Industrial piercings popularity started with Erik Dakota
December 3, 2004
By: Lori Wilkerson
If you have industrial piercings you love the look, but do you
know why they are called “industrial piercings” in the first place?
It doesn’t really have anything to do with the hardware used and is
a name that was assigned to it by a famous piercing artist back in
the mid-1990’s in Body Play magazine.
While industrial piercings had been done prior to that, they
weren’t popular and didn’t have a name. Then, Erik Dakota ran a
series of photographs of his multiple surface piercings in Body Play
that included several pics of two helix piercings at an angle joined
by a single long barbell. He called the photo series “Industrial
Piercing Project,” and the name stuck.
These days, while most people still think of the double helix
when they think of industrial piercings, the term can also refer to
multiple piercings in the ear that join any two points, such as
helix and rook. With the increased popularity of industrial
piercings came a new interest in “cage” piercings, where two or more
helix industrial piercings crossed over each other, forming a
cage-like overlay of barbells.
If you want to get some industrial piercings a la Erik Dakota, be
sure to discuss it with your piercing professional. These sometimes
require custom-sized barbells to ensure a proper fit, since all ears
are different sizes. In the meantime, from all of us who like the
hardware-intensive look of industrial piercings, “Thanks, Erik!”
About the Author:
Lori Wilkerson is a successful freelance writer and publisher of
http://www.body-jewelry-useek.com. Body jewelry, piercing and tattooing information you seek to perfectly adorn your body.
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