Karen Hsiao with pony hood
Karen Hsiao sent over this image a few weeks ago... I really love this photo. I'm sure I'm not the only one a bit jealous of her little pony. She has a show coming up in a couple of weeks that I'm...
View ArticleDrea Morgan photo sketch comparison
Looking back at the initial sketch I did for the Lew Rubens armbinder/collar combo, it's kind of cool to see the rough idea next to the final piece. Drea Morgan looks incredible in the outfit, but I'm...
View ArticleRed Armbinder and Hood from Restricted Senses
I've been going a bit nuts lately over the work being done by my friend over at Restricted Senses tumblr site. "Mr. X" has been exchanging emails with me about his projects, including some gear he's...
View ArticleIncredible Lockable Leather Suit from Overall Bound
I got an email a while ago from a gentleman (nom de perv: Overall Bound) who had an incredible custom-made bondage suit he had made for himself by a leather artisan. It had an integrated heavy hood...
View ArticleChristopher’s Leather Care Tips
I get asked from time to time about the best way to care for leather gear. Here are a few things I've picked up over the years: Leather items can last for decades if properly cared for. Age and use can...
View ArticleSleepsack Bondage: Material Types and Trade-Offs
Duct-tape wraps: Inexpensive, extreme, and custom-fitted.Duct Tape MummificationThis highly effective bondage technique can create the total body bondage, free-floating total enclosure sensation with a...
View ArticleThe Y-Chair
Hello pervy people! This post is a reply to one of my FetLife friends who asked about the Y-chair project I made a long, long time ago (I'm thinking sometime around 2002). This Y-chair was my first...
View ArticleAsian beauty locked in Total-Enclosure Sleepsack
A total-enclosure fetishist dream come true...These amazing photos come courtesy of my friend “Mr. X” over at Restricted Senses tumblr. I spoke with him a couple of weeks ago about a heavy leather...
View ArticleLaced Bondage Belt Pattern
Finally, here's the much-requested (and long-awaited) pattern for the bondage belt I made back in 2012. Click here to download the PDF. The step-by-step tutorial that goes with this pattern can be...
View ArticleThanks a million...
First off, I’d like to thank everyone for their interest in my work. I started thinking of creating this website after having a difficult time finding any information about leather crafting for BD/SM...
View ArticleTop Ten Things I Want to Make Right Now…
An assortment of posture specific suits and restraints (or hoods) I am dying to work on right away. In no particular order:No. 1 - Full-enclosure suit with arms in front, pockets tightly securing the...
View ArticleSome More Design Sketches...
Here are some ideas that may take a while for me to get around to making (but wouldn't they be fun?). They are a bit higher up on the difficulty scale. Tandem Walking Suit: Pair of girls with arms...
View ArticleRestricted Senses: Total Enclosure Sleepsack Struggle
Mina struggles beautifully in her heavy, dark leather prison. If you are a fan of sleepsacks like me, you probably have been waiting for (dreaming of?) a certain type of movie. It will start with a...
View ArticleSoft Pink Bondage set for EM
I'm happy to present a few beautiful images by "-EM-" a friend from fetlife who I consider one of the most talented bondage photographers working today. He doesn't claim to even be a real photographer,...
View ArticlePermaid arrives in LA!
For all you total-enclosure fans: Great news! A gorgeous creature by the name of Permaid has washed up on the beaches of LA. She has quickly adapted to life on the dry side of the ocean, securing...
View ArticleMaking Leather-Covered Buttons
So I got a new toy in the workshop recently: an Osborne button-making press. It all started when I volunteered to make a friend of mine a tufted leather headboard for her king-sized bed. Of course we...
View ArticleA Tufted Leather Headboard
The final result.For my tufted leather headboard project I started out with a piece of 3/4" thick birch plywood. I wanted the finished piece to be sturdy and flat, so I opted for this rather than the...
View ArticleButterfly Straightjacket with Attached Padded Hood
Just wrapped up a project that I've been thinking about for a long time: a padded 2-layer hood attached to a butterfly straitjacket. I classified this among the "not likely to be done any time soon"...
View ArticlePadded Hood Process
The padded hood started out with an inner hood made of lamb leather. Initially I was going to put the smooth grain side on the inside, but decided it would be more comfortable with the "suede" side of...
View ArticleMaking the Boot Breather!
I finally had the chance to work on the boot breather, one of my "Ten Thing I Want to Make Right Now" projects. The design sketch is below, and you can see it's sort of a cone shaped device designed to...
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