BME: Body Modification Ezine

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.

Tattoo, Piercing, and Body Modification News, Events, and Culture

  • Fish out of water

    Written by

    Rob

    I’ve got 4 words for you.  “Joey. Pang. Tattoo. Temple.”  On their own, they’re simply words, but when you put them together, you get brilliance.

    She’s been making a splash in Hong Kong for some time now, consistently putting out beautiful pieces of art.  Simply do a search on ModBlog for “Tattoo Temple” and you’ll see what I mean.

  • HEY YOU!

    Written by

    Rob

    Did you know BME is hiring?


    (Uvula Piercing by Francesco Battilani from Inkside Tattoos & Piercing in Parma, Italy)

    You haven’t heard about it yet?  Well it’s true, BME is hiring a new lead programmer!

    BME has spent the last 3 years redeveloping its web presence from the ground up. Throughout the process there have been a lot of detours as well as the predictable bumps in the road. BME is looking for a lead programmer to integrate with our development group that has helped to program the new site. You will work with our current company to learn the new site as well as to help finish the deployment of all of BME’s 2.0 rebirth. After the development company has been phased out, you will be responsible for maintenance and changes to the existing site and software. You will also be responsible for programming new features, debugging and developing/programming new sites that will come with BME’s growth. As BME doesn’t have a “main office”, all of our staff work from home. This is a big bonus for most of us and has worked well over the past decade.

    Requirements:

    • Diligence and attention to detail.
    • Multi year senior level programming experience in python (as well as C/C++).
    • Core competencies in Python.
    • Excellent HTML/CSS/JS skills and an interest and awareness of emerging web standards.
    • Superb problem solving skills.
    • Good knowledge of SQL
    • Expected to maintain, enhance and install our custom application stack.
    • Expected to be able to manage the whole life cycle of product development including public facing and deployment.
    • Experience with linux based web architectures.
    • Experience in Java and .NET an advantage.
    • Experience of deploying and maintaing websites with Apache, Linux, and either Postgres or MySQL, and development with frameworks such as Django.
    • A real appreciation of clean, well-tested, well-documented code.

    Useful Experience:

    • SQL database management
    • Database administration
    • Linux administration

    Benefits:

    • Working in a mod friendly and positive environment.
    • Working in a small private company with international reputation in the Body Modification Community.
    • Exposure to some of the most exciting aspects of the industry.
    • You can work from home! This can be a part time job for extra income while you maintain a full time job as unfortunately, BME isn’t in a position to offer health care, 401k or other retirement benefits.
    • You won’t have to come into BME HQ but you will have a ticket to attend BME’s main events (BMEfest/ModProm etc)!
    Please send your resume, availability and salary requirements to [email protected] with the subject line “Python Position Applicant”.

  • A Portrait and the Artist

    Written by

    Rob

    Last weekend was the Frankfurt Tattoo Convention, and we’re already starting to get photos added to the Frankfurt Convention gallery.  This portrait was done at the convention by none other than Michael Kozlenko, one of the tattoo geniuses from Kipod Tattoo.

    We’ve seen a lot of Michael’s work over the past few years, but we really haven’t gotten a good look at the man himself.  Until now.

    Here he is hard at work on the portrait you see above.

    There are many more photos from the convention coming in every day so stay tuned for more from Kipod Tattoo, and the other studios that attended the Frankfurt Tattoo Convention.

  • Would you like your corpse fried or boiled?

    Written by

    Rob

    For Spyke_Jagerkrieg, she likes it submerged in boiling flesh.

    Cannibal Corpse fans will recognize this right away.  And those that aren’t fans, “Submerged in Boiling Flesh” is the name of one of their songs.

    And now you know.

    And knowing is half the battle.

  • 98 Problems and a Cross Ain’t One

    Written by

    Rob

    Now this is something I was to see healed up.  This was taken just minutes after it was finished, so it’s hard to tell how the microdermals are going to hold up.  As you’ve probably guessed, this one is also by Nesh Cash from Tribal Trading Tilburg in Tilburg, The Netherlands.  Nesh is the one behind the other microdermal projects we’ve been seeing all week.

    Oh, and to save you the counting, that would be 98 individual microdermals making up that cross.

  • Days go by

    Written by

    Rob

    Sure the hourglass makes you think of time moving forward, but it’s the old school style of this tattoo that reigns in the forward movement.  While the sands are constantly flowing, the world outside is holding on to the past, making sure that the lessons of the past are remembered and carried forward.

    Tattoo by Russell Kelley from Silk City Tattoo in Hawthorne, NJ

  • In brightest day…

    Written by

    Rob

    In brightest day, in blackest night,

    No geeky scar will escape my sight.

    Southtownbaby is one nerdy artist.  She’s been piercing for a few years now, and has started getting into scarification work.  This piece in particular was done on a friend, and from what I can see she’s doing a great job.  So keep an eye on the scarification galleries for more of her work.  And before you ask for a follow-up on this one, it’s already in the works.  Hopefully we’ll see it either this week or next.

  • Do you like gooooold?

    Written by

    Rob

    This golden god is none other than Arseniy Andersson from the #Leeds Suspension team out of Russia.  From the description it appears this was taken during one of their live shows.  Also, I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure that hair isn’t a wig.  Oh, and in case you didn’t notice, check out his left forearm to see some of his self-done implants.

  • It’s time for something a little harder

    Written by

    Rob

    I contemplated turning this into a “guess what”, but I think that would lessen the significance of this particular modification.  It’s not very often we see a partial penectomy, so when I saw this in the queue I knew it had to be posted.

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    While today’s earlier photoshopping was excessive, this one is pretty much mandatory.

    With a partial penectomy, there is obviously going to be some kind of sensation loss, and according to Chatdord (and google translator) he has managed to remove all sensation from the glans.  With how the tissue looks, I’m going to guess that after the cut, he used something to cauterize the wound.  He also has mentioned that he’s been filming his progress, and hopes to make a video montage of everything that he plans on doing.  So keep an eye on the BMEHard galleries to see more from Chatdord.

  • Project 33

    Written by

    Rob

    It seems that the anchor wasn’t the only microdermal project coming out of Tribal Trading Tilburg recently.

    And here’s a close-up of the piercings..

    According to Lesh Cash, who is the artist behind this project, the 80 microdermal anchor is still in place and healing well.  There was some slight irritation with less than 10 of them, but they’ve since been replaced and things are progressing nicely.  Hopefully we’ll get to see more of these projects, as well as some healed photos of the anchor.