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Learning to Fly
There’s less than one week left to pre-order a copy of the Wings of Desire 10-year anniversary book “Learning to Fly”. The pre-orders are important, as WoD is self-publishing. This means that in order for the book to go to print they need 500 pre-orders. Well with 5 days to go, they’re really close to that deadline. They need less than 10o pre-orders in order to make this happen. For those that don’t know, Wings of Desire are one of the world’s finest suspension teams. Over the past 10 years they’ve accomplished incredible things, all of which are detailed in this book.
The book has been a long term project; planned since the very beginning of the Norwegian chapter in suspension history. Helene, our photographer, has been present since Håvve first came out as a Fakir in 1991 and has followed his work for more than two decades. As our official photographer, most of the body suspensions facilitated by Wings of Desire (WoD) can be found in her archives.
Helene’s photographs show more than the beauty of suspended bodies, they also capture the emotion of the moment. There are also a multitude of stories belonging to the people depicted. To give a slight impression of their various feelings and experiences, we have included selected quotes from people who have been suspended by Wings of Desire.
The foreword is written by Håvve’s first mentor, Allen Falkner. The history and philosophy behind WoD practice is put into words by the Norwegian suspension pioneer and creator of WoD, Håvve.
Instead of choosing a publisher, we have decided to publish this book ourselves. We know that we have the experience and ability to make this book a striking visual and emotional testimony—as well as an historical artifact of a decade’s worth of continuous improvement of equipment and technique. What we need is your help to make it happen!
To pre-order, simply visit http://www.ulule.com/wod/ and follow the instructions. It’s a kickstarter-like website for authors who want to self-publish, and all proceeds from the book are going directly into the production costs. So help make this book come to life. Order yours today.
A quick follow-up
A few days ago I posted a pretty large back scarification. At the time the photos were pretty poor quality. So to make it up, here’s some much better photos of the scar by xronix. Also, I indicated that the symbol is that of the caduceus. However it is also the symbol for the kundalini, which holds particular meaning to the owner of the scar.
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Hanging with Grace
A couple of weeks ago IAM:Waffle had the chance to suspend with Cere when he came down to visit him in New Jersey. What resulted were some incredible photos taken by Stacey Ann Smith.
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Read any good books lately?
I think it’s a safe bet that IAM: xdementia has, if only to celebrate his finished front piece by Stina Sardhina Wulfe from Grim North in Portsmith, NH.
And in case you were curious, the last one I read was “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline.
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Frog in your throat?
Ever get that feeling of a little tickle at the back of your throat? Well, having your uvula pierced won’t give you that feeling, nor will it kick off your gag reflex. It’s just a fun little piercing that is still pretty rare.
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Guess What?
This one just got uploaded to the galleries, so hopefully not many of you have seen this yet.
Once you think you know what it is, read on to see if you’re right.
Why it’s a large gauge nipple piercing…. that happens to be attached to a big metal rod with weights.
A big thanks to Slave Naomi for sending in these and many more photos.
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Never say no to Panda
Oh how I wish this was a scar related to panda cheese, alas it’s just your ordinary run-of-the-mill panda, captured in an awesome scar by Richard ‘Effin’ Ivey.
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Now that’s a hat!
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present, DefenzeMechanizm.
And here’s a close-up of all those piercings she has.
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Four years later
It’s been four years since Joeltron took a huge risk and had the white of his eye tattooed. Here’s what he has to say about this milestone.
My eyeball tattoo. Now over 4 years old, done by Lunacobra.net (Howie). It was the first one done in Australia, these days there are quite a more floating around - but I thought I would share this macro photo. I have had absoultly NO problems with vision, discomfort or anything after I had it done. Around a week of mind discharge and being a bit squinty, then it looked exactly the same as it does today.
We all know that eyeball tattoos are incredibly dangerous, and can lead to blindness, however, it’s good to see that Joel hasn’t lost his vision, and the colour is just as bright as the first day he had it done.
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Baltimore Tattoo Convention Coverage
“I know kung-fu”
Follow the white rabbit. Take the red pill. There is no spoon.
Take your pick of any of the many memorable quotes from The Matrix and apply it to this tattoo by Seven O’Brien.
Thanks to IAM:Rachie Tartz for sending this in.
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News Buzz Over Artist with Magnetic Implants
Subtle Love
Sometimes implants can be extremely noticeable, like horns or the back of the hand. Then there are implants like this, that blend in so well, you’d only know it was there if you were looking for it.
Implant by Eric Sara from LMT Body Modification in Sabadell, Spain.
Book Head
This piece is an homage to the David Stoupakis painting “Book Head”. According to Jackie Rabbit, the choice of books is “a tribute to science and the struggle of reason over ignorance.” My only complaint is that he doesn’t have a Neil deGrasse Tyson book in the stack.
Time is running out
We haven’t seen anything by Nick Bertioli in a while, which is a shame because his black and white work is always a treat. Here’s a memorial piece he did a month ago.
Nick has also changed shops since we last saw him, and can be found working at Tin-Tin Tatouages in Paris. If Paris is too far for you, you can always see more of his works in his BME portfolio gallery.
Law and Order: BME
As some of you may recall, the Law and Order: SVU production office reached out to BME to find some people for an upcoming episode. Well, it turns out that quite a number of IAM members made the cut and will be featured on this week’s episode. You can check out the show tomorrow night (Wednesday, May 16th, on NBC at 10pm EST). One IAM member that you’ll definitely be seeing is none other than Rachie Tartz, who was nice enough to send in some photos to the BME Girls gallery.
Keep on reading if you want to see the photos that won’t be airing on network television.
Look up
Look waaaay up. You’re now reading this in the Friendly Giant’s voice. Of course, that’s not the Friendly Giant up there, that’s IAM:elad, enjoying a suicide suspension with some friends.
Portrait in blue
Here’s a little something for the abstract lovers out there via IAM: Balthazar. This piece comes from Copenhagen InkFest and was done by Jacob Pederson from Crooked Moon.
