Steve Haworth

WELCOME

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 iimmediately 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 judgment.

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 themselves to make them feel more comfortable in their own skin, more like themselves. 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 necessarily be about hurting yourself, but might be as simple as being comfortable in your skin, being yourself.

ABOUT STEVE

Before Steve Haworth became known as the pioneer of 3D Body Art, he designed superior piercing tools and techniques, created new styles of body jewelry, designed amazing shaped dermal punches and jewelry, perfected surface to surface piercing, and began electrocautery branding. An artist who is often quoted as saying “Flesh is my medium”, his living art is in the form of 3D Implants, Transdermals and Electrocautery Branding of various individuals, who work with Steve to design the ideal type of art for them to display in their daily life.  He continues to explore other art media, including body modification photography and metal sculpture, but is mostly known for his incredible 3D Body Art.

Originally a designer and manufacturer of medical equipment (for plastic surgery) Steve started his own company, Haworth Tech Company, in 1986. Four years later he began producing body jewelry and became a piercer, shortly afterward opening HTC Body Adornments (now known as HTC Body Piercing). Due to the extensive knowledge of anatomy that was necessary for producing medical equipment, Steve began exploring the idea of 3D Body Art. He designed special tools to create his art, and did the first body-jewelry style implant on himself, an 8g CBR-style implant in his right wrist. As of today he is known worldwide as the originator of this type of art, in some circles considered to be the most controversial artist on the planet. He began a flesh-hook suspension group (Life Suspended), won a Guinness World Record, helped found the Church of Body Modification, has been labelled the father of modern body modification, became a professional photographer, had multiple documentaries filmed about him, created tattoo & piercing trading cards and been interviewed more times than he can remember.

HISTORY

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”, now known as HTC . When his body jewelry sales outsold his medical tool sales and his passion for body piercing excelled, he turned 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 controversy. The most common question that was circling was, “How can he do this with out being a doctor?” It is against the doctor’s code of ethics to modify the body away from what society deems ‘normal’ or pleasing.

His art form has become widespread across the planet since 1994. He has been in countless documentaries and included in the Guinness Book of World Records 1999 to current as the “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.

SELF PROMOTION

Steve does not like it. However, he does have some cool MODIFIED shirts lying around. Check out “Modified For MY Pleasure” & “Modified For Her Pleasure” T-shirts, which are available in our eBay store.

LIKES

Steve likes wind turbines. And trilobites.