I first saw these photos on G333‘s page 2 weeks ago, and I knew right away they needed to be posted on ModBlog. These are just three of the many photos from this shoot, all of which can be found in the play piercing gallery. I’m in awe of how incredible these look. Photo credit belongs to Gene Laakso from NJB Photography.
Growing up the first thing I learned when fishing is to watch your surroundings when casting a line. If you don’t watch out, this can happen.
Playing with needles, or just piercings in general, is a huge aspect of our community. Couples play with each other, some do it for the aesthetics, and others do it just for themselves. In any case, play piercings are a staple of ModBlog and the modified world. While I was tempted to go and find a play piercing in a heart shape, I thought this photo suited today much better than just another heart shaped modification.
The girls are stunning, and the photo gives off a circus type vibe. Yet at the same time, with the colors and the subject matter, a case can easily be made for this photo to be relevant to Valentines day, even if it’s just to showcase a pair of women showing off their appreciation of play piercings.
This was sent in by the photographer, SweetNausea, who herself was the subject of a love related ModBlog post last year. Lliezel Ellick from Wildfire Piercing in Cape Town, South Africa did the piercings.
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.
One of the great things about the modified community is our ability to have fun while doing things that would make some people uncomfortable. Take needle and blood play for example. The word “play” is right in there, which means it’s something fun to do. Take antique1 for example, here he is with some needles and blood, and is having fun with it. You’ll have to click through to see the uncensored photo, but the smiley face should give you a hint as to what you’re going to be seeing.
In addition to his needle happy face, he’s also got an ampallang, which you can see in the next picture.
You can check out more photos from this series in the BME Hard galleries.
The majestic peacock. While it is commonly known that the male peafowl (also known as the peacock) possesses a distinctive covert of feathers, in rare circumstances, the female of the species (peahen) can adapt this trait. In the male, the covert can be raised and fanned out, making for an impressive showing. The purpose of this showing is to display to their potential mates their impressive genetic traits, that the female should choose to pass off onto their offspring. The most notable feature of the plumage is the distinctive “eye” shape that appears at the end of the feathers.
As mentioned earlier, in extremely rare circumstances, the female of the species can develop this predominantly male trait. Scientists have only observed this phenomenon in controlled settings, as the possibility of it happening in the wild is virtually non-existent. Xusha sent in this wonderful example of a female peafowl displaying the plumage of a male. It should be noted that the phenomenon was in a controlled setting, observed by Tony and Gael, in their lab Gevy, which is located in Paris. Please take a moment to examine this rare beauty.
Please note this was in a controlled setting, overseen by professional scientists. You can see more examples of experiments of this type in this BME gallery.
Two blood posts back to back? Sure! Although seeing as how this is a Halloween related post the blood probably isn’t real. Right?
IAM:Valoren sent in these pictures over the weekend when her zombified self had a little fun with some play piercings.
Even after watching the gloriousness that was The Walking Dead premiere, I’d still have a hard time putting a bullet in the head of this zombie.
Sometimes it’s nice to see a picture that makes you want to smile. BME user Onehandbandit sent in this image of a very happy couple enjoying some time together.
Without knowing who the couple are, or what the story behind the image is, it’s still plain to see a pair of people enjoying each other while simultaneously enjoying their modifications. You may have to look a little closely because the image is reduced to fit on ModBlog, but you can see that in addition to the play piercing and ribbons wrapped around them, both of their septum piercings are tied together with a strand of purple ribbon.
With everyone requesting more BME Boys and Girls pictures, I thought I’d post something that shows off an adorable couple, meeting everyone half way.
There are more images in the play piercing gallery, as well as the full sized version of this one so you can see the smaller details a little clearer.
Symmetry gets mentioned often with relation to modifications. I’ve seen countless comments on ModBlog praising a person whose facial piercings are matched up perfectly. A while back The Discovery Channel did a documentary on sex appeal, where it was mentioned that people find others more attractive the more symmetrical their faces are. I believe there was a BBC documentary on something similar as well.
The point of all this is to look at why the same trends towards physical beauty carry over into the modified community. Is it just that we’re programmed genetically to see something symmetrical as aesthetically pleasing, or is it a conscious choice on our part. Of course this doesn’t apply to everyone, as there are a great many people who find things that are asymmetrical much more appealing.
Take this play piercing session as an example. IAM: oOunbekanntOo submitted this image of his first ever play piercing session to BME’s play piercing gallery.
Given that the design was intended to be symmetrical, do you think you would feel differently about it if it were an asymmetrical design? In the lower right hand corner you can see a couple of needles have shifted direction (probably when he stood up). Is your eye drawn to this point because of the flaw in the symmetry, or does the overall image supersede an unintentional shift?
What about those who prefer asymmetrical designs, is there anything you would prefer to see different about the design, or should this session just be viewed for what it is; a great play piercing session that a member of the community shared with us.
It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a surface weaving project of this scope, and seeing as how it is by Arawak from Saintes, France, the man responsible for the Marilyn Munroe portrait, it’s nice to see a follow up to the piece.
I really like how the Charlie Chaplin image is able to take a simple play piercing design, and connect the dots to form a distinct image. The surface weaving gallery is pretty small so if this is something you’re capable of doing, please send in the images, as the potential for some incredible designs is huge with this technique.
If you want to see the before and after images, just keep on reading.
Now I know that right away you can see that the original image has been slightly photoshopped. Normally I wouldn’t post an image that is obviously photoshopped, but given that it is only to remove the tattoo, and the galleries show that Arawak has done this type of project before, I don’t believe anything dealing with the surface weaving specifically has been altered in any way.