Bondage rigger
A bondage rigger is a person who practices the art of bondage, using any of a variety of materials such as rope, leather straps, or metal restraints.
Bondage riggers may participate in bondage for many reasons. These may include: as a form of BDSM or D/s play for personal enjoyment; as an art form, such as in the Japanese bondage styles shibari and kinbaku; or as an enterprise for profit, by selling books, videos, or photographs.
Bondage riggers work with one or more rope bottoms or bondage models, or may tie themselves in a practice called self-rigging or self-suspension. Some rope bottoms and bondage models are bondage riggers themselves.
Responsible bondage riggers always follow safety principles such as risk-aware consensual kink (RACK) when rigging.
Notable examples
- Go Arisue (Japan)
- Damon Pierce (US)
- Graydancer (US)
- Jeff Gord (US)
- John Willie (US)
- Lee Harrington (US)
- Matthias T. J. Grimme (Germany)
- Midori (US)
- Randa Mai (Japan)
See also
References
- "The Restrained Elegance lexicon of slavegirl bondage poses and positions". www.restrainedelegance.com.
Further reading
- Arisue Go, Kinbaku Theory and Practices, Sanwa Publishing, 2008
- Arisue Go, Kinbaku Mind and Techniques 1, Jugoya, 2009
- Arisue Go, Kinbaku Mind and Techniques 2 (Floor Works 1), Jugoya, 2009
- Chanta Rose, Bondage For Sex, BDSM Press, 2006. ISBN 0-9777238-0-1.
- Douglas Kent, Complete Shibari Volume 1: Land, Mental Gears Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9736688-1-0.
- Douglas Kent, Complete Shibari Volume 2: Sky, Mental Gears Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9736688-2-7.
- Esinem, Japanese Rope Bondage DVD shibari tutorials, http://www.shibari.co/
- Jay Wiseman, Jay Wiseman's Erotic Bondage Handbook, Greenery Press, 2000. ISBN 1-890159-13-1.
- Lee "Bridgett" Harrington, Circle23, Shibari You Can Use, Mystic Productions, 2006. ISBN 0-9778727-0-X.
- Midori, Craig Morey, The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage, Greenery Press, 2001. ISBN 1-890159-38-7.
- Two Knotty Boys, Larry Utley, Two Knotty Boys Showing You the Ropes, Green Candy Press, 2006. ISBN 1-931160-49-X.