Fetish Fine Art Prints: Museum quality canvas and fine paper prints
May 31, 2011 by webslave · Leave a Comment
Your very finest fetish images can now be reproduced at the highest gallery quality as fine art giclee prints, on archival-rated canvas or specialist art paper with a life expectancy of 85 – 100 years. Read more
How to be a Domme
The Practical Guide to Becoming a Professional Dominatrix - Written by Canadian domina Evangeline Dubois, this comprehensive guide does exactly what it says on the tin. Also known professionally as Mistress D, she lays bare all possible scenarios for the newbie or those thinking of entering the trade.
This 92 page manual is a no holds barred account of the practicalities and pitfalls a pro-domme faces in her day to day adventures. Most “how to” books for the dominant female tend to focus on playtime with a romantic partner but this is strictly business.
How To Be A Domme is broken down into five parts which is just as well as there is a lot of content to sink your teeth into. It starts out aptly titled Learning the Ropes, where she covers the ABC of BDSM. She offers practical advice on how to be safe and when to take precautions. The tone of her writing here comes across as sincere with an underlying caveat not to be naïve and to trust your instincts if you feel threatened.
Mistress D then moves on to the nitty gritty of Setting Up Shop, giving an introduction to the fundamentals of the business. No stone is left unturned and she covers everything from choosing your new name to the best types of strap-ons to use with which lubes.
She stresses the fact that what she’s written is just for guidelines. You’re encouraged to develop your own persona and discover your own boundaries and limitations. Additionally, the section on protocols makes good common sense on how to prepare yourself for sessions.
The further you delve through the material, the more in-depth the topics become, particularly once you start roping the clients in. The sections on how to set the scene and the breakdown of a one hour session are useful and if you want to venture into collaring slaves, there are sample contracts to follow.
Written to inspire and empower, it’s refreshing that she doesn’t preach or try to “domme” you into doing things her way. She speaks from personal experience and it was obvious to me that she felt the need to extend her years of “wisdomme” to those starting out. Indeed, she wants you to learn from her mistakes, so you can fast track yourself into the business.
The book is not printed on paper – it’s a PDF. The great thing about the PDF format is that you can access it instantly and refer to it again and again. You can keep it on your laptop or iPad. No more wondering where you put that book – and it’s more discreet, too!
This is a thorough account of every imaginable aspect of a pro-domme’s vocation, but at this price I would have hoped for a more colourful or arty presentation. However plain and textbook-like the presentation is, the content is sensible and concise – there’s probably little else out there offering what this does.
What stuck me the most was her genuinely honest approach throughout and at times I could detect an undertone of dark humour thrown in for good measure. Let’s face it; if you’re going to become a Domme, a little humour will go a long way.
How to be a Domme costs $25 Canadian. You can pay in any currency, using most major credit cards, via PayPal or AlertPay. You do not have to have a PayPal account.
See Evangeline Dubois introducing her book here -
http://www.youtube.com/user/MDadmin2010
Buy How to be a Domme here – www.howtobeadomme.com
By Lady Bellatrix
Lady Bellatrix is one of London’s top dominatrixes and her website is here – www.ladybellatrix.com
Terry Mendoza’s Photo Studio at Skin Two Rubber Ball
Terry Mendoza is the the master of stylish ‘cheesecake’ fetish photography with a cool retro twist. See the Skin Two Rubber Ball flyer and the cover of the Skin Two LateXtra showguide. In fact, see these photos!
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The Rackmasters Dungeon at the Rubber Ball
The dungeon at this year’s Skin Two Rubber Ball is in an atmospheric space deep in the lower deck of the boat. It’s a super place to play and it’s reached down the narrow stairs you’d except to find on a vintage yacht. That means the dungeon apparatus has to be dismantled and taken below decks…
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Ainsley-T Fashion Performance: Serious Fetish Footwear at the Rubber Ball
We all love shoes – and Ainsley-t of Milan have elevated serious fetish footwear to an art form. At Skin Two Rubber Ball, on May 8th, fashion model Mam’zelle Maz will parade in Ainsley-t’s gorgeous erotic footwear.
