MetaFilter posts tagged with bodymodification

Ink Links

Juliet Banana — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:09:09 -0800

Two tattoo artists who go far beyond butterflies and tribal arm bands. Ryan Mason crafts lush pieces ranging from the sacrilegious to the hilarious to the literary. Amanda Wachoub has expanded fine art to the tattoo realm with her delicate watercolor-like works and conceptual bloodlines. Ryan Mason works at vegan shop Scapegoat Tattoo in Portland. Amanda Wachoub works at Daredevil Tattoo (NSFW) in NYC. Previously: a short discussion of Ryan Mason in the Awesomely Bad Unicorn Tattoos thread.

The Crow Procedure

homunculus — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:23:29 -0800

The surgery to give Mr Dapple the wings of a crow was scheduled to take twelve minutes...

Who owns your ink?

iamkimiam — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:26:03 -0800

Can you copyright a tattoo? Yes, you can. But there's more to it. The idea raises a lot of questions and concerns—for the artists, the inked-skin owners, and certain parties seeking to represent or showcase the work. Shortly after Marisa Kakoulas wrote The Tattoo Copyright Controversy guest article, featured at BMEZINE.com, she encountered a small legal battle of her own. She wrote about it here, and sums up with, "But his story is a good example of how the modified community can fight back against those that violate our rights. I can almost guarantee he won’t mess with us again." Christopher A. Harkins also weighs in, with his paper, "Tattoos and Copyright Infringement: Celebrities, Marketers, and Businesses Beware of the Ink" (PDF). In it, he describes how Matthew Reed (tattoo artist) sued Rasheed Wallace (of the Detroit Pistons), Nike, and Weiden & Kennedy (Nike's ad agency), for violating copyright law, when Rasheed's tattooed arm was repeatedly highlighted in a Nike campaign. "The Reed case—and its nascent theory of a tattoo artist asserting copyrights in tattoos—has a potentially far-reaching impact on any would-be celebrity with a reasonable expectation of fame and on any present-day athlete, actor or actress, as well as advertising agencies and product purveyors and service providers. But the Reed case may also cause alarm for other media industries such as magazines, newspapers, Internet websites, motion pictures, television broadcasting, and the entertainment industry."

Online archaeology and anthropology exhibits

Upton O'Good — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:06:16 -0800

The Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has a nice collection of online exhibits, including ones on Roman glassmaking, the ancient history of wine, and a history of body modification. (Other exhibits have appeared on Mefi pre vio us ly.)

Silicon implants for your Tattoo

jonson — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:43:35 -0800

Any idiot can tattoo a busty woman on his flesh. It takes committment to give your tattoo silicon implants.

Modern Plastic Surgery

squalor — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:10:04 -0800

Be a Music Faun Yourself. A sign of the popularity of this operation is that in big cities so-called Faun-Clubs are founded one after another, where entrance is only allowed with pointed ears. The reverberating success of this new look is supported by more and more celebrities with pointed ears, amongst whom we can find not only musicians, but, for example, models, as well. via

Hostile takeover at BME?

yellowbinder — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:47:03 -0800

"Last night false charges were filed against me and I just got out of prison, upon which I discovered that I had been locked out of administrative sections of all the servers as well as being totally locked out of BME." (Google cache, copy available here) Shannon Larratt, founder of the Body Modification E-Zine has seemingly been the victim of a hostile takeover. The original Modblog post was deleted, along with the following post full of supportive comments and a response from Larratt's estraged wife Rachel (comment #88, sorry, no non cache link). The most recent update to the site is a post apologizing for a recent outage, which happened the same time all of this went down. Larratt is currently carrying on his modblogging and interviews at a new site bodytwo.com

Cutting Images Into Flesh

jonson — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:35:32 -0800

We've discussed scarification previously, but as it's been a couple years, and you can never have too much modern primitivism, here's a new collection of the cutting edge in inkless tattoos, courtesy of the folks at BME. Warning: not for the squeamish.

Eye Yai Yai...

bardic — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:48:04 -0800

Eyeball Tattoos (nsfw, via)

How's it hangi- oh screw it

showbiz_liz — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:56:23 -0800

Suspension is the act of hanging one’s body from hooks inserted into the flesh. It has its origins in Hindu and Native American rituals, but it’s more recently been adopted by the body modification community, in part thanks to Fakir Mustafar, a leading figure in the movement. Motivations for suspending range from thrill-seeking to spiritual enlightenment, and the possible suspension positions are similarly varied. People have suspended their bodies from electrical towers, luggage carts, and from other people; over waterfalls in the nude (nsfw); even while getting married. Read about how it’s done, or go learn for yourself.

