As you’ll see there’s an interview with me and also with Nina Russ about BOUND in this issue: Founded six years ago, Sang Bleu proposes multidisciplinary investigation of the body. With an eponymous magazine at center, the project encompasses a range of artistic activity spurred by the interests of its members. Fashion, fetish culture, visual …
As you might have heard, I’m setting up a ‘Virtual Dojo’ where you can participate in live on-line classes either as a group or individually for personal mentoring regardless of where you are, so long as you have an Internet connected PC with web cam and headset (below for exact specifications). I will be running …
It’s a wrap! ‘Ground to Air’ is in the can or, more aptly, on the hard drive as we are in the digital era now. The past two days at Esinem Studios have been a hive of activity. In an unprecedented effort, we even managed to stumble bleary-eyed on set by 9:30am and as a …
I was very pleased to read this post on Fetlife from Das Falke in Berlin who recently order 5 reels of my new delivery of Tossa Lite: “This Tossa Lite is walking out the door I must say. The more knowledgeable and discerning riggers seem to recognise that Tossa Lite has many of the attributes …
Nina and I are starting to plan the second set of shibari tutorials. These will to continue from where ‘Tying people, not parcels’ left off and to develop this theme. Some years ago, whilst discussing sex and bondage with the late Prof Petruska Clarkson of Harley Street, she said “most people treat sex like cleaning …
If you have looked at my shop and tuition pages recently, you might have noticed that I have been purging PayPal from my site and instead implementing Google checkout. I think the interface is infinitely superior and they are happy to handle my DVDs. You might have noticed that I lost affection for PayPal after …
Here’s an interesting post from Rope Springs Eternal which might cause some controversy Rope bondage in the Japanese style is popularly thought of by its practitioners in Japan and elsewhere as an art form, but as such it is practically unknown by the artworld, meaning bondage has never been defined or validated by some agency …
Mackenzie Cross was kind enough to provide a review of my DVDs, which I will reproduce here. Unbelievably, I was not the result of duress or bribery but I definitely shall be buying him a few beers now I have seen it! A number of weeks ago I was contacted by Esinem (aka Bruce) to …
In spite of taking great care to get my tutorial DVDs and classes approved by PayPal in writing, a couple of times in the past year or so PayPal have restricted my account or requested that the items be removed. I consequently have had to appeal their decisions. This then results in an absurd number …
I have just posted a lot of new classes for all levels here. These include repeats of the popular ‘Bondage for Sex & Play’ and erotic techniques of ‘Tying people, not parcels’, the latter being suitable for all levels and applicable to any style of bondage, plus new classes on suspension hip harnesses and my …