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Tattooed teacher donating his body to art

news.com.au — Retired history teacher Geoff Ostling, 65, has pledged to donate his skin to the National Gallery in Canberra. He worked with cult artist eX de Merci over 15 years to tattoo a masterpiece on his body, from neck to ankle, with the theme "All the flowers of a Sydney garden".

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  • lambofgodgamer, on 05/01/2009, -5/+28Am I the only one who finds this a little disturbing?

    D:
  • charlie6969, on 05/01/2009, -1/+17I find it a little "disturbing", but not in a bad way.
    His tats are BEAUTIFUL!
    Kudos to him! Getting all those tats had to take a good bit of pain tolerance.
  • Majorama, on 05/01/2009, -1/+11Nipple Rings........why man? WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???
  • honeybrass, on 05/01/2009, -2/+11While he's still alive, aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • madmondo, on 05/01/2009, -0/+7This is not the first time a whole body has been donated before. When I was in Japan they had
    quite a few full skin tattooed suits to look at.
  • BBE1965, on 05/01/2009, -2/+9A sort of immortality.
  • cor315, on 05/01/2009, -0/+6It belongs in a museum!
  • divinediva, on 05/01/2009, -3/+9Art lover.
  • Dojjah, on 05/02/2009, -0/+5Just saw a show about Tattooing on History channel. In a museum in Japan they have the skin of man who donated it aswell. He had a full body tattoo that was the same style as that guys. It is literally a skin suit in a glass case.

  • timewarp424, on 05/01/2009, -2/+6Thank you?
  • JT3989, on 05/01/2009, -2/+6was it really necessary for him to be wearing undergarments that small? still, its a pretty cool tattoo
  • Majorama, on 05/02/2009, -0/+4http://pro.corbis.com/images/HC003683.jpg?size=67& ...
  • katatoniq, on 05/02/2009, -0/+4There's a whole documentary on him on the ABC. Quite interesting.
  • inactive, on 05/02/2009, -0/+4did I see a marijuana leaf on there?
  • Majorama, on 05/01/2009, -1/+4This guys arms are way too short for his body.
  • blueyedmess, on 05/02/2009, -0/+3i think that an awesome idea. i would definitely go to a museum that specialized in tattoos.
  • inactive, on 05/03/2009, -0/+3Flowers, skulls, nipple rings, and a huge ball sack. How quaint.
  • DDme, on 05/01/2009, -0/+2Seen as his intestines look like they are gunna explode any second....
  • Braxford, on 05/01/2009, -0/+2What happens to his nipples if they try to preserve the skin?
  • squatz, on 05/01/2009, -2/+4I look forward to the day I can take my own children to the Museum of Tramp Stamps
    http://www.filthyrichmond.com/2008/08/tattoos-can- ...
  • idiggyou2, on 05/01/2009, -4/+6I wonder how his skin will be laid out? So 'the process would be no different to skinning an animal'? Ok that helps in answering my question a little but delving deeper into it is making me squeamish..

  • jennyvan, on 05/01/2009, -2/+4It rubs the lotion on it's skin skin...
  • diggitydoc, on 05/01/2009, -2/+4I think this is great, the art deserves to be preserved no matter what "canvas" was used.
    As long as it was voluntary anyway!
  • Wareznuke, on 05/01/2009, -1/+3Looks like he's (we're) getting the money's worth for the tatoos.
  • Cwo655321, on 05/02/2009, -0/+2eventually his body will be donated to science fiction.
  • slambino, on 05/02/2009, -0/+2It's called "Skin". An old man had a tattoo on his back created by a famous artist
  • hannahmar, on 06/11/2009, -1/+3Didn't Roald Dahl write a short story similar to this?
  • greenmartian, on 05/02/2009, -0/+2So do you!
  • inactive, on 05/02/2009, -0/+2It puts the lotion in the basket.
  • dtele, on 05/03/2009, -0/+2I think what is special about this case is the artist who created the work
  • Baxattax, on 05/02/2009, -0/+2it gets the hose again.
  • FredFredrickson, on 05/01/2009, -2/+3I don't think I'll ever understand why people like to get so many tattoos. The guy looks like he has lizard arms.
  • inactive, on 05/01/2009, -5/+6Seriously... flowers?!?!?!
  • kostka, on 05/01/2009, -3/+4Eat a salad, fatty. Nice tattoos, though.
  • inactive, on 05/01/2009, -1/+2Reminds me of Buffalo Bill.
  • grantmoore3d, on 05/02/2009, -2/+3Still not as messed up as this *****.... http://freshpics.blogspot.com/2008/04/scarificatio ...
  • inactive, on 05/01/2009, -0/+1or else
  • GeorgeTirebiter, on 05/01/2009, -3/+4Lamp shades?
  • misternils, on 05/01/2009, -2/+2I wana see some Avant Garde tattoo art. Not the same old *****.
  • FredFredrickson, on 05/01/2009, -2/+2How'd you like to be the intern who finds that slimy mass of inked skin in a vat of formaldehyde 100 years from now?
  • jimw428, on 05/02/2009, -2/+2Anyone that defaces their body with hideous tattoos like these, has a serious lack of self esteem.
  • pookydirt, on 05/01/2009, -3/+2No...

    Gross!!
  • TwistyMcFister, on 05/01/2009, -3/+2something something chianti and fava beans.........oh wait that was liver not skin
  • sgvprelude, on 05/01/2009, -5/+4why is this news?
  • inactive, on 05/01/2009, -5/+4You lost me at "his"
  • FredFredrickson, on 05/01/2009, -6/+3Beautiful?

    I guess everyone values the word differently... but I hope you don't refer to your girlfriend as the same type of beautiful. Yuck!
  • inactive, on 05/01/2009, -5/+2He looks like he has alot of "extra" skin. How much to get my name tatted on his doodle and I can draw some royalties IF he ever uses it again.
  • inactive, on 05/02/2009, -6/+2tattos aren't art
  • Leetamus, on 05/01/2009, -6/+2gayest body mod award goes to...!

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