Dave Rickman, known as WykD Dave is a United Kingdom based rope enthusiast. He teaches and performs Shibari internationally with her partner Clover. He started exploring bondage 22 years ago and was autodidact for the first 17 years. Then, he had a lesson with the Shibari master Osada Steve, which changed his way of tying.…
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Andrea Ropes is a performer and an international Shibari teacher. He was born in Modena, Italy, and began his journey on ropes in 2006. Andrea began his studies of Shibari by learning various techniques and styles that characterize Shibari, where he first started with self-taught and later took classes with great masters such as Kanna…
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Figure of A is an accessories brand that takes its inspiration from Japanese rope bondage. The main desginer is Anna Kii, a rope artist and fashion designer, based in London. Anna practiced rope bondage for several years. Later, she came up with the idea of making a Shibari wearable. This way, she would combine her…
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Saara Rei is a rope artist, model, photographer, performer and kink educator with a professional background in modern and ballroom dance. Saara is a lover of Kinbaku and has been practising since 2014. She believes that during a rope bondage scene, participants share an undeniable, intimate connection. Saara Rei has participated as a rope bottom,…
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Nobel Manqué is a bondage and erotic photographer, bondage rigger and bondage instructor working in Portland, Oregon. He works with a variety of rope bondage styles, from traditional Shibari/Kinbaku, to western Damsel-in-distress ties, and dynamic full-suspension bondage. He is also the founder of Noble Rope Arts. Noble Manqué began exploring consensual rope restraint in 1973.…
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Mark Varley is an English Fine-Art nude & Bondage photographer, Rope Bondage Artist and Instructor. He is also the founder of Beautiful Bondage.net, a small business that offers bondage products. Mark Varley is a British that began tying up people at the age of 15, just for fun. When he was 18, he saw a…
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Fabio da Motta is a Brazilian photographer that makes rope bondage a little more poetic. This is because he shows the human body in relation to nature, flowers, plants and animals. Fabio da Motta was born in the south of Brazil and moved to Sao Paulo when he was 19. There, he studied Graphic Design…
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Lee Harrington is an erotic educator of sexuality, relationships and personal authenticity. Additionally, he’s the author of some famous books. Also, he is a Bondage artist.Lee Harrington was Bridgett Harrington, a female adult film actress. At that time, Lee was one of the few women to bring curvy bodies into the kinky porn world. Lee…
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Hitchin’ Bitches is a community of female riggers and rope tops founded in 2011 in London. This group offers a safe space to learn and share rope experiences. It is exclusively for women who are into rope. It all began with the fact that in Shibari or Rope Bondage, the ones tying are mostly men,…
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A rigger is the person who applies functional or artistic rope bondage to another persons body. This technique can be used for different purposes like photography, performance, artistic, spiritual, educational or sexual. There are many common myths about riggers. There are many myths about the riggers, as well as the certain mould that Bondage riggers…
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