From Montreal’s Pat Pierce:

“This piece on an inner forearm was brought to me by a client who
wanted oak leaves shaped in the design of a six. The piece absolutely
had to be branded, we talked about it for several months and when the
time came he drove 11 1/2 hours to come and have the work done. My
client told me that his father always called his brother “his oak” and
his brother’s number in sports was six. He also stated that the oak
tree is one of the strongest woods and it does not make any sound
before it breaks, as do other woods. His brother, sadly, did not give
any warning or make any sound before he took his own life. This piece
was done as a memorial to him.”

And previously on Scarwars.net…
Jessa has a lovely moth cutting on her back (see it here) by Brian Decker; and now has an amazing cutting/cautery moth hybrid to go along with it. I promise I won’t call it a butterfly.

Today is Brian Decker’s birthday, so we’re featuring a new hybrid piece in his honor. Scalpel cutting with cautery highlights (giving a drop shadow effect when it’s fresh, it’ll be interesting to see how it heals).

Happy Birthday, buddy!

Wow.
Christiane just checked in with this impressive full dome branding. I’m usually interested in healed photos to show how the work scarred, but in this case I’m really interested in seeing his hair re-growth.

More hybrids?
My friend Pat in Montreal (who’s making his debut on the Scarblog with this post) sent this over last night; a koi fish cutting/flesh removal/branding. Great line work here with a really good design courtesy of Patrick Morency.

The “original” Scarwars piece, done at Modcon4 in Toronto, was a hybrid of styles. Cutting, Branding and Flesh Removal done by several rotating artists. (If memory serves it was Brian Decker, Blair and Ryan Ouellette) I have a feeling that we’re going to be seeing a lot more hybrid work soon.

Welcome to Scarwars, Pat!

Sri Ganesha is one of the most worshiped of the Vedic Deities. The remover of obstacles and the Lord of Beginnings, He is usually represented as a male with the head of an elephant. I prefer his Heramba-Ganapati incarnation with five heads.

This piece, by NYC’s Brian Decker, features scalpel cutting and cautery branding.
You can catch Mr. Decker at this year’s Philadelphia Tattoo Convention or at his NYC PURE location. (Link on the side bar!)

First post of the new year features a hybrid cutting/brand by NYC’s own Brian Decker.
I think it’s a moth. Which probably means it’s a butterfly. Pretty much any time I say it’s one, it tends to be the other. Either way, it’s really well done.

New work by Brian Decker- scalpel/cautery hybrid.
You have to appreciate the amount of work that went into drawing this, let along cutting/cautery branding it. Mister Decker has been doing a lot more work with the hyfrecator lately; very interested to see how this is going to turn out.