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).
By one of the defining artists of the genre, Brian in New York City, although this leopard-undie work was done on poisonouspennington while in Toronto for BMEfest. Thanks to Sistinas for the photo.
I’m not sure what this says exactly or whether it’s in violation of its implied religion, but the cutting is by Nils Weiss at Serious-Piercing in Duesseldorf, Germany.
One of the nice things about Canada is that it’s perfectly legal for women to be topless in any public space where it is also legal for men. Nice because all people should have a right to show off their mods equally — so that of course also applied to BMEfest 2006. Thanks to Jezebel (who had a pretty crazy experience) for this melon photo (scarification by Blair).
First scars, by Paul at Body Manipulations (of America, not the Netherlands) — it reminds me of the recently posted black square tattoos:
Lexci sends in these shots of some of the remnants of a skin removal done by Dirk Sullivan at Dragon FX Kingsway in Edmonton, AB.
Cutting work by Matte at Il Settimo Cerchio Body Modification in Bologna, Italy.
See also: Dueling Scar
This is by John Joyce and Brian, and is about four months old in this photo… It’ll go down in time, but these raised keloids are gorgeous — I’d say given time, this is an ideal candidate for scar tattooing (which I predict will become increasingly common).
The coolest thing about this cutting and skin removal is that it’s actually completely symmetrical (she has the same piece on each side). I don’t know… maybe I’ve just read Crash (as in JG Ballard) too many times, but I love it.
