Peter Sheringham (The Piercing Urge, Melbourne, Australia) sends in this shot of a cutting performed with the film crew from Taboo in attendence. That reminds me — the folks from Sin Cities (great show!) are looking for extreme play and modification (eunuchs, saline injection, and so on) people to film with in Vancouver, Seattle, and Montreal. If you’re interested, write me at [email protected] and I’ll put you in touch.

I’ve posted a few fresh script skin removals in the past, but I had to share this beautifully healed on by Andre Fernandes at Tattoo You in Sao Paulo, Brasil. Oh, and for anyone reading this from the area, be sure to check out Con.Scar 2006, the first scarificatin convention to be hosted in South America (inspired by Shawn Porter‘s ScarWars, now planning its third year). Andre will be working at that event along with other artists.

I don’t think I’ve seen a single scarification piece by Wayde Dunn at Puncture Body Piercing in Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia that I didn’t think was just stunning. These birds are just the first to be cut — more are planned.

More work by Wayde: Skull and Crossbones, Cherry Blossom Chest Cutting, Giant Bird Scar, Aztec Cutting, and of course the Wayde Dunn mini-portfolio on BME.

Now, before you slag Todd for using found-object tools for branding, I’d like to state for the record that I have brands that are now about 15 years old, done with pieces of a tin can, and they’re as well defined and raised and even as anything I’ve seen done using more widely accepted tools.

Oh, and I’m not sure if I’ve accidentally reposted some things in today’s update. My apologies if that’s the case.

You know, I made what could be interpretted as a disparaging remark about high detail tattooing when I posted the simple Russian branding earlier this week. So I wanted to make up for it and post this picture (by Big Rick) from the recent So Cal BME BBQ — this is Whitespace and gogo_savvy, who both have excellent examples of high quality high detail work.

As I post this, a photo of this being done is the current BME cover shot. That healed scar in the middle is intense! I wonder how the new ones will heal. Hibiscus cutting done by by Brian of Pure (NYC) for Canadian television (photo by Atom Moore).