ModBlog News of the Week: April 3, 2015

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Jen Savage

Here is your news roundup for April 3, 2015:

* Tattoo film festival spreads its ink to mainstream audience
* Video of mom forcing screaming daughter to get ears pierced goes viral
(Just a note about this, the video is very disturbing and you may want to skip watching it if you haven’t already seen it.)
* Biohackers develop night vision eye drops to see in the dark
* Thief spends six hours getting Jesus tattoo – then runs off with £1000 takings from till

In celebrity news…
* Ellie Goulding and Dougie Poynter seal their love by getting matching tattoos on their middle fingers
* Hilary Duff reveals her secret tattoos
* Miley Cyrus Gets New Tattoo
* Tara Reid accompanies drunk fan while he has her name tattooed on him.

If you read any news stories relating to body modification please do send them in. It’s hard to find everything that’s out there on my own and it seems like celebrity news dominates and while BME has always covered body modification in all its forms, including celebrity news, it would be nice to have some regular news stories to share as well.

Submit news stories.

I see you!

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Jen Savage

This artistic shot of a corset piercing was sent in by AlyssaChartrand. I like the old time feel of the photo contrasted with the tattoos and corset piercing. No information on artists or the photographer was given when the photo was submitted.

See more in the Piercing Gallery.

ModBlog News of the Week: March 27, 2015

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Jen Savage

Here is your news roundup for March 27, 2015:

* Women with vaginal piercings to be classed as having suffered female genital mutilation says Department of Health
* Seymour gallery explores tattooing as art
* Watch mind-boggling 3D tattoo that’s awesome and unnerving in equal measure
* Outrage as school alters student photos

In celebrity news…

* Lena Dunham Explains Why She Has an Eloise Tattoo, but Will Never Get Her Boyfriend’s Name Inked
* Nick Cannon Wild ‘N Out with New MASSIVE Back Tattoo

Submit news stories.

Spring is here

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Jen Savage

Spring is finally here though you wouldn’t know it where I live since the snowbanks are all over 6 feet high. This beautiful piece by Platon Sosnitsyi, from Kipod in Israel, makes me hopeful that we will actually see green around these parts again. I love the way that hummingbird pops and depth in the flowers. It makes me ache for some new ink. And for summer!

Don’t forget to submit your photos to BME! See more tattoos in the Tattoo Gallery.

ModBlog News of the Week: March 13, 2015

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Jen Savage

Here is your news roundup for March 13, 2015:

* Restaurant refuses service to man with facial tattoos
* Body Modification Artist Steve Haworth inspires Bristol animal lover to turn into “parrot man”
* Biohackers and body modification
* Utah House OKs bill banning tattoos on children under 14, requires permission for older teens

In celebrity news…

* This Woman Has Rihanna Tattoos All Over Her Body
* Kanye West Tattoos ‘So Help Me God’ Artwork on Arm during Paris Fashion Week

Submit news stories.

ModBlog News of the Week: March 6, 2015

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Jen Savage

Here is your news roundup for March 6, 2015:

* Microchips for office workers
* Edmonton’s culinary creatives go big with food tattoos
* Soccer star says new tattoos aim to raise famine awareness
* Meet the last tattooed women of Burma
* Mapping 61 Ancient Tattoos on a 5300-Year-Old Mummy

And in the world of the rich and famous:

* Lourdes Leon shows off new septum piercing
* Shia LaBeouf sports new rat tail, eyebrow piercing
* Kanye West Got Roman Numeral Tattoos for North & His Mom

Submit news stories.

ModBlog News of the Week: February 27th, 2015

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Jen Savage

Body modification in the news…
* Parents Get Tattoo Of Daughter’s Birthmark So She Won’t Feel Different
* Alec Falkenham, Dalhousie student, develops tattoo removal cream
* Tattoo whisperer helps cancer survivors
* Dad preserves young son’s drawings by making them into tattoos

and, of course, celebrity news…

* Benji Madden inks ‘Cameron’ tattoo across his chest for new wife
* Brantley Gilbert Gets Double-Pistol Back Tattoo

Feel free to submit news stories and I will try to make this a weekly feature again.

Times They Are A Changin’

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Jen Savage

In a relatively short time, body modification seems to have not only grown, in terms of pushing boundaries but also in terms of mainstream attention, at least, that has been my observation. I can’t imagine some of the more extreme body modifications being covered in mainstream media (other than a purely negative piece) when I first discovered BME (however many years ago that was, shh, not telling).

Gelding sent me a link to an interview he did with Gawker. The interview itself is very professional and positive (I can’t speak for the comments). It’s refreshing to see this sort of extreme modification getting positive coverage from a more mainstream outlet.

Click more NSFW image.

Nullo gallery on BME.

In Flanders Fields

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Jen Savage

Yesterday was Remembrance Day in Canada and Veteran’s Day in the United States. It’s a statutory holiday in my province so I didn’t see this submission from Zombieprincess until today but I wanted to share.

Ink Blood and Spirit

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Jen Savage

I just received word that Ink, Blood and Spirit, a documentary on Little Swastika whose work has been featured on ModBlog in the past, is available on-demand as an online download. Here’s what the filmmakers had to say about it:

A biographical portrait of the self-taught tattooer and artist ”Little Swastika” , whose work is well known worldwide. Filmed in december of 2013 at his studio and gallery – Psyland – located in the small village of Tengen in southern Germany. The main focus is his life story with topics such as inspiration, religion, drugs and body modification.

The film has screened in twelve countries, has been nominated for best documentary and has been officially selected to several film festivals.

If you’d like to watch the trailer or rent the film, it costs a whopping $1.99, click here.