“There’s a random painted highway And a muzzle of bees My sleeves have come unstitched From climbing your tree “-Wilco This is Tim’s (previously featured) three year old tree cutting by Brian Decker; the shading technique produced really impressive texture. Tim has this to say: ”...
I know I’ve said it in the past, but I’m a sucker for healed scars. The perfect combination of texture, aesthetics, genetics and the skill of the artist aligned perfectly to form something beautiful.
This cutting was done by Lewis Dodd from Glorybound in Exmouth, UK- expect to see lots more from Lewis very soon!
I was asked earlier today if the cutting on my face was more about the end result of the scar or the process of having it done. It was a genuine question, asked by someone who’s probably never talked to someone with a cutting before, much less a cutting as public as on a face.
I tried to compress a lot of information into a very brief conversation; that yes, the final aesthetic was important, but for me it was much more about the process. On the surface my scar is less than 3″ long. It’s subtle, something that doesn’t raise a lot of questions and looks as natural as a planned facial cutting can be.
On a deeper level it represents trust, emotional healing, facing my fears and dealing with psychological baggage I had tried to ignore.
That’s one of the things I love most about scarification; that once you bypass the aesthetics there’s a whole world of texture underneath that most people never hear about. That something so painful can be a very positive experience whose effects can be immensely therapeutic.
The cutting in tonight’s update is on a friend who I’ve been thinking a lot about tonight. Hopefully she knows that no matter what, we’ve always got her back and that we miss her very much. <3
More after the break.
Back in June we featured a henna cutting by John Joyce (which you can see here) . He promised updated photos, and since JJ never lies- here it is.
Upper half healed, fresh lower half.
Hi my name is Anders ,i’m new here at Scarwars, original from Sweden but now living in Australia , I have been doing scarification now for 6 1/2 year. I did this Hand Grenade on the weekend , it took me about 3 hours to do ..
I’m dubbing this site “Brian Decker’s Scarification Site” until you other lazy asses start uploading!!!
Here’s something I did on Elizabeth, from Connecticut, a few days ago. It took half the time as the wrist/hand piece.
Josh lifted me up- literally and figuratively, when I needed him the most. His compassion fits his stature.
I ran into him at Troy’s Philadelphia Tattoo Convention a few months ago, and over the space of an hour or two watched Brian Decker realize Josh’s dream cuttings.
I’ll give the floor to Josh….
as above, so below
“i had a dream a while back. in it, i met myself. the me that i met greeted the dream me in a way that i often greet people, with hands raised together as if in prayer, a sign of coming in peace. in this dream, the other me had scars shaped like arrows on the heels of his hands. one pointing up, one pointing down. i woke from the dream with this image burned into my mind. over time, the symbolism became clear to me, and i decided that it was time for a new scarification project.
as above, so below. the sacred and the profane. heaven and earth. good and evil. black and white. brain and body. what goes up, must come down. there are a million examples and ways to describe the idea, but it all comes back to balance. none of these things would exist without the other. they may occupy opposite ends of a spectrum, but they are inextricably linked to each other. my goal is to maintain that balance in my life. to have one foot in each world. these scars will remind me of that.
(more after the break- including healing progression)
