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.

A male bondage rigger demonstrating rope bondage at BoundCon 2015 in Germany. The bondage technique used is box tie, a basic form of arm and breast bondage.

A rigger tying a model

A female rigger stands by while a female model she has tied up tries to free herself

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)
• Jeff Gord (US)
• John Willie (US)
• Lee Harrington (US)
• Matthias T. J. Grimme (Germany)
• Midori (US)
• Randa Mai (Japan)

See also

• Nawashi
• Bondage pornography
• Fetish art

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.