Due to a change of plans, Nina will be here in early July and will be running BOUND on 6 July after all, while I am away in Australia. Even better news is that early bird tickets will only be a fiver and advance tickets a tenner. Where else can you get a night of …
The photographic experiments continue and I really think we are getting somewhere. A little more tweaking of lighting and the addition, after a friend’s recommendation, a £10 Ikea light that works for fill or to create a spotlight-like pool of light. All I have heard from Nina for the past 24 hours is “Oh my …
Nina and I are still in love the new Asanawa Lite. It looks every bit as good as it did at first sight and the feedback we are getting is endorsing this. “I recently spent the evening at our weekly Schwelle 7 Bondage jam using my new set of your “FeatherLite” Tossa. I must admit …
No, I haven’t been driven mad by it. I have recently activated Windows 7 speech recognition. Unlike my early experiments with SR, it actually seems to work. Of course, it has been over a decade since I first encountered this sort of technology and it seems the software and hardware has finally caught up. I’m …
We delighted to announce that now have confirmation from Kazami Ranki that he will be our star performer at the Festival. The lead-in will be four days of master classes by Kazami commencing Monday, 1 October. Having organised and attended his first series in April, I can tell you that it was extremely well received …
Don’t forget The Knot is on this Sunday, my mentored shibari peer workshop (click here for more info and to book). This event is unlike the usual rope peer workshop we find in the UK, which can have over 100 people. Although this can be great from a social point of view, it can be …
As you might have seen I recently added shinai, those bamboo practice swords that appear in a lot of Japanese rope movies and photos being used variously to poke and insert. If you haven’t check out my eBay listing or the shoot with MaYa. A lot have people have asked me about an implement about …
Hot off the press! My ‘Man in Japan’, NuitDeTokyo, has just written to me from Kanna’s studio to say that he “looks very much to be at your festival.“. So, pending dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s, it seems we will have Kanna and, assuming his diary is OK for the first weekend in …
We did another shoot last night with Maya Homerton, the sultry Spanish lady with the amazing tattoos. The initial idea was just to have a play session and experiment with new ties but Nina suggested it was also a good chance to try out the new lighting. The idea was to do a shoot inspired …
I know everyone is dying for news of the 2012 festival. We have been hanging on to see if Kinoko is available this year but plans to open a new club mean he is unable to commit. However, the latest from him during his classes in Rome is that he will do all he can …