OK, it is a cutting, but not like you think — it was done using an electrical hyfrecator turned up into cut mode, rather than with a blade. Thanks to Brenno from Body Factory in Trieste, Italy for continuing to send in photos of his great work.
Evildustin‘s face brand by Johnkid at The Piercing Lounge in Madison, WI looks like it’s healing nicely so far… If I remember right, in Maori culture there were two ways of doing a facial tattoo. One was similar to normal tattooing, and the other is more like a combination of wood carving and ink rubbing, and left a three dimensional “tattoo”, rather than just the image. This hyfrecator branding reminded me of that…
Oh, and for the record, I have never heard Dustin call this a moko or make similar references, so please don’t post a message claiming he’s being disrespectful or committing some other cultural appropriation sin. That said (and I mention this because I saw a Maori reader on Tanya’s body modification blog), maybe someone can post with more information.
Yesterday I showed a great full body scarification project, and today I wanted to share with you another very impressive large scale scarification. This cutting and skin removal was done at this year’s Scar Wars event in Los Angeles on IAM:HoleyHell187 by Wayde Dunn and Ryan Ouellete.
It is of course still healing in this photo!
Personally I think that Whitespace currently wears the single best scarification bodysuit in the world. I don’t think there’s a nicer piece that’s at the scale of his work. What you see in this photo is all by the monstrously talented Dave Gillstrap (visit the Dave Gillstrap scarification photo gallery on BME).
Thanks to IAM:andshewas for her sweet exhibitionism. The circles on her belly by the way are by Lukas Zpira and about a year old in this photo (and look like they’ve healed quite nicely).
My favorite thing about this sex photo (ok, my second favorite) is that they appear to be watching an old Clint Eastwood spaghetti western while going at it!
Evildustin seems to have just had his face entirely branded by John Kid at the Piercing Lounge in Madison. He says it wasn’t so bad, but I’m guessing he’s got a killer high pain threshhold, a hyfrecator is brutal in my opinion… Anyway, he’s new to IAM — go say hello!
Speaking of branding (that’s where I was today), I like this nice simple piece (well healed in this photo) by Muffe Vulnuz of CHBE in Copenhagen. While some of the scar work that’s coming out these days is truly stunning (see the entry below this!) and often quite complex, I think these simple brands are closest to my heart personally. No pun intended!
I just keep getting more and more impressed by the scar work I’m seeing from Wayde at Puncture in Maroochydore, Qld, Australia. It’s really stunning stuff. Check out this Mayan king design he did — in these photos it’s about four months old and keloiding beautifully.
As is XunsaneX who sends us these photos taken of her by Calliope’s Room.
