar right above the heart.
The artist for both scars is Anders The Piercing Guy.
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You may have noticed it’s been a little quiet here. Rob is dealing with some medical issues and hasn’t been able to post anything to ModBlog for a few days. It seems we’re all experiencing medical issues lately or maybe we’re just getting old! Rob should be back at it by tomorrow.
Here’s a tattoo that caught my eye. It was inked by Cliff Ziegler of Zebra Tattooz in Streetsboro, Ohio.
I think it’s the way the raven is staring the viewer down that caught my eye. Maybe I should have titled this “Fuck you,” said the Raven.
(points for whoever guesses that quote first)
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You’ll have to ask Tobias exactly which Power Ranger is in the suit, however if my memory serves, Tommy was the first Green Ranger.
Tattoo by Scott Olive from Oddity Tattoo in Sarasota, FL
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First it starts with a little bit of flesh..
The next step is to take a bit more..
And so on..
Alright, so here’s the fun part. The 2 horns were done over 2 consecutive days. The day before the first scar, he had two tattoos done on his upper arms. The next day he came in for blackwork tattoos on the rest of his arms. Following that, more scar work, over top of the blackwork, and finally some chest tattoos. I honestly can’t even imagine what that much work done in a small period of time would feel like.
You can see the whole process in the skin removal scarification gallery. The scarification was done by Iñaki Garduño from Xibalba Body Art in Mexico City.
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Ask any elementary school teacher and they’ll tell you about the value of both art and play. When the two are combined, the result is nothing short of amazing. Now just because we’re all adults doesn’t mean we can’t play around with art now and then. Kai from Khabarovsk, Russia combined both body art and play piercing to create this photo.
It also doesn’t hurt that the model is cute.
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Right off the bat I’m putting the warning out there. This post features SI cutting, so if that is triggering for you, don’t read it. The images will be behind a clickthrough, so they can be easily skipped.
Alright, with that all said, let’s get on with this post. I wanted to post these two pictures as they have an interesting dichotomy. While both are recognizable as SI photos, the two are very different. Keep on reading to see what I mean.
The first image is one a lot of people will instantly recognize. A hand holding a blood covered razor blade, with drops of blood going down the drain in the background. While we don’t see the cut, we know there must be one there. The image is raw and simplistic. The bare bones of SI laid out in a single frame. It calls to mind all the other images we associate with ritual cutting. The shallow cuts across the arm, leg or stomach; The faint scars of cuts from the past.
And then we have the second photo. In stark contrast the the brightly lit first photo, this one is in the dark, with only a sliver of light shining through. Smoke hangs in the air with an ephemeral presence, while the woman below lies looking up. On her arm are the marks from the razor, those tiny cuts repeated over and over again. Why she cuts is unknown, but it is something deeply personal. The photo is almost a violation, like the light, exposing her cutting and her secrets to the world.
The photos, in a simple way, define the two sides of ritual cutting. The raw action of the blade, coupled with the emotional release.
Special thanks to ChaChuck for sending in these photos.
If you’re looking for more information regarding self harm, this website can help.
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It’s a black and white photo for today’s Guess What. You know the drill, I post a cropped photo, you guess what it is, then read on to see if you guessed right.
I had to blow it up a little, so the resolution isn’t the greatest, but you should still be able to figure it out.
For a little patch of flesh, that spot has a lot of names. Technically it’s the perineum, but when it comes to piercing, it’s the guiche. Add to that list, taint, chode, durf, etc. and you’ve got a veritable thesaurus of names. This particular guiche was pierced by Vanessa from Pattie’s Piercing in Campbelltown, NSW
