I try to avoid posting heavily photoshopped images, but in the case of this photo, the photoshopping is what helps establish the tone of the image. It also doesn’t distract from his piercings and tattoo which really stand out here.
This photo was uploaded anonymously to the piercing galleries, so if you know who the gentleman in the photo is, please speak up.
The last time a lip corset was shown on ModBlog was back in 2007. There may have been one since then, and I’m sure if there has someone will find it, but it definitely seems to be a rare type of corsetry. BME user DivaPayyne sent in this image of her lip corset recently. Stylistically, the pink ribbon combined with the pink hair gives her an almost doll-like quality.
The different types of interpretations that a lip corset can bring about are interesting. Historically, the corset was used by women to force their bodies into a desired shape in order to satisfy the societal demands that were imposed on them. Nowadays corsets are used for a variety of different uses, some stylistically, some for fetishists, others for practical use, and so on. When it comes to corset piercings, the aesthetic of the corset is combined with the classical usage of a corset. The idea of binding. Now of course this doesn’t apply to all corset piercings, but there are some that do emphasize the constricting nature of a corset. When this is applied to the lips, you get a sense that the woman’s lips are binded in a way to prevent her from speaking out past what is expected of her.
One of the most important aspects of a corset piercings is the process, putting in the piercings, stringing them together, and the eventual release and removal of the corset. So while from an outsiders point of view we see the mid point of the process, the corset in place, for the people getting them it is much more than that. Looking back on this individual image, DivaPayyne’s lips are bound together, but at some point, with the tug of a string, she will be free of her bindings and able to speak again.
As always you can check out more corset piercings in the corset gallery, where in addition to this particular lip corset, there are a great deal more images that show just how creative people can be when it comes to creating a corset.
I try to post a variety of images every day to ModBlog. And with every image I post, I try my best to make a story around it. I see a tattoo of Prince’s love symbol, and I think of both the artist and the dedication of his fans. I see a candid image from a pulling performance, and think of the outer expressions of inner pain.
Then I see an image like this…
…and I’m at a loss for words.
Which of course got me to thinking, what is it about certain images and action that can take our breath away. To render even the most expressive of us speechless. Is it some base instinct that we have, like the fight or flight reactions, that when we are emotionally overwhelmed we react by silencing ourselves? Or is it a cultural phenomenon, where we’ve been raised in a world where the effects of the Romantic period have permeated our collective consciousness. The moment where our minds are presented with an overwhelming amount of emotional stimulation causes us to take pause and reflect on the images before we are able to express ourselves and our reactions.
Now that I’ve had a moment to reflect on the image, I think that it conveys exactly what I was just talking about. We have this woman looking outwards her lips bound by a black ribbon woven through her piercings. You see through her eyes that she has something to say, but for the moment she cannot speak. It is only when the ribbon is removed, can she express herself fully. So we too, in those moments when everything falls away and we get lost in the image, have our lips bound, not by ribbon, but by our own minds. We pause, holding everything in until the right moment, when we can remove our own ribbons and are free to speak again.
I want to thank BMEzine.com member Scissor_Kitty for submitting this image to the piercing galleries. So while you may not like every image in the galleries, there are certainly enough images in there that can take your breath away, simply through the story the image is telling.
I really like this branding. I’m not sure why it’s so appealing to me but it’s incredibly striking. grundstuck‘s seemingly perfect circles were carefully electrocauterized by Quentin at Kalima in Worthing, UK.
Or maybe I just like boys in cute glasses.
See more in “Scarification By Kalima“ (Scarification)
This lovely lady is from France. I’m hoping she starts an IAM page soon so we can see more of her.
See more in “Cheeks“ (Lip Piercing)
One more after the jump.
Alright. That’s it. I’m not sure what else I’m supposed to do but clearly Brasilians want me to come and live amongst them. I definitely don’t have the butt for those g-strings but I’ll see what I can do. I was sitting here trying to update modblog and I have a bunch of guys sitting behind me and they’re talking about what they see on my screen and I’m trying to explain to them that it’s my job to post pictures of people on the Modblog and they ask me if it’s all hot chicks and I say, “yeah, more or less with the occasional split dick”. The look on their faces is pretty priceless.
They thoroughly enjoyed getting a sneak peak of infant_finite before it goes live on the site.
Sao Paulo, here I come. After I finish shooting photos of these tattoo machines.
See more in “Cheeks“ (Lip Piercing)
babylovedoll. sends in these photos of her nostril, bridge and lip piercings. They were done at Palinoptika Studios.
Click through for a photo of her sternum piercing.
See more in “Nostril piercing“ (Nose Piercing)
It’s really not that hard to get on ModBlog, you know. All it takes is the right combination of interesting photography, well placed piercings, skin-tight latex and a good measure of amateur dentistry. Clearly, pinkdekay up there has been paying attention to our standards of excellence.
(Bridge piercing by handsome Brian Decker at Pure Body Arts in Brooklyn, and photography by Anilom Nor.)
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