Ok, so this probably isn’t actually an Aztec symbol for a scarab, but it is by John Joyce who owns and operates Scarab Body Arts in Syracuse, NY

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Carving someone’s name into a tree is one thing.  Carving someone’s name, and the tree, in flesh is another thing altogether.

This particular carving was done by Richard ‘Effin’ Ivey.

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To finish off today’s scarification marathon we go back to the beginning with another fantastic scar/brand combo from Brian Decker.  I had to shrink it down to fit on the page, so head over to Brian’s gallery to see the full sized image.

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Next up for today’s scarification marathon is this chest scar from Kalima, at Kalima Emporium in Sussex, UK

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This week has been pretty tattoo heavy on ModBlog so to make up for it, today will be all scars.  Starting off is a scarification piece over blackwork from Mr. Decker.

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Starting today off with a mathematical conundrum.  As math geeks are sure to attest, numbers can be pretty awesome, and when manipulated, they can result in some amazing things, both mathematically and philosophically.  Take the tesseract for example.  Mathematically it’s expressed like so:

Yet when it’s cut and branded into flesh it looks like this:

And here it is healed up:

The lines were done by cutting/removing the skin, while the larger solid areas were branded.  The artist is Jeremy Milinazzo located in Davis, CA

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Here’s the description that Jesse Villarreal gave for this scarification:  “#lotus #sacred geometry #om #mandala #scarification“. While this isn’t twitter, he did cover pretty much all the bases if we did track trending topics.

Jesse works at Main Street Tattoo and Body Piercing in Merced, CA

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Yep, this is a shameless plug for Brian Decker.  Brian is going to be at the Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention in February and he is offering 1/2 off all scarification work!  He’s booking now, so if you’d like to get some scarification work done at half off, email Brian as soon as possible.  Spots are filling up quick, book today!

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“Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of… Thor”

Scar by Gabor Zagyvai from Budapest, Hungary.  If you look close you can see that this isn’t actually a skin removal scarification.  Gabor only used single lines and cross hatching to obtain the look he was going for.  And you can’t go wrong with using a minimalistic style when recreating an image from a stone carving.

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This scarification piece is actually a collaboration between Brian Decker and Starr Belew.  It was done while the couple was visiting IA Studios in Tucson, AZ.

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