Tattoo, Piercing, and Body Modification News, Events, and Culture
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The gang over at Self Sacrifice in London have been steadily updating their portfolio galleries over the past couple of weeks with a lot of quality work. This fox is just one of the many tattoo photos that Nick Whybrow sent in to his own gallery.
Now because I just spent the past few weeks watching Game of Thrones I couldn’t help but to think of the raven with 3 eyes when I saw this. Of course with the moon, the pipe, and the green smoke, it does give off a pretty fantastical vibe.
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For this fine Thursday morning I’ve got something new from Misty‘s ever growing BME portfolio gallery.
It took about 2 hours to do the cutting, and if you can’t tell by the above photo, it’s located right above the sternum, a place known for producing some interesting scars on people. Here’s a closer look at the rose itself.
I can’t wait to see how this one heals up.
If you were wondering how you could get your own BME portfolio gallery, simply send an email to Jen, [email protected], and let her know. Artists of all kinds are welcome to set up their own galleries, as well as studios, suspension crews, and more. Once you’ve got your gallery set up, all you have to do is label all your photo submissions with your own tag using the handy uploading tool, and you’re good to go.
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I think this is either the second or third BMEGirl in the past few weeks that has turned up with purple hair, although this one has a bit more going on than just her hair color.
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There were a lot of great moments from the 2011 Dallas Suscon, one of which was this suspension from the ihung.org crew. If I recall correctly, this is Drew from ihung, and he suspended pretty early on in the weekend. The dome he’s in is ihung’s portable suspension rigging, which can set up pretty much anywhere they want to suspend someone, without having to find a building or a tree.
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Out of all the Pantera related tattoos I’ve seen, this is the first portrait of Phil that has popped up on my radar. The portrait is from a photo taken by John Kaplan for his photo essay “21″.
This was done by Mario Manai Inkstruktor from Tattoo Tiamat in Zadar, Croatia.
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One of the toughest parts of being a modification artist that tours is that you end up doing work on people in another country that you could possibly never see again. Which is why artists love it when they get photos from their clients showing off just how much they like whatever work they’ve had done. A few months back Efix was down in Australia working out of The Piercing Urge in Melbourne where he was able to give Adam a 3D-implant. Four months later, he got this picture in his inbox.
I think it’s safe to say he likes it.
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Now that BMEFest has come and gone, we can get back to our regularly scheduled BMEtv updates!
Today’s video comes from the Melbourne stop on last year’s BME World Tour. The crew sat down with Matt Martyr, a piercer from The Piercing Urge, and talked to him about what life was like as an American working in Australia.
To check out the video, keep on reading!
If you’ve missed any of the videos so far, you can check out the rest of them in the BME World Tour Video Gallery
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We’ve seen examples of Gabor‘s minimalistic style a few times here, but I think this piece in particular really showcases his talents. When it comes to simplicity in art, you can’t get much simpler than cave paintings and petroglyphs.
However, to call this simple is a vast understatement. Cave paintings have been around for tens of thousands of years, and as art has progressed they have remained, permanently etched into the surface of the earth. Much like how this tattoo is permanently etched into this person. Gabor’s works have always had an element of the primal to them, and this piece brings it to the forefront. I can’t wait to see what he comes up with next.
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It’s always fun to see just how creative piercers can get when given some needles and ribbon. This time is no exception. While we’ve seen similar couple corsets before, I think this is the first I’ve seen that not only successfully takes on the shape of a heart, but also incorporates the person in back’s hand (as you can see at the bottom of the photo).
Piercings by Leah-Jean Jett and Cody Shores from Black Onyx in Jacksonville, FL. Photo by Kurt Hudson.
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Unfortunately I have to make yet another announcement today about the passing of another IAM member. Travis (IAM: lot_kid) passed away on May 30th after being struck by a car. We’re all saddened to hear of the loss of another member of our community, and our thoughts are with his family and friends.
