A BMEGirl with a side of corset

I’m pretty sure you can’t order this at a drive through.

This fantastic 60 point corset was done by Brailey from Fat Zombie Tattoo and Body Piercing in Phoenix, AZ.

If this corset is considered a normal size side corset, then wait until you check out the super-sized side corset after the clickthrough.

I don’t believe that Braiely used the same model for the corsets as this 80 point corset follows a different path down the side.

Four dimensions of staples

I know you were told there would be no math, but sometimes the rules need to be broken.  To start, we turn to wikipedia for a quick definition of a tesseract.

In geometry, the tesseract, also called an 8-cell or regular octachoron or cubic prism, is the four-dimensional analog of the cube. The tesseract is to the cube as the cube is to the square. Just as the surface of the cube consists of 6 square faces, the hypersurface of the tesseract consists of 8 cubical cells. The tesseract is one of the six convex regular 4-polytopes.

A generalization of the cube to dimensions greater than three is called a “hypercube”, “n-cube” or “measure polytope”. The tesseract is the four-dimensional hypercube, or 4-cube.

So, now that you know a tesseract is a geometry term, and not a way to travel through space and time, you can appreciate the time and effort -light- put in to this flesh stapling play.

Now normally flesh staples are a type of piercing, but seeing as how this play piercing was done with a stapler and ribbon, I’ll let it slide.

Friday BMEGirl? That’s Unpossible!

Well with last week’s unexpected downtime I wasn’t able to get a BMEGirl post out on Friday.  This week everything is back up and running smoothly so that means it’s the return of the BMEGirl!

This week’s girl is Luckytcha from Japan who’s photos I discovered in the old school tattoo gallery.

There’s another photo of her, but you’ll have to keep reading to check it out.

This second photo comes from the microdermal and corset piercing galleries.  The piercer for the second photo is Samppa Von Cyborg.

Tying one off

No, this isn’t a go get drunk on new year’s eve post.  Although if you’re still looking for a party, the BME New Year’s Eve Bash is open to all, so if you can get to Virginia, head on over to BME HQ.  And no, you don’t have to get drunk to have a good time on new year’s eve.

Now, back to the post, as I said, this isn’t a go get drunk post, it’s a “check out this corset done by Suzanne from Modify Body Piercing in Adelaide, South Australia” post.

The only info on the model is that her name is Bec.  Photography by Tahlia Gray.

All choked up

Zentriratna here puts new meaning to the term “getting choked up”.  Someone who is more familiar with corseting can probably correct me, but it seems that if this type of corseting had a name it would be called a “choker”.  Not in the violent sense mind you, but along the lines of those tight necklaces, which fits in with the visual style of corsets anyway.

Of course whether it has a name or not isn’t as important as Zentriratna is, who is looking quite stunning in the photo.

Piercers looking for their 15 minutes….

If you are a piercer, or a piercing enthusiast and have wondered how to get your photos published, well here is the opportunity you have been waiting for.

We, Sean Dowdell (of  Club Tattoo) and Matthew Martyr, are putting together a coffee table book. We are looking for piercers who are interested in taking part in this project, as the ultimage goal is for this to be a community collaboration.

It will be a photograph-heavy book on beauty in body piercing. The photo content will range from elaborate corsets, to simple nostril piercings.

If you are interested (or know someone who may be interested), please send an email to [email protected] for more information!

Thanks,
Matthew Martyr and Sean Dowdell

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Hold that thought

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.

lips

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.