A tattooed person suspends from hooks, laying flat, one leg higher than the other. Their head is back, and they seem to be smiling, dark hair dangling like an anime character.

Tag: Body Modification

  • w00t

    Now they really are headlights, literally… Just gotta figure out a way to eliminate those cables… Bigger piercings can store bigger batteries, right?

  • Prehispanic Mexican Body Modification

    Speaking of Mexico, another gringo expat down here in the body modification world is IAM:Gorilla (who makes the gorgeous glass jewelry that BMEshop stocks). Anyway, he’s down in Oaxaca and sent some photos of Olmec pottery such as these prehispanic clay ear spools:

    Here you can see some being worn in a piece of sculpture:

    And finally, a sculpture of a baby in a head-shaping cradle (the cradle puts pressure on the skull, shaping it and giving it a distinctive sloped appearance).

  • Dia De Los Muertos

    Here in Mexico, today is Día de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead — I suppose the end result of Aztec and other indigenous beliefs mixing with the imported Roman Catholic traditions. Click here for some more info if you want — all I have for you is a gallery of Day of the Dead tattoos (and a couple scarification pieces as well):

  • Now that’s scary!

    Hope everyone is having a good evil Halloween weekend. Anyway, if you want to know what’s in the hidden section of this scary backpiece by Siyo, just click to uncensor it. Is it being covered up, or is does the name of the true face of fear being with an ‘F’ and end with an ‘X’?

  • Big mistake

    The moment you realize you totally picked the wrong house to burglarize.

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