ModBlog News of the Week: June 12, 2015

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Here is your news roundup for June 12, 2015:
* Chicago police union fights policy banning visible tattoos
* Tattoo removal becoming popular for unpopular body ink
* Woman’s Tattoos Mistaken for Cancer on Imaging Test
* Thousands sign petition calling for ban on children’s ear piercings

In celebrity news…
* Miley Cyrus superfan to REMOVE tribute tattoos after singer branded them “ugly”


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ModBlog News of the Week: June 5, 2015

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Sorry for the delay, I’ve been having a hard time finding news stories and last week I had a medical procedure and then ended up really sick. But we’re back with more news. Don’t forget, you can help by sending in news stories to share.

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Here is your news roundup for June 5, 2015:

* Texan gets Frankie MacDonald tattoo after dare
* A Sketchbook Full of Synthetic Skin Lets Tattoo Artists Safely Doodle
* Becoming disabled by choice, not chance (this article actually quotes ModBlog)
* Jack Rudy on Tattoos’ Stigma and Why It’s Good They Hurt
* Tattoo removal a booming business now it is quicker and cheaper

In celebrity news:

* Rumer Willis Dishes on How Her New Tattoo Commemorates Her ‘Journey’ on Dancing with the Stars
* Introducing Caitlyn Jenner
* Bengals Tackle Devon Still Dedicates Two Tattoos to Daughter Leah’s Cancer Battle

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Thanks to Ekaterina Split_mini-LDG for the submission of her with her sweet pussy. No info on any of the mods was included but maybe she’ll let us know more about the (what I assume are custom made) plugs she’s wearing.

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PS I apologize to both her and you, dear reader, for my lack of imagination when it comes to titles.

Artist Campaign

I was asked to share the following from an artist who is running an IndieGogo campaign:

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Aloha! My name is Rose Adare, I’m an evocative artist disabled by a muni train in 2005. To get through the hard times, I began painting truly inspiring, brilliant, out of the box people, and now I have solid offers for shows guaranteed in Oakland, San Francisco, Seattle, AND Brooklyn, NY! But I need your help to get there!

I’m not asking for plane tickets or hotels. I’ll sleep on couches and eat ramen. But I need help with shipping and production costs.

I’ve had three amazing shows already, at the Hawaii Museum of Contemporary Art, The J+ Gallery in Holualoa, and the prestigious Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Schaefer Portrait Gallery, but now it’s time to reach the mainland.

Hawai’i is 75 miles across and is 2,467 miles from California. That’s a long distance to move 31 paintings, 5 plexiglass shadowboxes, and 35 plexiglass descriptions—especially when some of the paintings are 10 x 7 feet! The powerful success behind Restraint & Revolution “took a village,” and now it’ll “take a continent” to move across the ocean.

http://igg.me/at/adare/x

More about her art and samples of her work after the break.

Amidst the marble halls of classical portraiture one rarely sees portrayals of body modification, let alone artists like Rose Adare. Sporting spikes in her ears and tattoos down her arm, Adare describes herself as an evocative realist, combining classical elements with dynamic subject matter. When a 60 ton municipal train knocked Adare into disability, she became no stranger to pain. Drawing with a pencil taped to her fingers, she explored the world of punk-therapy, playing loud music to drown out her migraine while trailing torches over her body as a fire-dancer—just to feel something more than the ache in her bones. Settling in a house of body-mod artists on the volcanic island of Hawaii, she began painting her amazing portrait series Restraint & Revolution. But now she needs your help to ship her gorgeous paintings to booked shows in Oakland, San Francisco, Seattle, and New York. Check out her amazing book, which contains inspiring life stories of her truly boundary-pushing models! She’ll even sketch you, draw you, or paint you, whoever you are, however you are, in all your beautiful diversity.

Excerpts from Restraint & Revolution: The Art of Adare

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Kala Kaiwi, Oil on Belgian Linen, 24 x 48 in.

Holding the Guinness World Record (2015) for largest, non-surgically made flesh tunnels, Kala’s stretched earlobes are 4.3 inches in diameter. Instantly recognizable, his body is his art. “When I started researching about it, and finding out about the traditional aspects of the piercings, the cultural beliefs, the background behind piercings—you know, why people originally started getting piercings, were a lot of the African people started stretching their lips and beautifying themselves by stretching their ears—I started realizing—wow! This is a whole different world!”

