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Clackamas Print
Feature
Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007
The college god of body mod
Dustin Ragsdale
The Clackamas Print
Of the more recognizable
students on campus, Kenneth
Botsford Jr. is arguably the
most modified.
“Modified” meaning “body
art” or “body modification.”
The
most
striking
of
Botsford’s body mods are his
“lower sleeve” (meaning “from
wrist to elbow, covered”) tattoo
of “Alice in Wonderland” and
his ears, pierced and stretched
to an inch and a half across.
Though some may find
his appearance intimidating,
Botsford finds personal sat­
isfaction in being one of the
nicest people at school.
“I’m a starving artist trying
to make a name for myself,”
he said.
Botsford, 24, is a full-time
art student at Clackamas.
He described himself as
“not as scary as most people
may think I am.” “I’m most
likely as weird as what most
people think, though probably
worse,” he added.
Dave Anderson of the Art
Department
is
Botsford’s
favorite teacher.
“[Dave] has been the best
teacher I’ve ever had,” said
Botsford. “I fully believe that
if I would have met him early
in [my] life, I would be a much
better artist - and most likely,
overall a better pe:
Currently
working
for
BossBondage and
the BossBondage
Asylum,
both
online
fetish
pages, Botsford
does
freelance
tattoo
design
as well. His life
revolves around
art, school, his
girls
and
his
friends.
“When I have
time outside of
that, I play a lot
of video games,”
he said.
Botsford has
his tattoo work
done by Brian of
Scape Goat Tattoo
and his piercings by Nick of
Straight To The Point Body
Piercing.
His tattoos and piercings
■often draw attention - often­
times, unwanted attention.
“There [are] a couple of
comers I shouldn’t wait for the
bus on anymore,” explained
Botsford, “due to rubber-neck-
ers.”
“I’ve oddly
caused a pretty
high
number
of minor fend­
er-benders,”
Botsford
con­
tinued,
“just
because people
can’t keep their
eyes
on
the
road. I’ve [seen]
people [...] drive
into each other,
parked cars, large rocks, curbs,
and even one case of a tele­
phone pole.”
However, Botsford has
received positive attention as
well.
“I was in a crappy strip
club playing pool with a group
of friends, and I saw some­
one with some fantastic ink,”
Botsford said. “He noticed
RIGHT: Kenneth
Botsford’s Alice
in Wonderland-
themed half­
sieve tattoo.
FAR RIGHT:
Botsford hopes
to one day
become a tat­
too artist.
BELOW: Bots­
ford shows off
some of his
artwork.
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mod plans include tattooed
eyebrows, finishing his arm
(full sleeve) and starting on
his chest. When he gets the
money, Botsford plans to have
genital beading done.
When asked about future
body mod goals, he responded,
“Everything, covered head-to-
toe in ink.”
“I want some implanted
horns,” he said, “implants
down my arm, magnetic
implants in my finger­
tips, CBRs on the top of
my hands and possibly
some facial scarifica­
tion.”
Botsford plans to fil
ish school with an MFA
in Painting and BFA in i
Illustration and Graphic I
Design; he hopes to
earn both from Pacific
Northwest College of
Art.
After earning his
degree, Botsford aspires
to apprentice under oft
of the artists who]
work he admires.
“From there, [I w]
to] get into a shop we]
I can learn from the
people* around me and
just basically live.” I
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mine and we ended up sitting
down and talking like normal
people.
“[I] came to find every­
one laughing at me because
I wasn’t star-stuck. It just so
happened the person I was
talking to was the guitarist
Daisy Berkowitz.”
Berkowitz was lead guitar­
ist for Marilyn Manson.
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“Denim is one of the world’s
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in 1969.
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most commonly believed origin
of denim is from an English mis­
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“serge de Nimes,” meaning a twill
type fabric from the city of Nimes.
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France, and perhaps the fabric
originated there, before the end of
the 17th century, denim was made
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