Here and now Climate change is very much in the news, which got me thinking about eco-friendly shibari tuition and how our businesses stand in this respect. I’ll come back to that later but I want to talk about what’s happening now. It’s all well and good protesting, expecting somebody else to solve the problem, …
SPECIAL OFFER: See bottom of page Like the original Ford, I have only been offering rope in one colour: natural. You will be delighted to know that we now offer coloured jute shibari rope at ESINEM-Rope…or should that be ‘rope of colour’ these days? I can’t keep up 🙂 Ten colours available We now offer …
ESINEM-Rope in glorious Technicolor I have decided to move away from the equivalent of Henry Ford’s “You can have my cars in any colour you like so long as it’s black”. Over the past few months, I have been gathering samples of pre-dyed rope in every colour of the rainbow. In fact, since everyone is …
Osada Steve tuition dates From the second week in August, I will be hosting private shibari tuition and exclusive master classes by Osada Steve in London. He will be available from 14-21 August for private tuition at my studio in south London and will be holding intimate master classes to ensure individual tuition for maximum …
The bad news and the good news For now, the bad news is we are not supplying the long-awaited Econawa jute. The good news is that Econawa Newaza is the perfect floor-work rope at a price you are going to love. Let me tell you how this came about. Not long ago, I wrote enthusing …
The weakest link I have been doing some testing recently to see how to avoid rope breaks since it is the weakest link in our suspension rig. Other than rigger error, if somebody gets dropped, it will be the rope that let’s them down, literally. At first, I thought finding how much tensile load a …
I wrote a few weeks ago that Nina, Sophie and I were off to Bordeaux for the shibari scene inauguration of La Maison des Soupirs. The venue is going from strength to strength with, in addition to a whole Pandora’s Box of glorious dungeon kit, a new shibari studio with multiple points. All the photos …
The question to answer before ‘How can I learn shibari? I decided to make a new video, ‘What is shibari?’, because I see so many posts on Fetlife asking “Where/how can I learn shibari?”. The problem being that nobody ever clarifies what they mean by shibari. If you follow these posts, you’ll see all manner …
I am delighted to be hosting Osada Steve for his London shibari workshops, which form part of his extensive summer tour. Once again, these classes will be held at our favourite local venue, The Flying Dutchman, on 10-11 and 17-18 August. Limited availability: Only 17-18 August now available Who is Osada Steve? Steve began his …
Maison des Soupirs We are Bordeaux bound as we have been invited to the official opening of La Maison des Soupirs, a private BDSM club, run by Eveil Desecours, in a gorgeous old farmhouse, not far out of town. It’s well worth checking their page for up-coming events or if you fancy a kinky break. …