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Temporary Front Corset Piercing
iam:PhotographThis took this photo of a front corset project that won “Best Temporary Piercing” at the MA Tattoo and Arts Fest. The piercing was done by Rob Hill at Maya Tattoo and Body Piercing in Sioux City, Iowa.
Yes, but where are they?
The tunnels in the picture are 40mm and 46mm to put it into context. Click the picture to get a full view that shows this person’s impressive mods. Loads more are in tomorrow’s BME update.
João’s a Kee-Pa!
I’m sure you’ll agree after you’ve watched this video of João‘s O-Kee-Pa suspension (more) in Petrópolis, Brazil..
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DivX download link for BME members: Extreme2 or Full members
He’s definitely a keeper!
Dulong Tribal Facial Tattoos
My old friend Damien, who started tattoos.com back at about the same time as BME, also from here in Toronto, went to China last fall for the Beijing Convention (he’s currently organizing NIX again for Toronto, and working on a convention in South Africa for next January). He took these pictures of facial tattoos on Dulong tribal women while he was there
Dulong facial tattooing died out in the 50s after China took over the region, and these days there are perhaps fifty people that still wear the tattoos, which were done as a coming of age rite. The designs vary from clan to clan, but their meaning has been largely lost to history. Continue after the break for more pictures by Damien.
Check out Damien’s article for more information — he had a chance to interview them via a translator while he was there for the convention, and they describe the “painful memory” of being tattooed.
LTD Crew Cliff Suspension
Ron Garza, John Durante, and Chris Glunt have been exploring the world, and recently found themselves at San Marcos on Lake Atitaln in Guatemala — $10 a night accommodations — and after doing some 50ft cliff dives, already high on adrenaline, Chris suspended with two 6ga hooks and rigging tied to a boulder. Looks like an amazing experience — continue reading for more photos, and add their pages to your reading list to follow their adventures of course.
And some random travel photos as well… What’s stopping you from being in pictures like these?
Pillow Fight!
I’m busy!
Sorry, no posts today, I have stuff to do…
(Tattoo by Jay’E Jones, Strata Tattoo Lab, Yucca Valley, CA).
Hunchback Suspension
Tabitha says that her and Kaz give PEND suspension a little bit of “ethnic change”… Photos (more after the break) by NJB Photography in Grand Rapids.
“Voila! I’m dead”
This bloody bathroom-wrecker explains that this photoshoot was done in order to obtain some reference photos for a zombie rib tattoo she’s having Mike Storey from Blackline Studios here in Toronto do for her. It’s a mix of red and green food colouring, water, and corn syrup, not real blood (unlike most entries). A couple more pictures continue after the break.
