Sacred Debris
@bodymodificationarchive.com
Archiving, Documenting, and Contextualizing body modification history, culture, and ephemera since 1993.
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Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of my mentor, Jack Yount. I'll be giving a series of lectures on his life and legacy in 2026, contextualizing his place in my history, body modification history, trans history, and more.
Very excited about this series!
Very excited about this series!
October 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of my mentor, Jack Yount. I'll be giving a series of lectures on his life and legacy in 2026, contextualizing his place in my history, body modification history, trans history, and more.
Very excited about this series!
Very excited about this series!
Excerpt from TATTOO; Rick Herold getting "ass flames"
Directed by Michael Zen (C. Michael McCullough)
1975
Directed by Michael Zen (C. Michael McCullough)
1975
August 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Excerpt from TATTOO; Rick Herold getting "ass flames"
Directed by Michael Zen (C. Michael McCullough)
1975
Directed by Michael Zen (C. Michael McCullough)
1975
It was nice sharing time with so many amazing people yesterday at BMXNet. My talk went mostly well. Only had one person faint!
August 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It was nice sharing time with so many amazing people yesterday at BMXNet. My talk went mostly well. Only had one person faint!
Pleased as punch to be invited back to Berlin by the fine folks at BMXNet!
July 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Pleased as punch to be invited back to Berlin by the fine folks at BMXNet!
Sarai, 2006.
The SCAR WARS events- three in total- were the first organized gathering of cutting/branding professionals working alongside each other, collaborating, and sharing tips and tricks.
This was from the second event.
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The SCAR WARS events- three in total- were the first organized gathering of cutting/branding professionals working alongside each other, collaborating, and sharing tips and tricks.
This was from the second event.
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July 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sarai, 2006.
The SCAR WARS events- three in total- were the first organized gathering of cutting/branding professionals working alongside each other, collaborating, and sharing tips and tricks.
This was from the second event.
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The SCAR WARS events- three in total- were the first organized gathering of cutting/branding professionals working alongside each other, collaborating, and sharing tips and tricks.
This was from the second event.
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Happy Pride Month y'all!
The history of queer tattooing is still being written (literally. Im procrastinating from writing about it right this second) but there will always be a special place in my heart for Sailor Sid Diller, seen here tattooing at his private studio, 1980s
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The history of queer tattooing is still being written (literally. Im procrastinating from writing about it right this second) but there will always be a special place in my heart for Sailor Sid Diller, seen here tattooing at his private studio, 1980s
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June 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Happy Pride Month y'all!
The history of queer tattooing is still being written (literally. Im procrastinating from writing about it right this second) but there will always be a special place in my heart for Sailor Sid Diller, seen here tattooing at his private studio, 1980s
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The history of queer tattooing is still being written (literally. Im procrastinating from writing about it right this second) but there will always be a special place in my heart for Sailor Sid Diller, seen here tattooing at his private studio, 1980s
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While searching for something else (which is often how I find cool things in my archives) I found a thought-lost letter from Viking Navaro to Jack Yount, 1982, discussing scrotum stretching. Excited to get it scanned!
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(photo of Jack, 1980s, cropped)
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(photo of Jack, 1980s, cropped)
May 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
While searching for something else (which is often how I find cool things in my archives) I found a thought-lost letter from Viking Navaro to Jack Yount, 1982, discussing scrotum stretching. Excited to get it scanned!
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(photo of Jack, 1980s, cropped)
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(photo of Jack, 1980s, cropped)
A few years back I put out a book featuring beyond rare photos of a modification devotee named TIL - who was most famous for his "penis inversion" - this was the promo video.
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May 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A few years back I put out a book featuring beyond rare photos of a modification devotee named TIL - who was most famous for his "penis inversion" - this was the promo video.
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A friend of legendary piercer/tattoo artist Alan Oversby, taken 1978.
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#septumpiercing #bodyart
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#septumpiercing #bodyart
May 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A friend of legendary piercer/tattoo artist Alan Oversby, taken 1978.
