Skin-Pierced Eyeglasses

[zengrifter]

Pierced Eyeglasses

“People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.”

- R. Buckminster Fuller

The idea of hanging eyeglasses from a piercing or a combination of piercings or even transdermal implants is something that a lot of us have toyed with — as I was writing this, my old boss Tom Brazda reminded me that almost ten years ago we made a set of them built around a 10ga bridge piercing (with both left and right-handed threading to make it adjustable). That said, I don’t think we ever took pictures, so maybe I’m making it up because I want to steal James Sooy’s thunder. He’s who sent me this gorgeous example of a piercing-mounted set of eyeglasses:

...continued w/more photos here - http://www.bmezine.com/news/pubring/20041214.html

[ScottH]

I think that is a terrible idea. It doesnt look that great, and what happends if you get hit in the glasses? They dont just fall out, but they could rip your skin or something. I don't think this idea would ever catch on.