Todd seems bored. John Joyce and Brian Decker teamed up at SW3 in Philadelphia to do a collaborative geometric cutting/removal on Todd’s blacked out sleeve. Casey shot this picture shortly after they started the piece which took several hours before they called it quits until a followup appointment. Cutting/Branding into blacked out tattoos is fairly … Continue reading
I have very blurry memories of Håvve celebrating his birthday at my rented casita in La Paz, Mexico back in 2005. I’ve seen pictures, so I know I was there; but my recollection of our first meeting is fuzzy at best. Four years later, I’m happy be to be able to call Håvve a friend. … Continue reading
My friend Jared recently joined the facial scarification club with this electrocautery brand done by Gregory in Columbus Ohio using a Ellman Surgitron unit. Picture of the healed branding follows after the jump.
I’m totally new to WordPress so I hope you’ll all bear with me. Anyway, here’s an Irish harp I did a few weeks ago. Doing the strings was a pain in the ass, but I like it. It’s on the calf though so I don’t expect a very dark scar. I tried to use as … Continue reading
Tree cutting by Dave Gillstrap; Photo by Philip Barbosa. This stoic gentleman was a late addition to the first SW event in Philadelphia- I don’t know much about him save that his tree cutting was the culmination of a mistaken identity, his car being broken into and quite a bit of confusion on the part … Continue reading
Rachel managed to get Brian, Scot, Peck and Atom to stand still/remained clothed for the 10 seconds it took to snap this photograph at SW2 in Los Angeles. One of the things I was glad to see come out of the SW events was our photographers capturing portraits of the people who get cut/branded that … Continue reading