Shannon Larratt, Author at BME: Body Modification Ezine

Author: Shannon Larratt

September 20, 2007

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Manual Lift

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Shannon Larratt

Splanchna sends in this photo of a no-pulley four-point suicide suspension with Anomaly Body Piercing in Pasadena, CA.
September 20, 2007

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Comic Letters

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Shannon Larratt

I like Darkcore‘s little comic letters on his foot by Fish at Bawang Daya, Biberach, Germany…
September 19, 2007

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Thaipusam 2007

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Shannon Larratt

Click through for a second photo that Elles took at this year’s event of offerings being made in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia…
September 19, 2007

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Senses Sewed Shut

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Shannon Larratt

Casshan in Anchorage, Alaska sends in these forced “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil” performance photos of an eye, ear, and lip sewing.
September 19, 2007

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Not a miracle, Not a dream!

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Shannon Larratt

This lettering, underneath a buddhist gem, can be read in a mirror and is on Fish Japan…

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Author: Shannon Larratt

Manual Lift

Comic Letters

Thaipusam 2007

Senses Sewed Shut

Not a miracle, Not a dream!

Latest Tattoo, Piercing, and Body Modification News