Mirin Dajo, the human pincushion.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:47:55 -0800

Mirin Dajo (1912-1948, born Arnold Henske) was pierced thru the torso (YouTube) with fencing foils and skewers many times, without bleeding or showing any sign of injury. Warning: some links contain graphic content.

That's why God gave you two

jason's_planet — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:35:25 -0800

[NSFW] People are always trying to find completeness in something outside of themselves. For some, it’s money that makes them feel whole. Others find it in relationships, in wooing and winning an “other half.” And for some unfortunate people, that feeling of wholeness is a much more elusive goal. That’s because they don’t feel complete until they succeed in convincing someone to amputate one of their own perfectly healthy limbs.

Greetings, earthlings. Take me to your leader.

jason's_planet — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 08:08:56 -0800

BodyModificationFilter: Some people express themselves by getting a little ink. Others express themselves by getting a piercing. And some people express themselves by having a pair of antennas attached to their heads (a couple of the photos are kind of gory.)

Mom Convicted Over Piercing Gone Wrong

The Deej — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:51:37 -0800

Mass infection from bellybuttonpiercing was left untreated. This Mom, seemingly neglectful, ignored her teen's self-piercing gone wrong, and now faces up to 5 years in prison. I let my teen daughter get a small tattoo and nose piercing. I have a tattoo, but no piercings. All done by trusted professionals in sterile environments. Another teen's tongue piercing causes ‘suicide disease.’ Maybe a little upfront information is a good idea before proceeding. What are your piercing / tattoo experiences?

squick-o-matic

crunchland — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 12:19:11 -0800

well, this ought to take care of that pesky problem of your glasses always sliding down your nose.

New Jewelry Choices

Fantt — Wed, 07 Apr 2004 12:19:23 -0800

Eyeball Jewelry This just caught my eye (Sorry!). It's jewelry that is implanted INTO your EYE! I think this is pretty cool and another milestone in body modding. Discuss how long until Georgia legislators ban this.

Punitive shoes - cruel beauty

madamjujujive — Sun, 07 Mar 2004 07:35:52 -0800

Punitive shoes - cruel shoes are nothing new. From 1000 years of lily-footed Chinese concubines to Renaissance Venetian courtesans, footwear has migrated from the sex trade to more popular and mainstream culture. Foot fetishists throughout the centuries have endured painful training and disfigurement for notions of eroticism and sexy feet. For those who want the sex without the pain, there's always some rather delightfully erotic socks.

I need this like I need a hole in the head.

bashos_frog — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:52:59 -0800

Don't try this at home. We picked up the drill, the gloves, sterile gauze, sheets of plastic, sodium chloride, hypodermic syringes, sterile wipes, irrigation syringe, etc. etc. After acquiring all that we needed, we set up my best friend's bedroom as the operating room and prepared to perform the operation. While I have heard of this practice before, this article really shows how far some people are willing to go to enhance their consciousness. Apparently this has been going on for some time. First link possibly NSFW due to bloody pics

srboisvert — Sat, 15 Jun 2002 07:38:02 -0800

Uvula Piercing. Say "ah".

rev- — Wed, 29 Aug 2001 11:55:39 -0800

was: Computer Programmer, now: Tigerman. In San Diego, some jerk spent $150,000 to tattoo his face, file his teeth into points, etc. Why, you are clearly asking? Because he wants to be a cat. Dude. Spend your dot-com cash on something constructive, like jackelope ranches or x10 cameras.

jia — Thu, 31 May 2001 19:07:56 -0800

Flesh Club - just like tug of war, only with steel hooks embedded into your back. It's a gruesome article but it makes a good point. As tattoos and conventional piercings become ever more mainstream, self-respecting freaks have to push boundaries ever further. And maybe someday, even this will seem tame.

MattD — Wed, 13 Dec 2000 15:12:34 -0800

Amputation by choice people who want to have one or more limb cut off (and in some cases achieve their desire, by self-help or medical intervention) explored in The Atlantic (more inside).