Tattoo, Piercing, and Body Modification News, Events, and Culture
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This tattoo is by Eric Rieth at Seventh Son Tattoo in San Francisco, CA. I’ve also got more photos of video game tattoos and other geeky-stuff (send in yours to BME please!).
PS. There’s a few misfilings in the geek tattoo section because I hadn’t properly explained it to Phil; those will be fixed soon.
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I thought this was a good example of an ideal result from UV-ink tattooing. The result here at least appears to be relatively invisible in normal daylight, but then jumps out when under a blacklight at a club… This example is by Richie’s Tats in Lancaster, California. Be warned though — there is no guarantee that UV ink won’t be visible under normal light at least a little (in part because of the ink’s presence, and in part because of the minor scarring that somtimes accompanies tattooing).
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I’ll post some more tattoo entries later today, but as knuckle tattoos go, I like the one that IAM:pillpoppinfun got done. You may remember Jesse from the “Have Mursi!” lip plates article. Check out his page for lots of big stretching…
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Steve Truitt from Ascension Suspension just emailed me their new video trailer. There’s lots of neat clips in this — tons of good looking performers with a lot of life in them, a human rotisserie, ass suspension, blood play, single hooks, tandem suspension, spinning beams, fire, and more. Great video from a great group.
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Here’s a quick pair of scarification videos for you. The image quality isn’t the greatest on either of them, which is unfortunate because in each case it’s a very nice example of cutting art.
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Whitespace getting his nipple cut by Dave Gillstrap. You can check out our previous post on his Buddhism-themed scarification bodysuit project (which also contains cutting work by other artists).
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Warren gets his geometric arm cutting extended by Tom Brazda in Toronto… While a very qualified and experienced piercer, Tom’s only recently been getting seriously into cutting and I really like this piece a lot — you shoudl take the time to visit Warren’s page to see the photos.
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On the off chance that you’ve been wondering what a dermal punched chunk of tattooed tissue looks like, here you go (c/o Matteo at Il Settimo Cerchio in Bologna, Italy).
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I always love getting photos from Central and South America. Here’s some photos from my friends at Cutuvi Local‘s last SusCon in Brasil… Is it bad that I like seeing pretty girls suspend? I like seeing good looking guys suspending as well — it’s not a pervert thing, honest. But on the off chance that it is for any of you, I won’t tell.
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Update: It’s yumegari in the photos if you want to say hello (nicely).
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I’ve seen some pretty silly mistakes in the suspension community from time to time… things like substituting venetian blind cord for parachute cord (there’s quite a strength difference between the two)… So at first glance I had a chuckle when I saw this wooden suspension rig imagining the tumble as it shattered under stress:
But I was too hasty with that laugh — Peter Sheringham over at Piercing Urge X in Melbourne, Australia has done his research. This is Mountain Ash Hardwood (write one if you want one), and may well be stronger than many of the metal rigs I’ve seen in use! You’ll also see it used in bows, hammer handles, and baseball bats. Oh, and as a point of trivia, this is from the tallest flowering plant in the world, and examples have been found that are even taller than the Pacific US coast’s redwoods!