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Jesi Collins, Oil on Belgian Linen, 36 x 48 in

Born with congenital hip dysplasia in Port Angeles, WA, Jesi spent most of her childhood in body casts. When they finally cut them off, she laughed: “Look Mom! I have knees!” Growing up in a 12 volt, off grid house in Hawaii, Jesi spent a lot of time drawing, or else swimming in the old, redwood pickle barrel rain catchment tank when her parents weren’t looking. “In 4th grade, I stole a tattoo magazine out of my brother’s room, the Sept. ’94 edition of Skin & Ink.Until then, I hadn’t ever thought about what I wanted to be when I grew up, but secretly I wanted to be the lady in the article…I decided then that being a tattooist would be a really cool job.”

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Robert Bennett, Oil & Silver Leaf on Belgian Linen, 12 x 48 in.

“Weather change: rain, lightning, huge tree. Scared the crap out of me. The pain during the actual hooking procedure was the worst part of it, then your body kicks into high gear and you don’t really feel it anymore. But when they pulled me up into the actual tree? Rain, thunder, light show? It was one of the greatest experiences I’d ever had. I became addicted to it after a while. I’ve done a lot of suspensions, but the last one was at my friends funeral. He used to do a lot of suspensions as well, and when he died we suspended off a tree in his backyard. Ever since then I a haven’t been able to bring myself to do it. I don’t think it’s dead in my life. I’d rather suspend other people and let them experience something new.”
RoseAdare.com

Isobel Varley 1937-2015

It is with sadness that we share the news that Isobel Varley has passed away. Our thoughts are with Isobel’s family and friends.

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The following was taken from her official Facebook page:

It is with deep sorrow that we must announce the passing of Isobel.

Shortly before 7 this morning Isobel passed peacefully onto her next adventure.

The Varley family would like to express their thanks to everyone for their support, their friendship and kind words expressed to, and about, Isobel and her numerous achievements during her time.

We would like to invite everyone to share their experiences and photographs with her on here as a tribute.

Heaven has a gained a new Angel.

ModBlog News of the Week: May 8, 2015

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Here is your news roundup for May 8, 2015:
* DNTO admires “body art” (Apr. 25, 2015) – This is an hour long radio show discussing different kinds of body art.
* Some Tattoos Interfere With Apple Watch, Company Confirms
* Dad kicked out of restaurants ‘because of neck tattoo dedicated to his daughter’
* Mega extreme tattoos: Scarification slices away top layer to leave open bloody wounds (Ed. Sacrificial branding? *lol*)

In celebrity news…
* It Took 11 Hours To Apply Cara Delevingne’s Custom Met Gala Tattoos (Ed. They aren’t real tattoos)
* Country Singer Brantley Gilbert Gets Giant Gun Tattoo in Support of the 2nd Amendment
* Demi Lovato Finally Gets Her Vagina Tattoo Removed


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Photo of the Day

‘But I don’t want to go among mad people,’ Alice remarked.
‘Oh, you can’t help that,’ said the Cat: ‘we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.’
‘How do you know I’m mad?’ said Alice.
‘You must be,’ said the Cat, ‘or you wouldn’t have come here.’

As someone with Alice in Wonderland tattoos, I’m a big fan of this tattoo by Alexander Yanitskiy of Kipod in Tel Aviv. I’m always impressed with the work I see coming out of this shop and this is no exception. They have a variety of artists working there and they all seem to be equally talented.

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ModBlog News of the Week: April 24, 2015

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Here is your news roundup for April 24, 2015:
* 2,000 Tattoos, 40 Piercings & A Pickled Ear – This is from a TV program that ran in the UK. You can watch the episode for free online right now.
* Stick and poke tattoos concern public health officials
* Challenges in Europe: Refusing racist tattoos in Hungary
* Marine Considered ‘Unfit’ to Re-Enlist Due to Rifle Tattoo
* Drunk dad attempts his own at-home tattoos; spells his son’s name AND nickname wrong

In celebrity news…
* British supermodel Stephen James flashes body tattoos and taught frame
* Ariana Grande and Her Brother Get Matching Tattoos
* Kristen Stewart Turned to Her Mom for Her New Tattoo


Thanks to Emma for submitting a link!

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