December 15/2007

Fashion or a way of expression?

These days it is common to find people, normally young that like to pierce their bodies. It is one of the main forms of expression, and it is use by people who wants to impose a new wave and needs to differentiate and to acquire an own style of corporal communication. The piercing is placed in spaces of the body to suggestive provocation or just to have more sensitivity in the selected zone. Nevertheless it is possible to stand out that these incrustations obey to a factor called fashion that every time is but popular anywhere around the world.

Body Art

The Body art, as its name indicates the corporal art that for some people usually is momentary simply because piercing was not of its taste after a while and decided to retire it. But for others it has become a way of life, and to carry this type of accessory is a form of expression itself.

The social group possessor of these tendencies is more and more massive everyday and its use comes referenced by the present time and the Jet Set like the singers, actors and super stars world-wide known with the only aim to show disrespect and an own style of esthetic and social behavior.

December 01/2007

History of the piercing

In the Antiquity diverse cultures decorated their skin with jewels, it with intentions more transcendental than nowadays. A reduced percentage of the people who use piercing know that its root comes from Afrecha in the case of perforations in the lips and Egypt in perforations of the navel, where in each culture were allowed to focus energies in key parts of their body. In addition to it, they used to be luxurious incrustations and accessories of their tunics.

The Egyptian influence.

The Egyptian influence in body jewelry belongs mainly to the use of jewel according to the social rank of the possessor. The Egyptians of upper rank used to wear jewels with gold, silver, and lapis lazuli and the lowest rank had to be satisfied with the use of materials like glass paste. The form of the pieces was inspired by divine characters, beliefs and symbols with magical forms. The usual perforation`s adornments were earrings placed in the lobe of the ear used in equal proportion by men and women. The earring had multiple hangers to generate movement and the fixed part of it, was screwed in the end of the earring. Each piece had to be used in ceremonies and rituals which allowed, in some of the cases to attract energies, or to reject possible demons.