I was leaving the house to try a new restaurant (Adsum, Philadelphia) that offers Foie Gras poutine, and I stumbled upon this cutting done by Quebec City’s own Efix Roy. Efix and I have a lot of things in common; scarification, good times, body modification, cured meats…. but the two things that hold our friendship … Continue reading
In 1998 Keith Alexander did my first “shared” cutting. Nothing complex, even for the time. A simple XX111 on my wrist at the end of a whirlwind trip to NYC. After the last line was cut, he made two “bloodprints” by pressing paper towels to the cutting; one for me to take home and one … Continue reading
You can never go wrong with a cutting by Wayde Dunn. I had already called it a day when I came across this photo; having updated several other blogs and finally settled down to watch Richard Pryor in THE TOY I had no plans to update the Scarblog. But what the hell. It’s been too … Continue reading
Today marks the fifteen year anniversary of Jack Yount’s passing. I don’t really know what Jack would make of today’s bodymod culture; while I’ve often called him the “Father of Surgical Modification” he generally took a more cautious approach to mods that is missing in recent years and would no doubt give one of his … Continue reading