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#septumpiercing #bodyart
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#septumpiercing #bodyart
Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the first SCAR WARS event; we assembled some of the world's top scar artists for three days of cutting, peeling and branding.
Will be doing a lecture about the events this August in Berlin!
Will be doing a lecture about the events this August in Berlin!
May 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the first SCAR WARS event; we assembled some of the world's top scar artists for three days of cutting, peeling and branding.
Will be doing a lecture about the events this August in Berlin!
Will be doing a lecture about the events this August in Berlin!
John Dagion's semi-autobiographical smut zine, TRASH, collected his sexual escapades alongside the lascivious tales of his readers, personal stories, erotic art, & personal ads. It's essential documentation of the life of an underrepresented part of modern tattoo culture.
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May 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
John Dagion's semi-autobiographical smut zine, TRASH, collected his sexual escapades alongside the lascivious tales of his readers, personal stories, erotic art, & personal ads. It's essential documentation of the life of an underrepresented part of modern tattoo culture.
sacreddebris.com
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Just updated the blog with the not safe for instagram Polaroid of Bob from Michigan. Dates back 40 years or so.
#queertattoo #indelibleidentities
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#queertattoo #indelibleidentities
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May 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Just updated the blog with the not safe for instagram Polaroid of Bob from Michigan. Dates back 40 years or so.
#queertattoo #indelibleidentities
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#queertattoo #indelibleidentities
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This is Easter. I celebrated by sorting, inventorying, and scanning through dozens of T.R.A.S.H. magazines; True Revelations and Strange Happenings.
The issues featured amazing confessionals from JD, art by REX, the Hun, Bill Ward, and enough tattoo content to give added depth to my next lecture!
The issues featured amazing confessionals from JD, art by REX, the Hun, Bill Ward, and enough tattoo content to give added depth to my next lecture!
April 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is Easter. I celebrated by sorting, inventorying, and scanning through dozens of T.R.A.S.H. magazines; True Revelations and Strange Happenings.
The issues featured amazing confessionals from JD, art by REX, the Hun, Bill Ward, and enough tattoo content to give added depth to my next lecture!
The issues featured amazing confessionals from JD, art by REX, the Hun, Bill Ward, and enough tattoo content to give added depth to my next lecture!
This is a cover mockup for the lecture companion I'll be making for my upcoming Berlin chat. The first in the INDELIBLE IDENTITIES series will feature gay trucker erotica scribe/tattooer John Dagion.
This series isn't THE history of Queer Tattooing, just a piece of it.
This series isn't THE history of Queer Tattooing, just a piece of it.
April 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This is a cover mockup for the lecture companion I'll be making for my upcoming Berlin chat. The first in the INDELIBLE IDENTITIES series will feature gay trucker erotica scribe/tattooer John Dagion.
This series isn't THE history of Queer Tattooing, just a piece of it.
This series isn't THE history of Queer Tattooing, just a piece of it.
This is a flier for a lecture I’ll be presenting in Berlin, August 2025. We’ll be discussing SCAR WARS- a series of cutting/branding events I hosted from 2005-7, the blog that accompanied it, and its impact on the body mod community.
sacreddebris.com for more info.
sacreddebris.com for more info.
March 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a flier for a lecture I’ll be presenting in Berlin, August 2025. We’ll be discussing SCAR WARS- a series of cutting/branding events I hosted from 2005-7, the blog that accompanied it, and its impact on the body mod community.
sacreddebris.com for more info.
sacreddebris.com for more info.
This is a cutting by Dave Gillstrap, from the Scar Wars 2 event in February of 2006. Hail Slack.
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March 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This is a cutting by Dave Gillstrap, from the Scar Wars 2 event in February of 2006. Hail Slack.
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This is Pat Tidwell, 2006.
Pat's freehand piercing technique has become a thing of legend, as is his recitations of dialogue from Back to the Future.
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Pat's freehand piercing technique has become a thing of legend, as is his recitations of dialogue from Back to the Future.
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March 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is Pat Tidwell, 2006.
