Yes, it’s a tongue corset

I know, I know, you’re probably looking at this saying “this is the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen”, but let me give it a little context. Piercer Daniel (of Los 13 Tattoo in Sao Paulo) did this on his friend Fernanda Tsukada at the 2º Encontro Internacional de Tatuadores e Body Piercings do Brasil in July, hoping to win first place in the exotic piercing category… a desire which he achieved, taking home the gold medal or whatever it is they gave as recognition — the most important part being the motivation to continue creating unusual and gorgeous body play. Now, for those that think this is silly, I want to point out one very, very important thing: 99% of the corsets that are done are not done using jewelry that is suitable for long term wear. They are temporary projects. So why is it any worse to do it on a tongue, where at least there won’t be any long term scars left by the game, plus you can bet you’re giving the wearer and the public something they’ve rarely seen before? So what do you think… Is this over the line? Did we cross the line a long time ago? Or are you like me, and you deny the existence of the line entirely?

tongue-corset

Guess What?

It’s labour day today, which means school should be starting for most of the kiddies out there.  So in honour of the start of the school year, here’s your first pop-quiz.  Can you tell me exactly what is happening in this photo?  (Bonus points if you use the correct technical terminology)

Read ahead to see how you did.

So fun fact about this photo.  Jen has been moderating the image queues for many years here at BME and this is the first one that almost made her faint.

So according to IAM: Ilovepain26, this is a transurethral cock perforation.  I will also accept “sounding with a big ass needle” as a correct answer.  And just for fun, here’s another photo.

Holiday Monday Morning Tattoo Fix

I want to share a couple great tattoos before I take off to go do other work. This first piece really blew me away with it’s subtle and artistic use of colour, almost as if it was done with chalks or pastels or something. I’m sure a lot of people don’t even want to believe it’s a tattoo and assume it’s body paint or something. This surfer is an amazing piece of work by Radu Rusu of Art and Soul Tattoo in Plymouth.

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The other piece I wanted to share isn’t quite as mind-blowing — and in fact, it’s not even complete yet — is this super fun Minecraft-themed piece that I know a lot of people will really go crazy for. It is of course by Tom Ruki of Tenacious Tattoo in Sheffield.

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Creative Nostril Project

I wanted to share this creative and unique nostril project by Dana Dinius at HTC Body Piercing, Phoenix North. Another great example of taking a basic, accessible, mainstream set of piercings and turning them into something special that will turn the heads of both the jaded piercing elite and who don’t know the difference between a daith and a fourchette.

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Another Rigging Masterpiece

I hope I am not miscrediting this photo that Steve Joyner took, but I believe this masterpiece of rigging is from the recent Suspension MECCA 2012. The level of technical perfection that suspension artists hold themselves to these days is awe inspiring. If you’d asked even the best to perform this static suspension fifteen years ago I’m certain their heads would have exploded — it used to be that in popular suspension you mostly saw Fakir Musafar’s influence, but now I see much more of Stelarc’s influence, with attention not just to personal ritual, but equally to artistry and technical detail.

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Star Horns

I like these star-shaped horns that have been perfectly placed underneath the wearer’s tattoos, I think adding some “intentionality” to a tattoo mix that otherwise looks a bit haphazard. This photo is from Ministry Tattoo Studio of Buenos Aires, Argentina at the El Tucuman Tattoo Festival, and the implants were done by Matias at Rata Body Art in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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