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  • BDSM Slave project

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    Lynn (a BDSM slave) came in today asking for something a bit more unique. She was impressed by the 10g horizontal hood I had done on her last year and wanted to get something a bit more interesting for her master.

    She mentioned to me that she wanted to get her outer labia pierced so I suggested two 10g curved titanium barbells with 7/32″ slave ring bead ends. We could then attach four CBR’s to it while it healed. Then she could either weight them or remove them and slide a 1&1/4″ curved barbell through both forming the beginning of a chastity. If she then felt the healing process went well and the jewelry felt good when healed we could continue the project downward forming a complete chastity. She agreed and was so happy with the result when I’d finished she jumped up and gave me a big hug! I had also allowed her master to watch the procedure which I rarely do but I was glad I did.

    He complimented me the entire time and was surprisingly nice to Lynn.

    Lots of love,

    – Lane

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  • Lauren’s Phoenix

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    So Lauren got her first tattoo and wrote in asking my advice so I’m passing it on to see if anyone has ideas outside of the obvious. She had this phoenix done this most recent New Year’s Eve, after what she describes as “a volatile year” (I can relate!)…

    It symbolizes my “rebirth” after a really hard and emotionally unstable time in my life. As well as the phoenix it has the script “i am flawed if i’m not free”, which are lyrics to a Rilo Kiley song. The quote reminds me to always live for myself and not other people, and the tattoo as a whole serves as a reminder that I am strong and don’t need anyone else to make me happy. I can’t wait to add some color! Any ideas?

    The outline was done by Will Lollie from Empire Tattoo in Asheville, NC.

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  • “If I say it’s safe to surf this beach…”

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    One of the most striking modified people I know is Alice, who has a black sleeve, large scarification work, a mudra rib tattoo, a clamps chestpiece that I’ve featured before — loads of amazing work by artists such as Xed Le Head, Daniel DiMattia, Nicole Parish, Benoit, and Samppa Von Cyborg, but I really do get a kick out her little ankle script in faux-Hindi… look carefully, and you’ll see it reads “I’ll surf this beach” — an Apocalypse Now tattoo!

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  • Matty’s Facial Cutting and Suspension

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    It seems like a lot of the people writing me have had a rough 2007… I remember when 2007 started we had a number of unexpected deaths in this community and a few people remarked what a bad year they felt was upon us, and maybe they were right.

    Matty definitely had that experience, so on the first day of 2008 he decided to shave his head and start afresh… He took this great B&W picture that day in his garden and shares it with us.

    To help him get through the rough patch, in December he had the chance to do his first four point suicide suspension with the Hack Suspension Team in Canberra, Australia, and about a week later he had the wonderful experience of having Lukas Zpira do a facial cutting on him as part of Lukas’s workshop in Sydney, Australia.

    There are some more pictures of his experiences after the break.

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    Above: Cutting by Lukas Zpira.
    Below: Suspension with HACK

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  • Feedback from Randy Sandoval

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    Randy Sandoval (aka “swarfmacdaddy” — artist’s impression below), a 47 year old CNC machinist and Blues fan from Sacramento, CA, wrote me with this charming site feedback,

    From: “Randy Sandoval” [email protected]
    Subject: (no subject)
    Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 22:09:25 -0800

    Bme has got to be the most fucked up shit I have ever seen in my life! All is not lost though, as this is just a symptom of the impending end of mankind polluting this planet with its sickness. This planet will be better off without us, if this is how people reach enlightenment.

    P.S. Fuck you and get a life

    Well Randy, sorry your evening foray into edgy porn moved a little too far into the wild world of BME, but I do commend you on reaching the conclusion that the planet will be better off without you.

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