Pat's freehand piercing technique has become a thing of legend, as is his recitations of dialogue from Back to the Future.
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Pat's freehand piercing technique has become a thing of legend, as is his recitations of dialogue from Back to the Future.
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This is Sailor Sid freehand drawing a “black graphic” coverup on a client. Influenced by his blackwork from Cliff Raven, Sid tried his hand at the emerging trend of “tribal” tattooing. VHS source from our archives- 1984-86 approx.
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March 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This is Sailor Sid freehand drawing a “black graphic” coverup on a client. Influenced by his blackwork from Cliff Raven, Sid tried his hand at the emerging trend of “tribal” tattooing. VHS source from our archives- 1984-86 approx.
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This is Econ professor A. Viking Navaro and "lovely Jeffrey" - very early 1980s.Viking had some early representational black graphic (more commonly called 'tribal' these days) tattoo work from Cliff Raven.
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March 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This is Econ professor A. Viking Navaro and "lovely Jeffrey" - very early 1980s.Viking had some early representational black graphic (more commonly called 'tribal' these days) tattoo work from Cliff Raven.
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Nodal Points 6, the latest edition of our ongoing exploration into the history, culture, and evolution of modern body modification. This issue brings together a diverse range of voices, each offering unique insight into the world of extreme body mod, ritual, & history.
www.blurb.com/b/12323328-n...
www.blurb.com/b/12323328-n...
March 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Nodal Points 6, the latest edition of our ongoing exploration into the history, culture, and evolution of modern body modification. This issue brings together a diverse range of voices, each offering unique insight into the world of extreme body mod, ritual, & history.
www.blurb.com/b/12323328-n...
www.blurb.com/b/12323328-n...
This is the cover to PFI 13 featuring art by legendary gay artist BUD; This issue featured an article on A Viking Navaro - also called Bud - who was the subject of our first Archive Editions Book.
www.blurb.com/b/10708501-s...
www.blurb.com/b/10708501-s...
March 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is the cover to PFI 13 featuring art by legendary gay artist BUD; This issue featured an article on A Viking Navaro - also called Bud - who was the subject of our first Archive Editions Book.
www.blurb.com/b/10708501-s...
www.blurb.com/b/10708501-s...
This is Harriet- they’d like you to know that team Sacred Debris will be attending this year’s BMENet conference in Berlin!
Can’t wait to see old friends and make new ones!
Can’t wait to see old friends and make new ones!
March 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is Harriet- they’d like you to know that team Sacred Debris will be attending this year’s BMENet conference in Berlin!
Can’t wait to see old friends and make new ones!
Can’t wait to see old friends and make new ones!
This is Debra Cooper; she tattoos and was the cohost of a series of 1980s/90s tattoo documentary videos with her partner Royboy. The films are dated and at times problematic but provide rarely paralleled documentation of a time/place in tattoo & piercing culture.
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March 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This is Debra Cooper; she tattoos and was the cohost of a series of 1980s/90s tattoo documentary videos with her partner Royboy. The films are dated and at times problematic but provide rarely paralleled documentation of a time/place in tattoo & piercing culture.
sacreddebris.com
sacreddebris.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is Jacci, from New Orleans. Video- late 80s?
Jacci's ART ACCENT shop in NO was a must visit for tattoo travelers in the 80s and 90s.
Longer video will likely end up on our IG or Patreon - BS's video interface isn't great.
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Jacci's ART ACCENT shop in NO was a must visit for tattoo travelers in the 80s and 90s.
Longer video will likely end up on our IG or Patreon - BS's video interface isn't great.
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February 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is Jacci, from New Orleans. Video- late 80s?
Jacci's ART ACCENT shop in NO was a must visit for tattoo travelers in the 80s and 90s.
Longer video will likely end up on our IG or Patreon - BS's video interface isn't great.
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Jacci's ART ACCENT shop in NO was a must visit for tattoo travelers in the 80s and 90s.
Longer video will likely end up on our IG or Patreon - BS's video interface isn't great.
sacredderis.com