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
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.
It is with deep sadness that BME announces the death of longtime member and friend Patrick Bartholomew, founder of London Piercing Clinic. Our most heartfelt condolences to all of his friends and family.
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.
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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.
Sadly this was submitted anonymously so I don’t have any details to give you. Instead, I’ll just say, have a great weekend, or else!
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.
Alice: How long is forever?
White Rabbit: Sometimes, just one second.
Artist: Kate Waiss
Studio: Kipod Tattoo
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
Summer is drawing to a close. I think the expression on the fellow below sums up how I feel about that.
Another great tattoo from Kipod in Tel Aviv. This one was inked by Max Wert.
See more in the Kipod Tattoo Portfolio.
Happy Independence Day Americans! Enjoy your day. I’ve pulled another photo from the archives that was fitting for this day.
