BME: Body Modification Ezine

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.

Celebrating body modification culture since 1994.

Category: ModBlog

  • Double-Edged Blades

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Continuing on with our much-heralded “Corset Week” here on ModBlog, it’s the lovely Jenica, posing in a photo by Megan Cash, showing off these fancy arm corsetry projects she had done for her birthday. Not just that, though—these were done in tandem, while she was having both legs tattooed as well. Sensory overload, hmm? In her own words:

    My piercers wanted in on the fun too, so towards the end of the night, Amanda and Kaz did tandem corsets on my arms while Bert and Kaelyn were tattooing my legs. Four artists to one canvas! With all of my limbs being worked on at one time, my brain was having a hard time of choosing where to direct my attention. It was a fantastic adrenaline high to say the least!

    Jenica then hulked out of her shirt and punched through a brick wall, just because.

    (Arm corsets by Amanda and Nichole at Stiletto Haus in Grand Rapids, Michigan.)

    See more in “Body Surface Piercing: Body“ (Surface & Unusual Piercing)

  • I’m Bloodshot For Sure

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Well hey, look at that! It’s the always lovely (and controversial?) Lesha, checking in again—this time bottomless as opposed to last time’s toplessness. And…hey, what’s that on her stomach?

    Ha ha, look at that! It’s this tremendous scarification portrait piece, a month into the ol’ healing process. Seems to be coming along nicely, but the question, as always, is how is the commentariat dealing with it? I’m going to say…hilariously.

    (Scarification by Wayde Dunn at Stay Gold in Albuquerque, New Mexico.)

  • What Might Have Been Lost

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    I’ll admit that I’m not always a fan of the hoary old ripping-through-the-skin tattoo, but, as we all saw earlier in the week, Paco Dietz at Graven Image Tattoo is, if nothing else, quite adept at turning the grotesque into something rather attractive. Really, between hideous creatures and painstakingly accurate renderings of internal organs and muscle tissue and such, this Dietz fella is going places.

    (Tattoo by Paco Dietz at Graven Image Tattoo in Mountain View, California.)

    See more in “Sci-Fi Tattoos“ (Tattoos)

  • The Game’s Worthwhile

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Well, that was kind of a long day, was it not, folks? But you know something? You all stuck with it, and that, well…that’s a kind of temerity they don’t teach at school. Not usually, at least. Maybe at Brown, or something. But anyway! It’s the kind of performance that deserves, at the very least, a hearty high-five, and for my money, there’s no better candidate to dole out these smacks of good-will than Jamin up there, sporting, among other bits and pieces, that handsome palm tattoo by Anji at ?High Priestess in Eugene, Oregon, which was fresh when this picture was taken. Now, though? High-five away, fair ModBloggers, and all through the night. Until tomorrow.

    See more in “Hand Tattoos“ (Tattoos)

  • Spice Our Schedules

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    I swear, if young master xPUREx keeps it up, visiting his Williamsburg Pure Body Arts studio is going to be a mainstay checklist item for travelers coming to New York, right up there with poking around the Statue of Liberty, eating a slice of pizza from every parlor with “Ray’s” in the name and enduring crippling beat-downs after foolishly asking every woman in Times Square if she’s “working.” (Damn you, Giuliani!) Back to the issue at hand here, though, these implants are a nice fit, aren’t they? I guess that’s what one would expect with implantation by the aforementioned xPUREx and implant pieces carved* by Steve Haworth. Another shot, after the jump.

    *Not carved! Says the implanter himself: “These pieces actually were not carved. Steve was nice enough to attach some rods and domes together with silicone in it’s liquid form as a “glue,” so that i wouldn’t have to carve them.” Thanks for the heads-up!

    See more in “3D-Art Implants“ (Implants) (members only)

Latest Tattoo, Piercing, and Body Modification News