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I am making a tiny useful zine of useful things and releasing it at cakechicago in two weeks!!
Oh my, so useful, these knots of Isabella Rotman! :3
Well knock me down with a feather.
This is the first post like this that I’ve seen in I literally can’t even remember how long that ISN’T like, 4 practical knots, 197 obscure ones nobody ever uses, and no explanations for any of it. (I keep meaning to do a rantpost/PSA on that. You do not need to learn a million knots to tie up your partner, omg. Unless you’re doing some hella advanced bondage, I’m convinced you really only need about six or seven, max. And three of them you already know.)
This is more like what I want to see. It’s not so much the specific knots they chose, it’s that it’s a functional yet manageable set— like, you could actually do pretty much everything you needed to with just these. Nice. Way better than: “you too can kink! but first, memorize a thousand fucking knots.”
Nice job!
My thesis project, Dom & Sub, a.k.a. why I’ve been such a bad tumblr-er/bad friend/etc. My artist statement:
Dom & Sub is a body of illustrative work in digital media that attempts to humanize practitioners of BDSM and offer a representation of kinky sex that not only refutes negative stereotypes but informs the audience that sadomasochistic play is done best between happy, healthy, and consenting adults. I portrayed the couple in the work not only engaging in S&M play but also building a “scene” together and nurturing one another after the play has concluded; these are moments often left unconsidered or completely ignored in visual representations of S&M. I believe it’s important to see how kinky scenes are crafted with care, commitment to safety and enthusiastic consent in order to limit those times when sadomasochistic play is used to abuse or dehumanize other human beings. It is my hope that my audience will learn from the illustrations that sadomasochistic play is not always dark or scary, and that fellow ‘kinksters’ can enjoy tender representations of S&M that do not ridicule or pathologize them. I’ve designed the work to engage sadomasochistic imagery, material and theory with an ethical conscience.
This work now for sale at Society6.
I cannot believe I’ve never seen this whole set before. The last two, OMG!!!!!
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