Steve Haworth

This is the online portfolio of Steve Haworth, the 3D Body Modification Artist

Steve Haworth is an accomplished body modification artist and inventor of various piercings, piercing tools, piercing techniques, laser branding, ear pointing and most well known for The 3-D Body Art and Metal Mohawk. Raised in a family that manufactured and invented medical devices used in eye surgeries and plastic surgeries, his knowledge in the field gave him ideas for alternate forms of modifications. In 1990 he began producing body jewelry, as a side project to the medical device design for the plastic surgery field under a company named “Haworth Tech Company” or now known as HTC. When his body jewelry sales out sold his medical tool sales and his passion for body piercing excelled, he turn HTC into the first piercing studio here in Phoenix, Arizona. He owned and operated HTC till May of 2005, when he decided to move back into the manufacturing end of the industry, with Kaos Softwear and most recently, New Hole. Steve has retired from piercing so please do not inquire about piercing projects.

In early 1994, Steve invented the concept of implanting steel under the skin, 3-D Body Art. Then the Metal Mohawk emerged and managed to create quite the contraversy. The most common question that was circling was, “How can he do this with out being a doctor?” It is against a doctors code of ethics to modify the body away from what society deems ‘normal’ or pleasing.

His art form has become wide spread across the planet since 1994. He has been in countless documentaries and included in the Guiness Book of World Records 1999 to current “Most Advanced Body Modification Artist”. His implants have evolved from implant grade stainless steel to implant grade teflon and now he mostly works in implant grade silicone. He is available for those interested in this type of 3-D Body Art, but we highly recommend research and serious consideration before modifying your body in this fashion. His art form is still evolving to this day and it seems the limits are only left to the imagination.

Some people may look at this website, browse through the portfolios and come to the conclusion that they want to become part of Steve’s art form. Some others may immediately decide that they don’t like what they see. They may be offended by the subject matter, by the form that Steve’s art takes, by the extreme individualism exhibited herein. To those people, he would ask only that you take a moment to read the following before passing judgement…

Body Modification, as a whole, is as simple as chemically or physically altering your body. It can be as easy as hair dye or facials. There are many ways someone may modify themself to make them feel more comfortable in their own skin, more like themself. Some that are more extreme, yet more socially accepted, might be breast reduction or augmentation, body building or gastric bypass surgery. Those are all forms of very extreme modifications, but seem to be less frowned upon by society. When tattoos and piercings are becoming more acceptable these days, so will this form of modification. Those with open minds realize that this may not necessarly be about hurting yourself, but might be as simple as being comfortable in your skin, being yourself.

Please note that the Steve Haworth Trilobyte Logo is copywrite 1994-2008.