My friend Shadow, a lady rigger from Belgium, gave me some 2-ply coconut fibre rope some while ago after finding it a junk shop. It has the feel of a doormat and sheds horrendous amounts of fibres. She told me I was the sort of mean and nasty man who might appreciate it. I can’t think where she got that idea. Anyway, here’s a little session we did with it. As you’ll see it has a wonderfully rustic look to it. I decided it needed to be used a bit like rice rope as I suspect it isn’t a lot stronger. So, we keep the suspension very low and avoided putting it under too much load but I didn’t let that prevent me from creating some tortuous positions. Full shoot will be posted shortly.
