Instruction
Our riggers have trained with many folks. If you get the chance we thoroughly recommend picking up training with the following:- Max, of Bondagelessons.com. Max commonly does workshops at the CSPC in Seattle on the first Sunday of every month, prior to the monthly Bondage Is The Point play party.
- Jim Duvall
- Midori
- The Knotty Boys
Rope bondage reference materials
- The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage, by Midori
- Bondage For Sex, by Chanta Rose
- Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Erotic Rope Bondage And Erotic Macramé, by Lee Harrington
- Jay Wiseman's Erotic Bondage Handbook
- Handbook of Knots (Expanded Edition) by Des Pawson. Mr. Pawson may eventually find this reference and think to himself, "I'm endorsed by what?" We assure you, Mr. P: many people's lives have been greatly enhanced (to say nothing of made much safer) thanks to your work, even if in ways you hadn't quite anticipated.
Finishing your own hemp stock can be deeply rewarding and worth the rather serious effort. Hemp Emporium is a reputable source of raw hemp rope, but be aware that stocks have become unpredictable in recent years. Bad weather in Rumania meant that there was no 8mm stock to be had for months in 2008, and as of February 2009 it looks like it's going to be scarce again this year.