BodyPunks

3.3.2010 @ 5:59 pm UTC by lilah wild

BodyPunks monster belly ringBody jewelry staples with some interesting finds scattered throughout: plugs that look like the bobbins from a sewing machine stoppered with gemstones, belly ring monsters, UV labret cones, vibrating tongue rings, nip shields, stretching claws. Also clothes from Dickies, Iron Fist, and Tripp along with megaton of t-shirts.

Liquid Fire Mantra

1.21.2010 @ 8:02 pm UTC by lilah wild

Liquid Fire Mantra snake flower of life pendantAn eclectic delve into the world’s religions, capturing defining metaphors and visualizations within pendants and body jewelry. Lotus compasses outlined in crystals, Celtic goddess triquetras, intricate tangles of silver snakes, gemstones throned within mandalas, the earrings present some of the hanging plugs in 18-gauge versions. Also, elven ears!

Fat Chance Bellydance

1.19.2010 @ 12:03 am UTC by lilah wild

Fat Chance Bellydance skirtAn American Tribal Style studio equipped with a boutique of all the costuming essentials. Cholis of cotton and velvet, voluminous skirts, fringe belts, veils, tribal body jewelry and sparkling hair flowers, the practicewear of kneepads and legwarmers, and a few holster bags from Wild Card. Also kohl and henna and tiny pocket mirrors shaped like mosques.

Finders Creepers

1.11.2010 @ 1:02 pm UTC by lilah wild

Finders Creepers Eric PigorsA Des Moines art gallery specializing in the dark and morbid. Shameless pulp, unsettling black and white photography, surrealistic cartooning, the styles are diverse with a welcoming vibe towards outsider artists. Besides signed prints, they also showcase other horrific wares: monster masks, horror movie tees and toys, scream-filled pop art pendants, body jewelry that leans towards the demonic, evil dolls, and if you’re in the area, the in-person items include such delights as a “vintage case full of dead stuff.”

Robot Piercing and Tattoo

1.6.2010 @ 12:49 pm UTC by lilah wild

Robot Piercing and Tattoo wooden manowar hanging plugsA large, diverse catalog of body finery: amber flower plugs, silver lotus eyelets, all kinds of silver hoops and fringy shoulder-dusters, septum mustaches, striped glass spirals, hanging shapes sprouting wings and fins and intricate curlicues, ear weights taking on the forms of little animals, plus a selection of antique and repro tribal jewelry.

Quetzalli Jewelry

11.13.2009 @ 4:37 pm UTC by lilah wild

Quetzalli Jewelry filigree hoopsExquisite body jewelry crafted from natural elements. The plugs are bits of miniature art: wood carved into tiny mandalas, amber circling itsy-bitsy hummingbirds, the spirals of ammonites curling up inside silver windows. Filigree crawls over the hoops and swirls of earrings, opals are set to flash beneath the lips, fossils are shaped into ear weights, just lovely. The filigree also pops up on intricate hairpins. Custom welcome.

Jannis Erotic Jewellery

11.6.2009 @ 12:25 am UTC by lilah wild

Jannis Erotic Jewelry alien locketWhile the name kindles images of intimate adornment, this site looks like a sci-fi villain’s treasure chest. Necklaces that wrap around the back, menacing pointed chokers, demonic codpieces, “alien lockets,” daggers and axes, bold chunks of gemstone, much of it made with secret compartments and hidden doors. Even glasses can be reworked for a subtle bit of futuristic style. And they do deliver on the erotic front – these are nipple shields ready for battle.