Download or read book High Drama written by John Burgman and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One afternoon in 1987, two renegade climbers in Berkeley, California, hatched an ambitious plan: under the cover of darkness, they would rappel down from a carefully scouted highway on-ramp, gluing artificial handholds onto the load-bearing concrete pillars underneath. Equipped with ingenuity, strong adhesive, and an urban guerilla attitude, Jim Thornburg and Scott Frye created a serviceable climbing wall. But what they were part of was a greater development: the expansion and reimagining of a sport now slated for a highly anticipated Olympic debut in 2020. High Drama explores rock climbing's transformation from a pursuit of select anti-establishment vagabonds to a sport embraced by competitors of all ages, social classes, and backgrounds. Climbing magazine's John Burgman weaves a multi-layered story of traditionalists and opportunists, grassroots organizers and business-minded developers, free-spirited rebels and rigorously coached athletes.
Download or read book Howardena Pindell written by Adeze Wilford and published by Walther Konig Verlag. This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adeze Wilford, Alex Poots, Ashley James, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Howardena Pindell
Download or read book Creative Ropecraft written by Stuart Grainger and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the standard work on the subject of practical and decorative knots and ropework.
Download or read book Hojojutsu The Warrior s Art of the Rope written by Christian Russo and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Year of Knots written by Windy Chien and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An acclaimed artist celebrates the creative possibilities of macramé and knots in this memoir and guide featuring projects and tutorials. Every day for a year, artist Windy Chien learned to tie a new kind of knot and then shared the results on Instagram—a project that both reinvented her life and revolutionized knot art. In The Year of Knots, Chien describes how knot-making led her on a path of discovery. She shares projects, tutorials, and transformative personal stories, all aimed at inspiring readers to make knotting—and creativity in general—part of a meditative daily practice. The knots in this book are gorgeously documented step-by-step. Knotted projects abound—from wall hangings to a necklace, a dog leash, a hanging light, and more. At the heart of the story is the simple, empowering idea that a single year is all the time you need to make a life-changing creative leap.
Download or read book Discovering Kinbaku written by Zetsu Nawa and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-13 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2006, I took my first trip to Tokyo as well as my first lesson in kinbaku, the Japanese art of erotic rope bondage. Over the next decade, I would visit many times, meeting with and learning from many of the most important masters of the art. In 2011, I became a student of one of the grandmasters of kinbaku, Yukimura Haruki. I was given the name Haru Yutaka and in 2013 I was promoted to the rank of instructor in his unique style of shibari, Yukimura Ryuu.Each time I would visit Tokyo, I felt my appreciation for the art of kinbaku growing deeper, more complex, and more nuanced. This volume is a collection of essays that are both reflections and memorializations of the many lessons I learned from the people I have met on my journey.I hope these writing can help share some of my understanding of what rope is and what it can be. This is book is not designed to be a how-to manual or a primer for techniques or skills. Rather it is my own reflection and meditation on what I found while studying in Japan.Taken as a whole, it offers a way of thinking about rope that is guided my feeling, emotion, communication, and eroticism.
Download or read book The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage written by Midori and published by Greenery Press (CA). This book was released on 2001 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: from ornately decorative to excrutiatingly stringent, Japanese rope bondage is an art which has developed over centuries of martial and erotic practice. Now, accomplished Japanese-born pro-domme and bondage practitioner Midori shows step by step how to achieve beautiful and exciting Japanes bondage on a variety of genders and body types. Each chapter starts with a spectacular full colour photo of the finished bondage pose, and then explains with text and line art how each rope and knot is placed to achieve the final result. This is the first book ever
Download or read book Kinbaku written by Nawashi Murakawa and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kinbaku is the Japanese word for rope bondage: In the west it is often referred to as Shibari. Although it originated in Japan as a means of restraint and torture, during the last hundred years it has also been used as an activity which gives emotional, physical, and visual pleasure for the participants. Nawashi Murakawa, the Artistic Director of the annual London festival of the Art of Japanese Rope Bondage provides the historical context for the practice which goes back 12000 years. He also explains how Kinbaku has developed as a dramatic art form which is performed in front of audiences in many countries. This series of ten chapters demonstrates how the art of rope bondage has developed in the UK, Russia, Canada and the USA as well as presenting a modern day live performance in Tokyo. The final section shows more traditional Japanese techniques. Chapters with Japanese contributors provide the text in Japanese as well as in English. The stunning and surprising photographs reveal the beauty and daring of the models, and their written accounts together with those of the photographers and rope experts give an insight into the lifestyle of those who practice this particular fetish.
