Suzanne SxySadist’s Personal Blog

I was truly delighted to be given a sneak peak at David Lawrence’s latest offering: “ReBound”, (although I truthfully would have ordered it sight unseen based on how much I enjoyed his first book “Bound”). 

I “oohed” and “ahhed” all the way through this latest volume because I LOVE so many things about this exciting book!  It has a seemingly endless array of stunning black & white photographs with an occasional beautiful color print for spice. 

He has captured the essence of each of these beautiful ladies while bound in his artistically inspiring rope work ranging from the simple but elegant to complex suspensions!

I also enjoyed David’s choice of a wide variety of locations, both indoor and outdoor. Everything from a defunct state penitentiary, to city rooftops, from Hollywood mansions, to NYC lofts, a ranch in Austin TX and the woods in Seattle and so much more!

If you love beautiful women in rope bondage, or simply fine art photography … you should buy this book!

So I spent a rainy morning lazing in bed, feeling grateful for a day off to totally relax but missing my sweetheart a bit.  I guess it is a good sign that I still miss him after spending seven days & nights together.  I think the saddest moment of the week for me was watching him crawl into a cab to head to his airport while I sat waiting for a shuttle bus to take me to mine.

Yeah I know I will see him again next weekend so it isn’t the end of the world, but it is hard sometimes to go from having him so close for so many days and then nothing.  I have grown very accustomed to being with him and I miss him when he goes home.  I love falling asleep in his arms and then waking up to find him pattering quietly about already placing a perfect cup of Earl Grey tea beside me.  It isn’t that he is a doting subbie boy that I love, in fact I don’t see him that way at all, but I do love the way he shows how much he cares for me in so many sweet little ways. 

More on that another day… for now .. let’s get back to “rope space” because I am also missing the camaraderie of my “rope clan”.  Shibaricon is without a doubt my favorite event of the year and there are many folks like Mark, & Lani (pictured below) and my friend Aleni of DV8 House Australia) that I only get to see  at this event. 

There were a ton of fabulous shots taken at the event by photographer David Lawrence and his lovely assistant and slave Judy.    He released a few photos to me including this one of me and my sweetheart taken early in the weekend.

As for making connections, this year I was especially glad to make the acquaintance of the Two Knotty Boys who made it to Shibaricon for the first time! If you have been into bondage for more than a week and have ever searched for bondage vids on Youtube you know who Dan & JD are! I was thrilled to have Dan stop by my Low Flying Suspension Class and tell me how much he enjoyed it and then later on at a presenter meeting I made a point of thanking them for their videos because I do truly admire and appreciate the effort that they put into them.  I also respect the fact they they are providing quality bondage material to 1000s of people that would not otherwise have access to it.  Check out some of their awesome videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/2KnottyBoys

I am also really glad that I got to spend more time with Leon & his lovely assistant Cherry.  I have seen them in the halls and in passing almost every one of my seven trips to Chicago and never really had the opportunity to visit and get to know them but this time we finally  an opportunity to head out of the hotel and grab a bite together. 

I also got to sit down and chat to Max of BondageLessons.com  over a strawberry daiquiri at the end of the event and found him to be a very charming man as well. He extended an invitation to Seattle that I am going to work on taking him up on hopefully in the next year or so.  I have heard fabulous things about his classes and as much as I know about bondage I never tire of watching another artist at work and I simply love picking up tips and tricks from fellow rope enthusiasts.  

Which is exactly why I love Shibaricon so much!  Rope lovers from all over the world come to Chicago to share their passion and their expertise with each other!  But don’t take my word for it .. check out what some of my fellow presenters and rope loving Mistress’ had to say: 

GrayDancer - http://www.graydancer.com/2008/05/28/the-most-important-thing-at-shibaricon/

Mark Yu - http://jadegate.blogspot.com/ (several posts from May 21 - on)

Troy Orleans - http://troyorleans.blogspot.com/2008/05/shibaricon-afterglow.html

Mistress Yin - http://mistressyin.livejournal.com/47977.html

And David’s Banner:

Sunday night at the con, my buddy Christo asked if I could toss him up into the hanged man pose once again.  I did this same suspension tie on him last year but the rig that was available to us was a fair bit shorter so his head was actually barely off the floor causing his hair to drag on the floor and his foot was actually higher than my suspension ring as I recall.  All in all .. not an impressive presentation.  

This tie has special significance for him and I could tell that he really wanted this shot so I quickly agreed and we hunted down the tallest rig at the event and I took my time rigging him while we hoped that someone would track down David Lawrence or his lovely slave Judy for us since they were the official Shibaricon photo folks this year.   

As I worked, another couple grabbed chairs nearby indicating that they were waiting on the rig and there was still no sign of a photographer.  I was beginning to worry that my poor little friend was going to be “SOOL” when my Brett came back and informed us that David was photographing Tatu’s Tea Ceremony and was going to come over in just a few minutes.  It was time to stop stalling and get him fully inverted and tied off! 

This is a pretty challenging tie to be in for any length of time so it was important to time it as well as possible to optimize the flight to photo time!  I was pleased with the few photos that David sent to me and will be adding them as a gallery here soon.  In the meantime I hope you enjoy this one!

<LOL> Glancing at it again, it reminds me of those shots of the “big game” fishermen with thei prize catch hanging beside them… all that is missing is the hook! <grin>