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

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    BMEtv – Lori St.Leone

    Written by

    Rob

    Today’s video is one a whole lot of you have been waiting for.  When the BME World Tour stopped in Darwin, there was one person that they just had to visit, the incomparable, the dazzling, the talented, Lori St.Leone!

    In case you don’t know who Lori is, her BME Wiki entry goes something like this:

    Lori St.Leone is known on IAM as: spikesandstuds, has been a BME QOD staff member since 2003, and owns and operates Vogue Body Piercing in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

    Lori St.Leone began her piercing career in 1995 in her hometown of Anchorage, Alaska, and has been working at Vogue Body Piercing since 2001. Lori is extensively experienced in all aspects of body piercing (everything from lobes and eyebrows to genital projects), and she also offers services such as punch and taper method surface piercing, large gauge dermal and cartilage punching, lobe scalpelling, genital beading and newer techniques such as microdermals. She is the sole piercer working with the NT Department of Health to improve legislation in regards to body modification in the Northern Territory, and is strongly committed to constantly improving her techniques and the shop’s setup to conform with best practice available as the industry advances. Lori has an excellent reputation in her local community for her ethical and superb quality practice, as well as her friendliness and kindness, and often volunteers her time doing community outreach and education regarding body modification and related health concerns and issues.

    Now this video was taken a while back, so some of the things you’ll hear about in the video are out of date.  The most important one is that Lori is on her way to becoming a mom for the second time.

    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

  • The Friday Follow-up

    Written by

    Rob

    Let’s get right into it this week, because if I dwell on the fact that it’s Friday I’ll end up with the stupid song stuck in my head again.

    About two months ago we first got a look at this skull by scarification wunderkind Efix Roy.  Located on the rib, it’s a great example of a clean, thin lined scar.  So how does it look now that it’s had a chance to heal up a bit?  You know what you have to do to find out.

    I really don’t think you can ask for a better result than that.  Of course things will change as time goes on, but from how it’s looking now, it’s a safe bet to think this is going to continue to look amazing.

    The Follow-up is always looking for more healed scars.  So upload your fresh and healed scars to BME, and next week the follow-up could be your scar.

  • Calling all Japanese translators!

    Written by

    Rob

    BME is hiring, and we’re looking for Japanese/English translators.  We’ve got hundreds of hours worth of footage from the Japan leg of the BME World Tour that needs translating.  So if you’re fluent in both Japanese and English, capable of translating between the two, and are able to transcribe the dialogue with the proper time codes, then we’ve got the job for you.  You’ll be able to work from home, and it is a paid position.

    If you’re interested in the position and want to join the BME team, please send your qualifications and/or any questions you may have to [email protected] with the subject line “World Tour – Japanese Translator Job”.

    Now for something completely different, here’s a massive back scar that has healed up a bit.  Everyone’s favorite scrotum suspender, Lassi did this huge piece back in his home town of Helsinki, Finland at his studio.

  • The power of three

    Written by

    Rob

    What’s better than three gorgeous women standing in a row?  How about three gorgeous women suspending on a spinning bar.

    If you recognize the room, it’s because that’s the same room in Moscow The Sinner Team used for their last tandem suspension.

    This particular suspension consisted of a 4pt elbow suspension, and two 2pt knee suspensions.  There are a lot more photos in the Sinner Team’s gallery, so just click on the picture above to check them out.

  • Bound Beauty

    Written by

    Rob

    There is something about this photo that makes it hard for me to look away.  This statuesque beauty bound by black bands and string, strong and in control of herself as well as those who look upon her.

    Bart Bastiaanse from Tribal Trading in Tilburg, Netherlands, did an exquisite job with the slave ball microdermals used to hold the corset in place.

  • Isn’t that sweet.

    Written by

    Rob

    I think I got a cavity just looking at this tattoo by James Pruitt from Alliance Tattoo Lounge in Yuma, AZ.

    I’m pretty sure that diamond is actually a ring-pop.

  • The box. You opened it. We came.

    Written by

    Rob

    Something tells me that Pinhead would be pleased to see the cube carved into someone’s flesh.

    Ighlif used a cautery pen to do the shading on the sides of the cube.

  • Going Deep

    Written by

    Rob

    Deep chest piercings are one of those rare kinds of piercings that are just staggering to look at.  The sheer intensity of the piercing alone is puts it in the realm of suspensions and other things that push the limits of a person.  I don’t have any information about these piercings, so I can’t tell you if they’re intended to last for any length of time or not, but the piercing process alone is something to be commended for.  These particular piercings were done at Sacred Art Body Piercing in Newcastle.

  • The art of life is to show your hand

    Written by

    Rob

    Gabor, the minimalist scarification artist/tattoo artist from Budapest has done it again with a nice looking hand scar. What’s great about Gabor is that his unique designs embrace a minimalistic abstract style of art, both in terms of design and execution.

  • Bullet Proof

    Written by

    Rob

    I’m really digging this typographic/abstract foot piece by James Dean Pruitt from Alliance Tattoo Lounge in Yuma, AZ.  The ink blurs give it an almost stenciled feel to it, with the paint being smeared as the stencil was removed.