Formento & Formento making of Shibari Shoot Tokyo 2013

F&F puts their spin on the art of contemporary Shibari. In Japanese, “Shibari” simply means “to tie”, an ancient Japanese artistic form of rope bondage. For most practitioners of Shibari, the use of rope bondage does not include an unwilling victim like the “Damsels in Distress” images popular in Detective type magazines. Instead, there is a collaboration between the Shibari artist (the rigger/Top) and the Shibari canvas (the model/bottom) to create a combination of effects including visual beauty, power