
Emmy

Emmy (she/her) is a queer, bottom-leaning rope switch from England, living in Vancouver, Canada. Her focus is communication and consent, as well as the meta aspects of tying. Together with Barkas, she co-teaches regular Kinbaku classes and helps organizing community.
Posts by Emmy

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In the beginning is always that moment of a first. A first glance, a first touch, a first tie. A greeting, if you will. In this opening class, we will be looking at those first moments of any rope session. We will dissect our approaches to each other and establish possibilities for new and...
Rope bondage suffers from an arbitrary separation of tying skills and communication skills. This workshop seeks to break through that border by exploring how they need each other to the point of being indistinguishable. Partner: Emmy Format: hands-on workshop Minimum knowledge level: single column tie and some basic frictions Maximum amount of participants:...
To observe means to watch over, to note, to heed, to look to, to attend to, to guard, to regard, or to comply with. It comes from ob - “in front of, before” together with servare - “to watch or keep safe” But the observer is not just outside and without influence on the...
A workshop about the intimate possibilities of tying on the ground. In this class, we look specifically at the intersection of communication, position, and a new way of looking at intimacy itself. What can be communicated, from where, how, and to what end? Partner: Emmy Format: hands-on workshop Minimum knowledge level: single-column tie...
There is no doubt that rope can be intensely intimate. But what does that mean? How can we find an understanding of the correlation between rope bondage and intimacy and use it to explore other ways of encountering each other through the medium of rope? In this workshop series, we will take you on...
Ranboo, literally translated means stormy, overwhelming, wild. About 10 years ago, Barkas developed Ranboo as a way of rejecting a static and often seemingly boring practice of rope bondage. A wild dance while tying with each other is the result. Ranboo is characterized by a large amplitude of variation of distance, speed, and intensity, paired...
Consent – An Overdue Critique
The concept of consent is omnipresent in the rope world and beyond. And for good reasons. Obviously, we want to ensure that we don’t harm each other or get harmed in any way, and consent seems to be the best possible modality to reduce the risk of harm. Over the last decade and even before...