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Bondassage Comes to London – A New Exploration of the Senses
Bondassage is new technique, developed in California by erotic practitioners Jaeleen and Montaine. It is comprised of light bondage, sensory deprivation, massage and sensation play and is warmly recommended by celebrated author Dr Annie Sprinkle, who knows a thing or two about erotic pleasure.
Fetish Creative Networking
May 17, 2011 by webslave · 2 Comments
FetishCreatives.com is a brand new, free networking platform for anyone who has an interest in fetish art and photography. Read more
The Art of Michael Spiteri
Michael Spiteri is an artist and illustrator who has been heavily involved in the BDSM scene and has had work published in various magazines. Read more
The Fetish Question: Getting Over the Barrier with Politeness
May 12, 2011 by Jackson Rocco · 1 Comment
I count myself lucky. But then it’s a luck that comes with many hours of practice, and you know what, as they say, every master was once a disaster. I’m lucky because in fetisexual terms I am more or less out of the closet, the closet full of latex and mad toys.
So most of my friends know what I get up to, even if they don’t know the specifics. For I certainly don’t put that or those in their faces, but I always game them a bit, turning it around if they start using lame jokes. Humour that they use as a shield that in my opinion keeps them ignorant, and thus apart from having the time of their lives. I keep a pseudonym simply out of etiquette, and it’s kind of like being Batman.
I am also lucky because I realised early on that life isn’t a rehearsal, and I’d rather spend time chasing dreams than being comfortable and ignorant. But getting what you dream of still takes hours of practice. Moreover it takes courage to answer your very own Fetish Question and the ability to say ‘This is who I am, take it or leave it’.
For many men it’s not easy, they feel compelled to get laid, and they don’t want to not get laid by adding more unconventional requests. For women it’s easier to deal with the acceptance part of the Fetish Question, most female newbies get inundated with emails on social network sites. And curiously I have been mostly inspired by fetish women.
Perhaps an answer to dealing with the Fetish Question is in the individuality expressed by many transgender situations: if you accept yourself and flaunt what you have, you are accepted, adored and successful because you write your own story.
Yes, you write your own story. My colleague 3xl has indeed written his own story. 3xL’s was a journey which started by outing himself from the latex closet to his girlfriend and risking her not accepting him. Then, once finding they were indeed incompatible, he still had the strength to still believe he would find his soulmate. Not only did he attend every fetish club going, he started his own website and mini-fetish empire.
He wrote his own story, literally.
Answering your own Fetish Question also comes down to being polite I think. An underrated term politeness, but it is a fair starting point. If you want to be tiresomely fascinating and revolutionary, yes, have fun with that. But we may all have to sell butter or car insurance at some point. 
In a vanilla situation politeness is key. By first politely accepting that this fetisexual is who you are then you will be able to let people know politely who you are if they ask, politely.
They really aren’t your friends if they recoil in horror. It’s not polite. And if they probe too far perhaps you should politely invite them to a club. The point is to widen that network and let people know who you are. Everyone knows someone. And not everyone is on Fetlife or Facebook.
Now I personally don’t worry about telling a prospective partner what I’m about. It saves time finding out they are not for me. Unless I can sense urges or intrigue, then I will take time to explore or guide. I remain, at all times, polite, and afterwards I am more resilient to being controlled or made to fit. We only have one life to write our life story.
You haven’t got time for fuckery in your soulmate search, because then when you enter the BDSM or fetish world you realise there are yet more onion layers of protocols, agendas, ignorance, control, wilfulness and games to sail your polite self right through the middle of. And that’s just all the good stuff! I hope this helps you in answering your Fetish Question.
Vintage Lingerie – 20% off for Skin Two Rubber Ball Ticket Holders
World leaders in vintage lingerie What Katie Did are offering 20% off all purchases at their London boutique to Skin Two Rubber Ball Ticket Holders! This is a really super boutique in the Portobello Road area, very near to Ladbroke Grove tube station. It’s a perfect destination to shop – you can buy a great outfit for the Ball and then browse the coffee shops and bars of one of London’s coolest areas.
