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A bondage rigger is a person who practices the art of applying
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
BDSM is a variety of often erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other related interpersonal dynamics. Given the wide range of practices, some of which may be engaged ...
or
D/s play for personal enjoyment; as an art form, such as in the Japanese bondage styles
shibari
means "tight binding," while literally means "the beauty of tight binding." is a Japanese style of bondage or BDSM which involves tying a person up using simple yet visually intricate patterns, usually with several pieces of thin rope (often ...
and
kinbaku
means "tight binding," while literally means "the beauty of tight binding." is a Japanese style of bondage or BDSM which involves tying a person up using simple yet visually intricate patterns, usually with several pieces of thin rope (often j ...
; or as an enterprise for profit, by selling books, videos, or photographs.
Bondage riggers work with one or more rope
bottoms or
bondage model
A fetish model is a model who models fetish clothing or accessories that augment their body in a fetish-like manner or in fetishistic situations. Fetish models do not necessarily work exclusively in that form of modeling.
Fetish models often w ...
s, 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 the principles of
risk-aware consensual kink
Risk-aware consensual kink (RACK, also risk-accepted consensual kink) is an acronym used by some of the BDSM community to describe a philosophical view that is generally permissive of certain risky sexual behaviors, as long as the participants a ...
(RACK) when rigging.
Notable examples
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Go Arisue
is one of the world's top kinbakushi (Japanese bondage artists).
Born in 1954 he became interested in rope bondage at an early age inspired by paintings of the legendary bondage artist Seiu Ito and the works of Akira Minomura.
His career bega ...
(Japan)
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Damon Pierce (USA)
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Graydancer (USA)
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Jeff Gord
Jeffrey E. Owen (5 May 1946 - 3 September 2013), better known by his alias Jeff Gord, was a bondage artist and photographer.Ashley Hames, ''Sin Cities'', Tonto Books, 2008, , pp. 184–188 who specialized in the forniphilia subgenre, a form of ...
(USA)
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John Willie
John Alexander Scott Coutts (9 December 1902 – 5 August 1962), better known by the pseudonym John Willie, was an artist, fetish photographer, editor and the publisher of the first 20 issues of the fetish magazine ''Bizarre'', featuring his ch ...
(USA)
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Lee Harrington
Lee Harrington (born 28 November 1979) is a sexuality and spirituality educator, author, and artist, currently based in Denver, Colorado. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, he began transitioning from female to male in 2007.
Author and educator
L ...
(USA)
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Matthias T. J. Grimme (Germany)
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Midori
Midori (みどり, ミドリ, , , ) is the Japanese word for "green" and may refer to:
Places
* Midori, Gunma
* Midori-ku, Chiba
* Midori-ku, Nagoya
* Midori-ku, Sagamihara
* Midori-ku, Saitama
* Midori-ku, Yokohama
People Given name
* M ...
(USA)
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Randa Mai
is a Japanese nawashi and adult video (AV) director.
Life and career
Randa Mai was born on 25 March 1959 and has been working as a professional nawashi for many years. With his alias translated roughly as "wild dancer", he is known for AVs with ...
(Japan)
See also
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Nawashi
(noun; lit. "rope master", "rope teacher"), is a word which in SM circles means "rope artist".Master K, "Shibari, The art of Japanese Bondage". Nawashi are those who have some recognized proficiency in the historic erotic art of Japanese bonda ...
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Bondage pornography
Bondage pornography is the depiction of bondage (BDSM), sexual bondage or other BDSM activities using photographs, stories, films or drawings. Though often described as pornography, the genre involves the presentation of bondage fetishism or BDSM s ...
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Fetish art
Fetish art is art that depicts people in fetishistic situations such as S&M, domination/submission, bondage, transvestism and the like, sometimes in combination. It may simply depict a person dressed in fetish clothing, which could include und ...
References
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. .
* Douglas Kent, ''Complete Shibari Volume 1: Land'', Mental Gears Publishing, 2010. .
* Douglas Kent, ''Complete Shibari Volume 2: Sky'', Mental Gears Publishing, 2010. .
* Esinem, Japanese Rope Bondage DVD shibari tutorials, http://www.shibari.co/
* Jay Wiseman, ''Jay Wiseman's Erotic Bondage Handbook'', Greenery Press, 2000. .
* Lee "Bridgett" Harrington, Circle23, ''Shibari You Can Use'', Mystic Productions, 2006. .
* Midori, Craig Morey, ''The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage'',
Greenery Press
Greenery Press is a publishing house based in Emeryville, California, specializing in books on BDSM (particularly femdom) and polyamory, with over 50 titles in print. Most titles are non-fiction, but a smaller number of fiction titles and memoi ...
, 2001. .
* Two Knotty Boys, Larry Utley, ''Two Knotty Boys Showing You the Ropes'', Green Candy Press, 2006. .
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