Download or read book Janet Jackson s The Velvet Rope written by Ayanna Dozier and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of control for Black women is a costly one. From 1986 onwards, the trajectory of Janet Jackson's career can be summed up in her desire for control. Control for Janet was never simply just about her desire for economic and creative control over her career but was, rather, an existential question about the desire to control and be in control over her bodily integrity as a Black woman. This book examines Janet's continuation of her quest for control as heard in her sixth album, The Velvet Rope. Engaging with the album, the promotion, the tour, and its accompanying music videos, this study unpacks how Janet uses Black cultural production as an emancipatory act of self-creation that allows her to reconcile with and, potentially, heal from trauma, pain, and feelings of alienation. The Velvet Rope's arc moves audiences to imagine the possibility of what emancipation from oppression--from sexual, to internal, to societal--could look like for the singer and for others. The sexually charged content and themes of abuse, including self-harm and domestic violence, were dismissed as “selling points” for Janet at the time of its release. The album stands out as a revelatory expression of emotional vulnerability by the singer, one that many other artists have followed in the 20-plus years since its release.
Download or read book Tight Knots written by Tess Ann and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Your Sex Story in a Book What's the craziest thing you've done? What are you most looking forward to sharing in the future? What's your position? What's the perfect size for you? Would you try a Menage? The Tight Knots Book will help you answer these questions and more by allowing your thoughts to run wild. It's a chance for you to explore your own sex story. You will discover things you didn't know about your own desires, what you want more of, and your hopes and dreams for the sexual fulfillment you have been looking for--it's a gift that no one else can give.
Download or read book Artisan Ropework written by Jessica Geach and published by Schiffer Craft. This book was released on 2022-03-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artisan ropework--coiling, spiraling, and stitching cotton rope--is an exciting and relatively unexplored technique for creating baskets, vessels, wall hangings, bowls, and much more. This book, packed with more than 150 photos, is an excellent resource for readers and crafters who are starting out on their stitched-ropework journey, looking for new inspiration, or seeking explore new techniques. Stitched ropework is a creative, fun craft that is accessible to all skill levels. This book contains 15 projects, starting with beginner projects and moving through progressively advanced designs. It also includes information on how to vary the designs and find your own style within this satisfying craft. All the projects have been designed and executed by Jessica Geach, a well-known textile artist. Geach's ropework has been exhibited in numerous galleries and events, including the prestigious Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair. www.rubycubes.co.uk Projects Mats and coasters Keyrings Trinket dish duo Tassel bowl Looped cone Technicolor tray Reflection vessels Jewelry holder Hanging basket Vase Monochrome handled catchall basket Basket with natural-wood handle Rope and clay wall mural Beach bag
Download or read book Arthur and the Golden Rope written by Joe Todd-Stanton and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a vault so cavernous that it could contain all the world's greatest treasures and relics, from mummified remains of ancient monarchs to glistening swords brandished by legendary warriors. Who could be in charge of such a vault and how did he come into possession of such a unique collection? Who is...Professor Brownstone?
Download or read book Rope Bondage and Power written by Robert Rubel and published by . This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incredibly unique fresh take on rope bondage. Whereas most titles on this subject guide simply teach, this collection presents the views of 17 prominent riggers who explain why they love their art so much - a celebration of this S/M bondage technique. Readers are treated to an insight into the power and intimacy of the rope.
Download or read book Arts Crafts Stained Glass written by Peter Cormack and published by Paul Mellon Centre. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful corrective demonstrating the Arts and Crafts Movement's indelible impact on British and American stained glass Beautifully illustrated and based on more than three decades of research, Arts & Crafts Stained Glass is the first study of how the late-19th-century Arts and Crafts Movement transformed the aesthetics and production of stained glass in Britain and America. A progressive school of artists, committed to direct involvement both in making and designing windows, emerged in the 1880s and 1890s, reinventing stained glass as a modern, expressive art form. Using innovative materials and techniques, they rejected formulaic Gothic Revivalism while seeking authentic, creative inspiration in medieval traditions. This new approach was pioneered by Christopher Whall (1849-1924), whose charismatic teaching educated a generation of talented pupils--both men and women--who produced intensely colorful and inventive stained glass, using dramatic, lyrical, and often powerfully moving design and symbolism. Peter Cormack demonstrates how women made critical contributions to the renewal of stained glass as artists and entrepreneurs, gaining meaningful equality with their male colleagues, more fully than in any other applied art. Cormack restores stained glass to its proper status as an important field of Arts and Crafts activity, with a prominent role in the movement's polemical campaigning, its public exhibitions, and its educational program. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Download or read book Victorian Painters The text written by Christopher Wood and published by Antique Collectors Club Dist. This book was released on 1995 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains 11,000 entries
Download or read book Encyclopedia written by Denis Diderot and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Roped In written by Gemma Patford and published by Hardie Grant. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gemma employs her famous ropework and all-round craft genius to offer a range of projects and crafty tricks to make your life more fabulous. Looking for a macramé plant holder to spruce up your living room? Want to create a swanky dog lead for your favorite pet? Looking to give your next dinner party some added class? This book is full of fun, accessible DIYs to help you decorate, entertain, and celebrate in style, no matter your skill level or the size of your living space. Living in a tiny apartment with her husband, daughter and hefty cat, accomplished maker Gemma Patford Legge is constantly looking for creative ways to make the everyday feel fancy. With an impressive Instagram following of over 60k, Gemma started the hashtag #ropedinbygemma as a way of convincing people to get crafting. With beautiful photography and witty writing, this book offers a range of projects and fancy tricks to make your life more fabulous
