{{Short description|Tying bondage player}} {{no footnotes|date=March 2008}}
[[File:Bondage model and rigger at BoundCon 2015 custom photoshoot 8.jpg|thumb|A male bondage rigger demonstrating rope bondage at BoundCon 2015 in Germany. The bondage technique used is box tie, a basic form of arm and breast bondage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.restrainedelegance.com/preview/lexicon1/icons/index.php|title=The Restrained Elegance lexicon of slavegirl bondage poses and positions|website=www.restrainedelegance.com}}</ref>]] thumb|A rigger tying a model thumb|right|A female rigger stands by while a female model she has tied up tries to free herself A '''bondage rigger''' is a person who practices the art of bondage, using any of a variety of materials such as rope, leather straps, or metal restraints.
Bondage riggers may participate in bondage for many reasons. These may include: as a form of BDSM or D/s play for personal enjoyment; as an art form, such as in the Japanese bondage styles shibari and kinbaku; or as an enterprise for profit, by selling books, videos, or photographs.
Bondage riggers work with one or more rope bottoms or bondage models, or may tie themselves in a practice called '''self-rigging''' or '''self-suspension'''. Some rope bottoms and bondage models are bondage riggers themselves.
Responsible bondage riggers always follow safety principles such as risk-aware consensual kink (RACK) when rigging.{{cn|reason=The text before this point appears to be general knowledge available to anyone active in the kink, but this line is opinion.|date=January 2018}}
==Notable examples== * Go Arisue (Japan) * Damon Pierce (US) * Jeff Gord (US) * John Willie (US) * Lee Harrington (US) * Matthias T. J. Grimme (Germany) * Midori (US) * Randa Mai (Japan)
==See also== *Nawashi *Bondage pornography *Fetish art
== References == {{reflist}}
== Further reading == {{refbegin}} * Arisue Go, Kinbaku Theory and Practices, Sanwa Publishing, 2008 * Arisue Go, Kinbaku Mind and Techniques 1, Jugoya, 2009 * Arisue Go, Kinbaku Mind and Techniques 2 (Floor Works 1), Jugoya, 2009 * Chanta Rose, ''Bondage For Sex'', BDSM Press, 2006. {{ISBN|0-9777238-0-1}}. * Douglas Kent, ''Complete Shibari Volume 1: Land'', Mental Gears Publishing, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-9736688-1-0}}. * Douglas Kent, ''Complete Shibari Volume 2: Sky'', Mental Gears Publishing, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-9736688-2-7}}. * Esinem, Japanese Rope Bondage DVD shibari tutorials, http://www.shibari.co/ * Jay Wiseman, ''Jay Wiseman's Erotic Bondage Handbook'', Greenery Press, 2000. {{ISBN|1-890159-13-1}}. * Lee "Bridgett" Harrington, Circle23, ''Shibari You Can Use'', Mystic Productions, 2006. {{ISBN|0-9778727-0-X}}. * Midori, Craig Morey, ''The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage'', Greenery Press, 2001. {{ISBN|1-890159-38-7}}. * Two Knotty Boys, Larry Utley, ''Two Knotty Boys Showing You the Ropes'', Green Candy Press, 2006. {{ISBN|1-931160-49-X}}. {{refend}}
Category:Bondage riggers