For us, one of the pleasures of rope has been the process of slowly surrendering to a tie, systematically losing freedoms of movement. Generally beginning with wrists, often incorporating arms (which become embraced in cinched wraps of rope) and moving lower to hips, legs and ankles. At every stage your sense of arousal and vulnerability is increasing and your partner free to expose and explore your body still further.
Broadly this sensual act of disrobing and exposure seems to be referred to as dishevelment, or disarrangement, and is open to many different and personal interpretations. Whether the exposure is designed to elicit a sense of shame in the model, or to facilitate an exploration of illicit and forbidden desires, or perhaps it is simply an opportunity for teasing and play. (We feel as though we probably mainly fall into that latter category.)
Below are a series of images taken during the middle of last week, and we have selected five of our favourites.
1.) Beginning
Even with the criss-cross diamond pattern, loose clothing is easily adjusted...
2.) Caress
I liked the closeness of the camera to the hand in the image below, and the interaction with the rope and clothing. It felt very close to the movement...
3.) Pulled Over
No need for speeding. ;-) Take your time...
4.) Cupped
Your partner should always try to be as supportive as possible! With increased exposure we begin to see the delightful interactions of rope on skin...
5.) Monochrome
An alternate view (around pic 3) that's been given a duo-toned treatment...
And from image 6 onward I'm afraid the results become unsuitable for publication! ;-)
The Hishi Pattern Ties Made Easy course obviously covers a lot more than just the upper half of this upper-body tie. We're aiming to build our confidence in this before moving on to the next section of the pattern.
References
We're still practising techniques from the ShibariClasses Hishi pattern ties course, and the photographs featured in this article come from one of those pracise sessions.
Take a look at Esinem-Rope for a great selection of shibari supplies.
Next week we'll tie a simple leg lacing technique that I think looks a lot more complex than it actually is...
