Celebrating body modification culture since 1994.
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Here’s a very color coordinated corset piercing by Burt Holez from 3rd Dimension Tattoos and Piercing, which was done at the Ink Life Tour in Madison, WI. And I know Jen will kill me for saying this, but The Anvil was always the better half of the Hart Foundation.
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Meatshop Tattoo is quickly becoming one of the names to watch in terms of both abstract and dotwork tattoos. You’ve seen Peter Madsen‘s works on ModBlog quite a bit over the past couple of weeks, and now he’s joined IAM, allowing us to get to know him a little better.
The last 12 years of my life have been all about creativity: big or small, simple and sophisticated, everything from painting and sculpting to building special-effects. The same creativity has sent me in many interesting ways, I used to run a Special Effects company, and resided in the United Kingdom and Sweden.
At some point in my creative rush, I realized that I was not doing anything in particular that had deep meaning for people. I began to wonder how I could put my creativity to some more rewarding use. One day it struck me: tattooing was simply the way.
In early 2010 I did my apprenticeship with an old friend of mine, Jesper Berthelsen, who now works primarily as an armourer and silversmith, but also has been a tattoo artist for many years. He taught me the basics of the ancient art form that is tattooing, and I had a good start before I was allowed to throw myself in the actual craft. Since then I have worked very hard every day to perfect my craftsmanship and I am very pleased to say that I do not regret my choice. Tattoing is live-giving, both for me and my customers.
About my work: Tattooing for me is an art that must be combined with man’s natural beauty. Trying to do “painting” on the body does not work for me – my desire is to create art that goes hand in hand with the skin and the body. For the same reason I have a fondness for ornamental designs, dotwork tattoo and scratch-work tattoo. My style is heavily inspired by Old Norse and Scandinavian art, Middle Eastern, geometry, black work and body dynamics.
Here’s one of his scratch-work pieces, a full raven sleeve.
Be sure to check out his BME Portfolio Gallery to see more of his work.
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Meatshop Tattoo is back at it again with this abstract heart tattoo. Those of you who like bold pieces are definitely going to love this one.
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Jake‘s beard is looking incredibly magnificent in this photo of his suspension with Mindi, and thanks to the wonders of tape, I don’t even have to censor anything.
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While celebrating today, be sure to light off as many illegal fireworks as you can, while consuming copious amounts of alcohol, meat and deep fried foods.
This M*A*S*H tattoo comes from Angie down at First Blood in Sydney, and is conveniently located in the patriotic tattoo gallery.
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Here’s BMEGirl Kristie California to brighten your day.
Photo by Shin Kicker Photography. Tattoos by Anthony Stith & Kevin Kowalski.
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What do you get when you combine a suicide suspension with some artwork from Swastika Tattoo in Budapest? You get IAM: Pharmaecopia14.
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Don’t shoot the messenger when it comes to photoshopped pictures. Thankfully it’s an all black dotwork tattoo by Meatshop Tattoo, so the photoshop doesn’t alter the tattoo much.
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Meatshop Tattoo has submitted quite a few mythological pieces recently, including these dotwork wings of Hermes.
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The Rites of Passage team always manage to pull off some of the most beautiful and memorable suspensions. Today we’ve got two for you. The first is Bella Vendetta‘s suicide suspension at the falls, followed by a video of Emrys’ knee suspension.
Keep on reading to check out the video.
