I kind of think I may be double posting this, but it’s still in my “to post on ModBlog” folder, so let me share with you one of my favorite BME logo tattoos, one where there wearer has taken a nice artistic license with that design.
The Escher lizards on the left (their first tattoo by the way) are by Jim Judeikis at Saints and Sinners in Baltimore, MD. Thanks also to The Fog (also in a small group of artist that I’d consider the defining minds in the genre of skin removal) for the fresh floral piece on the right (see more in the Ryan Ouellette Scarification Portfolio).
I love this balloon-play piercing photo from my old friend Roberta Lima. The photo is by Susann Rezniczek and the piercing by Miriam Meadows. In memorium.
This fallen angel tattoo (a portrait of the client as well) by Stacy A.J. Knight at Dragon FX Kingsway Garden Mall in Edmonton, Alberta is really quite wonderful, and moves really nicely as well with the client’s arms.
This is literally the most rare body modification I have posted to BME up to date. Superincisions, where the top of the penis is opened up rather than the bottom, are virtually unheard of. This may be the first one that I have ever seen. Click the picture to unpixelate.
This tattoo of the Lascaux Cave Paintings (15,000BC) on Philander is by Melanie Ainsbury Panesh at Colour Me Custom in Banbury, UK.
Care of Anders the Piercing Guy in Brisbane, Australia:
The fact is that surface piercings reject or are otherwise usually not kept permanently. The second fact is that there will usually be a scar left, ranging from something almost invisible to something that looks like a mole but slightly the wrong color.
When the surface piercings that Ron (at True Blue Tattoo) didn’t turn out, she had Kelley at World Famous Tattoo in Austin, TX improve her situation. I like the tattooed results and the way the dotted stars and negative space work with the scars from the piercings.
The story behind what you’re seeing here — a 2.1 gram 24kt gold nugget implanted in a forearm by Ben in Ottawa at The Ink Spot — is quite interesting.
The person who got the implant is Islamic, and was in need of a medical procedure that for spiritual reasons was forbidden. Her Mullah suggested that she have a blessed object implanted in her body instead, so this piece of gold was blessed, and she went to Ben asking to have it installed (anywhere would do, so they chose the forearm for ease of maintenance). Interesting intersection of cultures.
I guess this is a “learn something new every day” day, because while I was aware that blessed gold implants are a part of Buddhist culture (and also, are still done), I had no idea they were a part of Muslim culture, let alone in Canada!
Anyway, if anyone knows anything else on this subject, please post it in the comment forum!
