Body Art Chic
Barry Bish, Laura Hodgson (Photographer)
Addicted to adornments? Dedicated to decoration? Here at last is a book bursting with ideas to dye for. The world of body art is brought to you through step-by-step instructions. Create sensational bindis, funky little hair knots, dazzling nail art, temporary tattoos, fluorescent clubbing designs, dramatic stenciled silhouettes...the possibilities are endless. Book Description.
Body Bizarre Body Beautiful
Nan McNab
Tattoos, body piercings, wild hairstyles -- people all over the world have been decorating and changing their bodies for as long as anyone can remember. Body Bizarre, Body Beautiful fills you in on the how, why, and when of what people have done in the past, and what they're doing now. Book Description.
Body Marks: Tattooing, Piercing, and Scarification
Kathlyn Gay &Christine Whittington
Gay and Whittington trace the roots of body decorations and modifications from ancient cultures where tattoos were marks of ownership for slaves or punishment for criminals to today's trends where celebrities and teens often sport both tattoos and piercings. School Library Journal.
Body Modification
Mike Featherstone (Hardback)
This fascinating collection explores the growing range of body modification practices such as piercing, tattooing, branding, cutting and inserting implants, which have sprung up recently in the West. Book Description.
Celebrity Skin: Tattoos, Brands, and Body Adornments of the Stars
Jim Gerard
What did Johnny Depp do with his Winona Forever tattoo after she dumped him? What is the ritual surrounding the Dixie Chicks and the little birdies on their feet? How many times does Angelina Jolie have Billy Bob tattooed on her body and where? Book Description.
Color Full Pain: Tattoo Piercing
Walter Kehr (Photographer)
Color Full Pain: Tattoo Piercing is an amazing portfolio of black and white photographs, Walter Kehr documents one of the strangest fads to sweep through the contemporary American counter-culture -- body piercing and tattooing. Midwest Book Review.
Coping With the Dangers of Tattooing, Body Piercing, and Branding (PAPERBACK)
Beth Wilkinson
It was informative and gave backround information on tattooing, body piercing and branding. It included individual stories and experiences. It is written to a young, uninformed audience. Good to become get to know the basics but it goes no further. Reader Review.
Coping With the Dangers of Tattooing, Body Piercing, and Branding
Beth Wilkinson
It was informative and gave backround information on tattooing, body piercing and branding. It included individual stories and experiences. It is written to a young, uninformed audience. Good to become get to know the basics but it goes no further. Reader Review.
Coward's Guide to Body Piercing
Herbert I. Kavet, Martin Riskin (Illustrator)
This 96 page cartoon book explains in detail the most common places for body piercing. Through a humorous tone, Kavet highlights the names given to all the piercings; including the Prince Albert, the Guiche and the Amphalong. A perfect gift for someone interested in learning more about this craze that has swept the nation. Book Description
Fakir Musafar: Spirit + Flesh
Fakir Musafar (Photographer)
The road of body modification, piercing, and mutilation is untraveled by most people, yet it holds an undeniable fascination for many. This book, the first monograph devoted to Musafar’s photography, chronicles this compelling topic in an amazing collection of 140 photographs taken by Fakir Musafar, the "father of the modern primitive movement". Book Description.
ModCon: The Secret World Of Extreme Body Modification
Shannon Larratt
In May of 1999 members of the heavy modification set made their way from around the world to attend an event that was to become infamous. They came from as far away as Japan and varied in age from eighteen to their early seventies. Book Description.
Pagan Fleshworks: The Alchemy of Body Modification
Maureen Mercury, Steve Haworth
A groundbreaking work that sees the contemporary cultural trends of tattooing, piercing, implanting, and branding as a quest for a transformative psychic experience. Features unforgettable color photographs by Steve Haworth, the foremost body modification artist in the United States. Book Description.
Re/Search #12: Modern Primitives
V. Vale
The New York Times called "Modern Primitives" "the Bible of the underground tattooing and body piercing movement." Crammed with illustrations and information, it's now considered a classic that thoroughly investigates ancient human decoration practices such as tattooing, piercing, scarification and more. Book Description.
Return of the Tribal: A Celebration of Body Adornment
Rufus C. Camphausen
The Return of the Tribal attempts to look at all types of body adornment from tribal to urban, from piercing to body painting, from scarification to tattoos, and from genital mutilation to structural modifications of the ears, legs &neck. Alternative Publisher Review.
Tattooing and Body Piercing: Understanding the Risks (Teen Issues)
Kathleen Winkler
Grade 10 Up-Beginning with brief descriptions of these body modifications, followed by their place in history, Winkler covers the process of selecting and having a tattoo or piercing done. She outlines health risks and encourages readers to choose a professional rather than do the job themselves; much of the information about selecting an artist is good. School Library Journal.
The Body Art Book: A Complete, Illustrated Guide to Tattoos, Piercings, and Other Body Modifications (PAPERBACK)
Jean-Chris Miller
This book is definately suited for the novice tattoo artist or piercer. Lots of good basic information on both if you are just getting started in either field. There is also a list of tattoo emporiums/salons/shops all over the world in the back of this book. Reader Review.
The Body Art Book: A Complete, Illustrated Guide to Tattoos, Piercings, and Other Body Modifications
Jean-Chris Miller
This book is definately suited for the novice tattoo artist or piercer. Lots of good basic information on both if you are just getting started in either field. There is also a list of tattoo emporiums/salons/shops all over the world in the back of this book. Reader Review.
The Customized Body
Ted Polhemus (Photographer)
Over 100 photographs by "Erotic Oscar" winner Housk Randall touch all the bases--body shaping and painting, tattooing, scarification, piercing, and masks--in graphic and dramatic style, while the text by social antropologist Ted Polhemus explores the origins and development of these phenomena. Ingram.
