Sacred Debris

Body Modification History & Culture Blog http://www.sacreddebris.com

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Weird.

I truly forgot that I still had a Tumblr account. 

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Great way to finish a tough year. I’m officially an APP member.

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#extrafancy

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“I have become a monstrous animal form for which I have exchanged my humanity; and from this worst darkness I will call forth my greatest light” ~ @bookofluna Photogragher: @tmorris804 Makeup: @terae.marquis Enjoy this longest night, friends! #solstice #solsticegrown #bookofluna #rva #berlin #berlinart #muse #langenacht #superlonghair #model #artist #piercings #tattoos #bodyart #wintersolstice #portrait #girlswithtattoos #girlswithpiercings

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Whaaaaaat? Merry Christmas y’all. For the piercing nerd in your life there’s no better gift than the preorder for #bettersafethanari collected #sacreddebris interviews vol. 1, now available at @hexappealpatches - 64 page trade paperback featuring interviews with some of the most respected #bodypiercer out there. Check it out! #piercing #bodypiercing #bodypiercings #piercing #piercer #safepiercing #gauges #sickgauges

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“Certainly, our oldest recorded information would be on foreskin piercings and outer (and maybe Inner) labia piercings. Pretty much anything else is more recent. I believe the first frenum piercings were unintentional, then they were intentionally pierced to mimic the unintentional. That’s my theory, because I’ve seen, as I’m sure many piercers have, a number of unintended frenums that are created through circumcision and stories of people putting rings in them. I would argue people saw this and then intentionally mimicked that accidental piercing. So I believe the intentional frenum is also a modern genital piercing, pretty much everything besides what I listed is modern.” Paul King, interviewed by Ari Pimsler for Sacreddebris.com http://sacreddebris.com/bsta-paul-king/

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Baphomet.

Hand-carved heavy metal weights made with devotion to detail.

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Still available at http://bigbabyjes.us #patchgame #satan #hailsatan #patch #embroideredpatch #satanist @thesatanictemple

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WE ARE IN THE HOMESTRETCH. We just received our FINAL inspection and its all systems GO! We will be making an announcement in the short future about our soft opening and Grand Opening.

#day49 #keepdallasmodified #dallas #dallastx #shamanempire #shamanmods

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http://sacreddebris.com/the-todfather/

“I can’t imagine not having navel piercings and nostril piercings everywhere on a daily basis. I think it’s good that it did branch out. I think we’re truly going through a renaissance right now as far as piercing itself and the jewelry people are putting in. Theres a renewed interest over the last 2-3 years, it’s an incredible thing, and I think it’s going to keep us in business for as long as we need to be. Look at any fashion magazine right now – pick it up, there’s people that we know that made jewelry that are on the models and now they’re crediting these people that we know that made that jewelry! “ - Tod Almighty

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Sacred Debris’s Ari Pimsler caught up with Warren Hiller to discuss the lineage of the Canadian piercing scene, originating and managing the Learning forum, and why positivity is key. 

http://sacreddebris.com/better-safe-with-warren-hiller

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Oregon based Sacred Debris writer Ari Pimsler recently interviewed piercer Gregg Marchessault. Gregg is a true gem in the industry- check it out:

http://sacreddebris.com/two-piercings-one-barbell-post-an-evening-with-gregg-marchessault/

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Check out SD writer Ari Pimsler’s interview with Jim Sens. They don’t talk about fly fishing, but it’s still pretty good. 

http://sacreddebris.com/sens-and-sensibility-a-romantic-chat-with-jim-sens/

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Pieter van der Heyden, Hand of Glory, Detail of Jacob Meets the Magician Hermogenes, 1565

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http://bigbabyjes.us Now available!  Hex Appeal x Alice of the Dead embroidered SAY YOU LOVE SATAN! patch. Each patch comes bagged with a header card featuring art by Berlin based tattooer Alice of the Dead for the diabolically low price of $6.66!

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When it comes to the old prints in my archives, some, particularly the ones that came from sources other than the ones who donated them to me,  come with very little context or information. I try to use due diligence to put the pieces together, emailing tattoo friends from the old days who might be able to fill in the blanks with a name, location or time period, but even those connections are starting come fewer and further between.

Three of the four photos in this update, for example, came with no context other than a few familiar faces and (not pictured) a photograph that featured a button noting it’s wearer was at a tattoo convention in Knoxville, TN. Recognizing my friend JD in one of the prints I sent off an email and found that it was the 1986 Knoxville Convention. He was able to put names to faces in a group photo (not pictured) and add some personal stories about the gents in it. History is a communal effort.

Large photo: Unknown. Top Right: JD. Knoxville 1986 Middle Right: Randy Adams, Knoxville 1986 Bottom Right: Shotsie Gorman, Knoxville 1986

Random Scans When it comes to the old prints in my archives, some, particularly the ones that came from sources other than the ones who donated them to me,  come with very little context or information.

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http://sacreddebris.com/shannon-larratt-detroit-1998/