Portable, easily concealable Suspension Tripods are a goal sought by many a Kink! There’s a Great discussion going on over at Fetlife about them.
If you are willing to spend a bit of cash (not much, really) and take the time to learn, here’s the basics you’ll need to know.
BondageLessons.com has a rundown on the materials and techniques. See the page Here.
YouTube has a great video showing us all how to tie a tripod. I’ve included it below.
This really is a cool bit of technique for anyone interested in building a basic, portable suspension rig.
Just remember…BE CAREFUL!! And you do this at your own risk. Any suspension is dangerous and DungeonPlace.com takes no responsibility for your actions.
MindnBody is one of my favorites, and I’m proud to call him my friend. DarlingEvil and I have done several scenes with him, photographed several. His specialty (although, it’s only one skill in a vast arsenal) is Rope.
Flogging a bound woman
(An example of MindnBody’s work (a scene he rigged with the help of Nick_M))
I asked him to share with us what he carries in his Rope Bag. Most of his rope comes from the notorious Twisted Monk (That man really needs to sponsor this Site…)
Rope Bag
Top row:
2 50ft 8mm Ox Blood Red
2 50ft 8mm Black
2 50ft 6mm Red
2 15ft 6mm Black
2 15ft 6mm Red
2 15ft 6mm Natural
Middle Row:
1 30ft 8mm Red
2 30ft 6mm Natural
2 30ft 6mm Black
2 30ft 6mm Red
1 50ft 4mm Natural
1 15ft 4mm Ox Blood Red
1 15ft 6mm Spun Bamboo Rope by Madame Butterfly
2 10m 6mm Red Osada Steve Jute Rope
Bottom Row: The Hardware
“The Boss” Pussy Hook
Ass Hook
Nose Hook
Top: 2 locking caribiners and my swivel
Bottom left: Shibari Ring
Bottom Right: Snap Shackle and Accessory Ring
Top: Rigging Plate and accessory locking caribiners
Bottom: Various Rings, clips and pulleys
Safety kit with Flashlight, Safety Scissors and sail makers knife (Has a serrated blade and a marlin spike)
There’s always a whole lot going on. Wander between rooms to see the various works. Listen to the sounds of play.
It’s always interesting to see the takes on ropes, needles, fire, floggers, single tails. And I retrospect on what I do and wonder…”where’s the new?”
So I look deep. I eye common things sideways and wonder how they’d bend. Inspiration could come from anywhere and I want it. I want to see and do something new.
This Scene was created by the collaboration of Mindnbody and NickM with their mad rigging skills. Their victim? Of course it was the beautiful DarlingEvil.
My involvement was a complete surprise, since the Scene began while I was doing my turn as a DM and was relieved before the Scene ended.
Flogging a bound woman
MindnBody was busy working DE as well. Floggers, canes, quirts…for DE it was a scene that pushed her as she’s not one who’s keen on high pain.
I’m thinking it was the rope. She IS keen on rope. Rope is a smile and a tonic in her kink DNA.
Such a fun Scene…I think we need to do it again soon. Perhaps as a wedding gift.
DarlingEvil and I are very fortunate. We live in an area with an active BDSM community that strives to educate its members. Through the years I’ve seen many presenters come in to share their knowledge. A very, very few have left me with so much as Lew Rubens.
Some of you may be familiar with Lew’s work. He currently operates the Site www.boundndetermined.com where his amazing and innovative rope work is on display.
Earlier I mentioned that Rope was never a big priority in my play; for DarlingEvil it’s a passion. She loves the feel of rope, she loves tying people, suspending them and playing with her helpless victims.
Imagine how she felt when Lew taught her how easy it was to suspend someone my size…or larger?
Tutivillus suspended by DarlingEvil
It’s an experience I look forward to seeing her post. But imagine…a whisp of a woman easily suspending a person twice her weight and nearly a foot taller?
We had been studying rope for a few months prior to the class and had learned enough to boggle our brains.
What Lew taught us in those 16 hours simply blew our minds. Amazing. We’re still processing it.
Rope was a pain in the ass – it drove me nuts. Even before I was invited to leave the “Boy Scouts” I hated working with ropes and knots. Tedious, memorization, crap knowledge vying for the limited storage space in my already crammed head.
Then came kink.
I opted for traditional and non-traditional restraints. Some of my favorites were faux-fur lined restraints I picked up at a local pet-shop. On and off in seconds, sturdy, easily connected to carabiners and chains. Their main drawback was DarlingEvil could slip out of them in no time.
I began looking seriously at making some very evil leather restraints.
Then came the rope. . . and the conversations.
Do not get me wrong here and don’t get your “wadding” panties at the ready. This is not a Manifesto about the “Death of Traditional Restraints in the Modern BDSM Community”. Until they make Leather Flavored (and scented) rope I think we’re safe.
Rope is a beautifully versatile thing. It’s cheap, it comes in a nearly limitless selection of sizes and colors and styles and you can tie it to almost anything! As a restraint device it is incredible.
Best of all…if someone decides to walk away with your $5 rope? Well…it’s a lot better than someone walking away with your $105 leather cuffs.
I have forced myself to put away all of the restraints. They’re in a big metal box, where I cannot easily get at them. I will not use them for now. Instead I will get into the habit of using my rope and my knots.
Now, I still want a pair of those leather bondage mittens…I can’t do those with rope…
DarlingEvil and I attended an amazing workshop this weekend taught by Lew Rubens. DE and I will do an in-depth write-up a bit later, but it’s worth mentioning how much we learned!
I’d done 1 suspension before this class. My rope skill consisted of this:
basic hogtied sub
By the end of the class I was doing this:
face down ankle tie suspension (picture by Gina Fury)
Amazing. We learned Safety, technique and some amazing rope work!
Thank you Lew! And thank you to ALL who put this class together.
Mindnbody had offered to do my first suspension and it was a good time as any since I was feeling quite adventurous after the electro-play.
This sadistic alpha rigger was patient and instructed me on where I would feel pressure according to weight distribution. My breath compensated for the binding around my breasts. I was concerned I would feel restricted, but discovered it was very sensual being bound.
He asked if I would like my hands free or trussed up. I chose to have them tied and he gladly did so above my head.
I closed my eyes as I was raised high into the air and it only took moments before I was in sub-space. I became unaware of all my surroundings other than my own body and the touch of my rigger.
I was swung about and hoisted high until I flew like a bird. It was beautiful and exhilarating.
For my first time suspension, it was perfect. I even left with some nice rope marks!
