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Tag: Bloodplay

  • A study in blood

    Written by

    Rob

    IAM:Meriken_Metals recently sent in a photo series entitled “Vitality”.  While there wasn’t a lot of description given, it appears that it combined play piercing with blood play to create a blood print of the results of the piercings.  Instead of using the traditional play piercing needles, he used long pieces of flexible metal to weave the piercings together.

    Head over to the ritual and play piercing gallery to see the rest of the photos.  Just a quick note, given the length of the wire, setting up a completely sterile environment would be difficult, so please don’t attempt to recreate this without first taking the proper safety precautions.

  • Blood on the canvas

    Written by

    Rob

    As I mentioned earlier this week you’re going to be getting a look at some of the stuff Samppa Von Cyborg has been doing while on the road in the US.  Today’s post is about a recent performance Samppa and Aneta did as part of their recent NYC tour stop.  The centerpiece of the show was a blood painting that Samppa did of himself, Steve Haworth, and Lukas Zpira, using Aneta’s blood.  The painting is now up for auction, with all proceeds going towards relief efforts in Japan.

    Keep on reading to see some shots from the performance as well as how you can own this painting.  Fair warning though, it is pretty bloody.

    Oh look!  Press release:

    On Sunday March 20th, 2011 the Von Cyborgs had their first U.S. debut performance at New York Cities Club Rebel. This avant-guard performance included suspension, needle play, blood, and candle wax. The performance began with Samppa Von Cyborg inserting multiple needles in the forehead and arms of Aneta Von Cyborg and painting the words murder + victim across her chest; as she kneeled on the stage exposing her milky white skin that created a lovely contrast to the vivid red blood. Once the needles were removed the blood was collected to be utilized by Samppa to create a master piece. As Samppa diligently went to work on the canvas in the background; Aneta remained center stage enduring pain and pleasure through use of needles and candle wax. Both performers were absolutely captivating and together created such an incredible energy. As you looked around the audience each person waited in baited breath to see what next stroke Samppa would make with the brush and what each drop of blood used would create. Each second that went by the image slowly revealed itself; though usually Samppa creates the images of notorious serial killers this time the master piece created was a blood portrait of Steve Haworth, Lukas Zpira, and Samppa himself, the C-Y-B.ORG masters whom also performed and gathered for the C-Y-B.ORG Sickness Tour. As Samppa took his last stroke; Aneta was suspended 2ft above the stage suicide style; resembling a trophy victim to be adorn. Samppa then exited the stage; leaving portrait and victim to be exposed and admired by all. Audience members remained hypnotized and amazed by the astonishing performance; which received excellent reviews and had audience members craving another dose of the Von Cyborgs. Their tour began in New York City and will continue across the U.S.; they are available and accepting bookings. In addition the portrait created has been place up for auction with bidding starting at $3000; proceeds earned will be used to help the people of Japan; a place where the Von Cyborgs have performed on numerous occasions, made many lovely friends and hold very near and dear to their hearts. All and all it can be stated that the Von Cyborgs truly are an experience to remember guaranteed to astonish

  • Have a nice day

    Written by

    Rob

    One of the great things about the modified community is our ability to have fun while doing things that would make some people uncomfortable.  Take needle and blood play for example.  The word “play” is right in there, which means it’s something fun to do.  Take antique1 for example, here he is with some needles and blood, and is having fun with it.  You’ll have to click through to see the uncensored photo, but the smiley face should give you a hint as to what you’re going to be seeing.

    In addition to his needle happy face, he’s also got an ampallang, which you can see in the next picture.

    You can check out more photos from this series in the BME Hard galleries.

  • Red Red Wine

    Written by

    Rob

    For some a glass of red wine is just the thing to unwind after a long day of work.  For PrettyHateMachine, wine isn’t enough.  This South African beauty recently did a photo shoot with Zoltan Tibor Szabo-Taylor, and what you see above is the result.  To some the phrase “bleeding for your art” is used metaphorically, but for these two, it is taken quite literally.

    Normally when you see bloodplay on ModBlog the term “messy” comes to mind.  This isn’t a bad thing by any stretch, but occasionally it is nice to see blood without having to think about cleaning up afterwards.

    As with all forms of bloodplay, don’t try to recreate this unless you know what you’re doing.

  • She’s a squirter!

    Written by

    Sean Philips

    A pictures worth a thousand words, so I will let this picture speak for itself.

    shesasquirter

    This picture was submitted by lucyneckface, who credits the artist as Julian Wildhack Poyser.

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