Addie
Addie (she/they) is a Vancouver-based educator and co-founder of Studio Allegory where she provides ongoing rope education as well as workshops in a variety of other kink topics. She is a switch and self-suspender, and her diverse background informs her instruction. Her happy place is nerding out on technical tidbits, breaking down ‘soft’ skills into specific trainable habits, and finding ways of tailoring rope experiences to the individual needs of the people involved.
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This three-part deep dive deconstructs gote-type ties, lifting out the individual elements and examining how and why they (inter)act as they do, and how we can change them. The goal is not to prescribe ‘the fix’ for each situation but to offer avenues of inquiry and tools for fruitful experimentation. Please bring your gote-related...
Not an exaggeration! If Addie could teach everyone, regardless of level, just one exercise it would be this one. If ropes were music this would be an etude, an exercise that can be practiced in different ways, with different emphases, to develop different techniques and skills. It covers protecting finger joints, nailing and maintaining...
Barkas and Addie usually teach with the goal of separating the practice of rope from inherent expectations or assumptions of sexual contact. But that does not mean that they do not practice and enjoy sexual rope as well! This 3-part-workshop-series will focus on rope techniques for sex and ideas on how to sexualize ropes....
Rope can be so much fun. But if you do not take of yourself and your partner(s) things can turn to shit pretty quickly. Time to pause and get some good and deep information about how to take care of your body when engaging in shibari. Addie, knowledgeable beyond belief (honestly, it's wild!), AND...
In this weekend workshop, Barkas and Addie will be taking the participants on a journey that goes way beyond mere tying. In various sections, we will be looking at the fine details of advanced rope techniques challenging ideas about tying and being tied as well as pushing participants beyond their usual skill set, while encouraging...
There are a whole bunch of options for technically performing suspensions, as in they get the person off the ground, but maybe only for a moment, or only a centimeter, or partly supported on a body/furniture, or using a pulley, or making a rope hammock, or only if the person in ropes flexes to...
This class takes a deep dive into the minute details of what makes good tension, clean placement, even lines, and smooth, effortless rope movement. These absolutely fundamental (and universally applicable) micro-techniques are difficult to pin down but magic once implemented, and make the difference between good rope and excellent tying. We will look at how...
A robust, resilient, and versatile variation on a TK-type tie designed to load from front, side, or back, and to sustain multiple transitions while keeping shape. This class will go into technical detail about building the structure including how to shift tensions away from some areas while applying the tie. We will also look at...
Magic tricks are micro-techniques that make tying easier, smoother, faster, better… you get the picture. These tidbits cover everything from rope handling, tensioning, body manipulation, or quick tricks to make your life easier. They can be applied to any tying style and are often missed in the teaching of larger patterns or sequences. This class...
You've been doing rope suspensions for a while and now it's time to go from more static into transitions? Perfect! There's no better person to teach you all the tipps and tricks than Addie! Prepare yourselves for four masterful sessions that will blow your mind (and not your joints!) and add several options for progressions...
You've been doing rope suspensions for a while and now it's time to go from more static into transitions? Perfect! There's no better person to teach you all the tipps and tricks than Addie! Prepare yourselves for four masterful sessions that will blow your mind (and not your joints!) and add several options for progressions...
You've been doing rope suspensions for a while and now it's time to go from more static into transitions? Perfect! There's no better person to teach you all the tipps and tricks than Addie! Prepare yourselves for four masterful sessions that will blow your mind (and not your joints!) and add several options for progressions...












