I thought I’d never see transdermal implants again, what with the insane popularity of microdermals, but while Emilio Gonzalez (Mithos Tattoo, Venezuela) was working in Costa Rica this February he did this set of jawline spikes. Click through for a second photo.
Lane (who I’ll be posting an interview with hopefully this week) took this photo of Sheena, who had this note-shaped silicone implant done by Brian at Pure Body Arts (Brooklyn, NY) while he was guesting at Lane’s shop in Edmonton, Alberta.
My friend and modification artist Emilio Gonzalez (of Mithos Tattoo, Venezuela) was recently in Bogota, Columbia, where he did these intense horn up-sizes, taking this client to the next generation. Continue reading for a couple more photos.
Has no one ever told Freakboy that if it comes out of your nose, you’re not supposed to eat it?
I like kissitgoodbye‘s heart shaped implant, done by Howie while at Metalurgy in Dundee, Scotland — I think if it was me I’d be in line to get a second matching one on the other side. After the break is a second photo of it under different lighting, and from the front, which is interesting because it gives you a better idea of the 3d aspect. You can also see her new white gold tooth in that shot, done by a dentist in Pretoria, South Africa.
So I wrote up a long set of potential questions for a series of piercer interviews, and I was thinking how few piercers I know that are “just piercers”… Almost everyone these days does scarification, or implants, or tongue splitting as well. There seem to be very few pure piercers out there — not that that’s a bad thing and not that it’ll stop me from interviewing them. Anyway, if anyone has suggestions on who they’d like to see in the piercer interviews — or wants to volunteer — I’m listening.
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On to the entry… I remember when Steve Haworth first popularized circular barbell implants (“the piercer’s implant”) in the mid-90s, he made a point out of welding the beads on to ensure that there was no “gap” for bacteria or dead tissue to collect. However, many people still implant regular body jewelry. While it’s generally not going to cause a problem, it could increase the risk level slightly.
One of my perennial favorite modified people is Patrick from Denmark (featured previously), and I’ve greatly enjoyed watching his visage evolve as it improves and becomes more distinguished and defined with every iteration. Most recently he’s had a gorgeous set of biomechanical sideburns added (his body already has a large number of tattoos in this theme) and cheek cuttings.
This noteworthy post about Sheena’s musical implant seemed to strike a chord with a few of you, so here’s a video of the procedure..
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I like this photo of my friends Komando and Mumumu (formerly La Negra of course), with implants by Emilio Gonazalez, in a photo taken at Komando’s last birthday in Tigre, Argentina.
