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  • Fundraising for The Illustrated Penguin

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    It makes me not just sad but so angry that I have to make this post. Jason, who you may know as “The Illustrated Penguin” (who has been featured here on ModBlog a few times — here’s a small selection of posts: 1, 2 3) has been in and out of the hospital for a pre-existing kidney condition, with the hospital stay adding new infections to the mix. Because it’s the United States, being sick has brutalized him financially, and he’s in rough shape, so his friends are putting together a fundraiser, which you can find on Facebook here: facebook.com/events/106768719470488/. This is going to be capped off with a benefit show in Portland, currently planned for Portland on September 15th. Join that Facebook group to stay up to date, and of course either Rob or I will post updates to ModBlog.

    If you’d like to help out, you can PayPal him directly (please set it as “gift” to avoid additional fees) at [email protected] (sorry, I can’t risk linking it from here due to Paypal’s shaky relationship with BME). Jewelry companies and anyone else who might be able to help out with an online auction to raise funds should contact Hilary at [email protected] (or track her down on Facebook at facebook.com/hilary.lobitz). Any support no matter how small is appreciated.

    Finally, let me wrap this with a fun video to remind you what a wonderful character and unique performer Jason is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnMZ95_wDPk

  • Less than three

    Written by

    Rob

    This little heart branding belongs to IAM: 4wheeler.  As you probably have already guessed, this isn’t the whole picture.  Well that’s because the heart is only the tip of this elaborate brand.

    Keep on reading to see the rest…

    Lots more photos in the male genital scarification gallery.

  • 100/1000/1000 – Congratulations Rolf!!!

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    Those of you who follow Rolf Buchholz (Guiness’s new most pierced man) on Facebook or watch the BME suspension galleries may have noticed that he does a lot of suspensions. What you may not be aware of was that these were part of a larger ritual — to do one hundred suspensions, using one thousand hooks, over one thousand days. He has just completed this remarkable journey.

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  • Check out that waterfall!

    Written by

    Rob

    That’s such an cool waterfall, don’t you agree?  The water cascading down into the churning waters of the river.  Oh, and there happens to be lovely tattooed woman in there as well.

    Thanks to IAM:Irene_Stamour for sending us this beautiful shot.  Unfortunately she didn’t give any artist credit for her snake/spine piece.  Remember folks, when you upload photos make sure to fill in all the little boxes so that when you’re featured here on ModBlog we can give the artists proper credit. This also applies for when you e-mail your photos to [email protected].  Just follow the link in the e-mail you receive after we get the photos.

  • Mantis Piercing

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    I’m assuming you can tell from the purple marking line on his face which piercing is new. Now, you might be thinking to yourself, why is Shannon calling it a Mantis piercing? Is he going soft in his old age? Because that’s clearly an Austin Bar, not a Mantis piercing! But where you’re wrong is that you’re not looking at one piercing (an Austin bar is a horizontal piercing across the tip of the nose, like a far-forward nasallang), but two. The mantis piercing is essentially a very strangely placed — but still essentially standard — nostril piercing, which also means that it has faster healing than the Austin bar in general. Instead of going out to the side of the nostril, it goes straight forward, and in a pair gives the illusion of being a horizontal bar. It’s not a piercing that would work well on its own, and while you don’t need as many piercings as this perforated fellow, it is a piercing that looks best in combination with other nose work.

    This Mantis piercing was done on Nicola by 23 year-old body piercer Massimo Cortese of Wildink Tattoo Studio in Naples, Italy, and currently guest spotting in Ferrara. Done centrally, this piercing would be called a “rhino“, but off-centre Massimo is calling it the Mantis, which I think is a good name for it. Oh and I had fun joking to my daughter that if this person sneezes that everyone around them has to take cover because all that body jewelry goes shooting in every direction like shrapnel. But in all seriousness, I suspect that this piercing in part came about because this gentleman is simple so covered in piercings that they spent some time brainstorming for new places to pierce!

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