Healed Cutting by Brian Decker

A few weeks ago we featured an amazing fresh cutting by Brian Decker; clean lines, simple design and great placement. I just checked up on his blog and found a healed photo.

Healed photos are all too infrequently sent to the artist; tattooists, piercers, scarification and modification artists all have the same complaints. So let this be a reminder- when your work heals, snap a photo and send it to your artist. They’d appreciate it. (and so would we!)

I love the juxtaposition of the anatomical heart and the more simplified tree design, courtesy of NY’s Brian Decker. Open, subtle cutting like this allows the body to form a consistant scar without overworking the skin. You can contact Mr. Decker via the PURE link in our blogroll.

Speaking of, if my calendar is correct, today is Brian’s birthday!
As of this year, Brian is officially old enough to run for President of the United States. Still makes him younger than me…. so happy birthday buddy!

Scarification can be a lengthy undertaking, particularly with cuttings that require flesh removal. To keep yourself from being worn down by the repetitive cut/peel/cut/peel process, you have to get creative. Like Brian and Wayde on this collaborative piece done at SW3. When life hands you lemons, make lemonaid. When life hands you strips of human flesh… make a tic tac toe board.

I think Brian originally posted this flesh removal back in November…. He finally posted a healed picture on his IAM.BME page which I took the liberty of stealing for the scar blog. Brian mentioned that the client plans to continue this design; can’t wait to see where he takes it.

Brian Decker was working at the Philadelphia Tattoo Convention again this year; I crept up behind him and caught an “artists eye view” shot of him working on the always lovely Joli. Cutting at conventions is still sort of surreal to me. I guess we’ve reached a point where it’s just something people expect to see. (judging from the comments I overheard)

Photo of the finished cutting follows the break.

Claire and I are headed out to Texas for the Dallas Suscon tomorrow; I’ve packed the leica, two video cameras and the waterproof to document our journey. While most of what we capture will likely be suspension related, we’ll do our best to grab new photos for the scarblog.

“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 didn’t aggravate it much at all during healing, and only kept it covered for about 5 or 6 days. I wanted a subtle scar, and I got one.”

Continue after the jump for fresh and healing photos.

Fresh Cutting.

At three months.

When you think of badass characters from South of the Border, you probably think of two things: Danny Trejo and Brian Decker. Brian had this to say about this hybrid cutting/branding Sugar Skull:

“I’m contemplating completely substituting skin removal with hyfrecator filling, as it’s much quicker and the results are seemingly better, in my opinion”

This is the start of a full leg sleeve of cutting removal and tattoo combo work I did a few days ago. The design will continue to his ankle, also on the inside of his leg, and the same on the other leg.

-Brian

More new old SW photos!
I love finding discs I had forgotten about; these were taken by my good friend and consigliere Brian Sowden. There are hundreds on the disc from the first and second events. SO many of our guests took pictures, and so FEW ever sent me discs of their images (that’s guilt-tripping, people… it’s never too late) but it’s always nice to see an event from another person’s perspective.

This shot features Dave Gillstrap, Ron Garza (back to the camera), Jesse Villemaire (on crutches), Johannes (aka Jo-hotness) Sammi (back to the camera) and in the distance Ryan Ouellette and Brian Decker cutting the first two pieces of the event at SW1.

I just received these lovely healed images from my flexible friend, Bess.

-Brian