Samppa
From BMEzine Encyclopedia
Samppa Von Cyborg is a Finnish body modification artist and owner of Mad Max Tattoo and Piercing in Tampere, Finland. He is currently a travelling artist, spending a lot of time in London, UK. He performs piercings, scarification, implants and surgical modification work, and has been influential in designing more advanced techniques for various procedures—the most well-known of his innovations are probably Flesh Stapling and the Madmax bar. He also created the Flesh Coil and flesh plating. Samppa designs and makes his own "Cyber Cell Collection" jewelry, and is a performance artist with a modern freak show style.
Samppa is an alternative model regularly appearing on the pages of various magazines. In Spring 2006, he was featured in a huge advertising campaign for online casino 888.com, with his face adorning enormous posters in the London Underground, and the sides of buses and taxis. He is also featured in advertisements for Snickers and MSN Messenger.
Other recent projects include a major role in the film 'Blood Junkies', and graphic design work for the forthcoming Ginger and the Sonic Circus and Conny Bloom albums.
