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This Years Presenters
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Lee Harrington
Lee Harrington is an eclectic artist, spiritual and erotic educator, gender radical and published author and editor on human sexuality and spiritual experience- including "Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Rope Bondage and Erotic Macramé" and the “Toybag Guide to Age Play”. Well known for his fun and informative approach to education, he approaches sexuality as yet another art to master, or simply an art to enjoy to its fullest! He has been an active part of the international kink and sex positive communities for over 13 years, and his stories make people laugh while showing you that eroticism can be as serious, sexy, or silly as you make it. Lee's writings and photography have appeared in numerous anthologies including "Dark Moon Rising: Pagan BDSM and the Ordeal Path" (also under his previous pen name, Bridgett Harrington), and his image has been seen everywhere from PlayBoy TV to the pages of Skin Two Magazine.
To learn more about Lee visit www.PassionAndSoul.com.
Jeff Gord
Jeff Gord, owner of www.houseofgord.com and www.nakedgord.com has been a kinky son of a bitch since the age of five when he was lusting after the ass of a young college student playing Dick Whittington in a pantomime. She was wearing net tights short fitted tunic coat and calf boots and had the most fantastic bubble butt that made him feel warm and fuzzy all over. Sex wasn't even a word that he knew, but her mincing ass cheeks sure made him feel good.
In case you are wondering, that resulted in fifty seven years of pervery to date.
Since then he has written some twenty eight bondage novels, started his own publishing company, and then moved on to the current day website and movie production at House of Gord. To sum Gord up, he loves women, even though they drive him nuts at times (it's a reciprocal thing) he loves to objectify them and turn them into incredibly erotic sex creatures, and he loves to torment them. In the words of John Willie, he likes to bother them, but he doesn't want to hurt them.
The two passions in his life are women and engineering. The great artists, Stanton, Jim, Bishop, Willie and others who depicted women mated to incredibly complex devices were his heroes and mentors, even though he never knew them personally. Steed of the Avengers was his guiding light; - a gentleman but with a hint of mischief where women were concerned. The Lone Ranger and William Tell were others. They always arrived just in time to rescue the damsel in distress, thus giving licence to enjoy the dark side of his nature and revel in the image of a woman bound and helpless. It gave meaning and reason to being a male. Men are on the planet to protect women and make them happy by getting them off whenever possible.
Then Gord got lucky. Fantasy became reality. Chance decided that one day he would be able to bring those all those complex passions together, and that is where he is right now.
Scott Smith
Scott Smith grew up in the Northwest and began exploring the facets of BDSM at an early age. With his creative and rather deviant mind, he enthusiastically developed his techniques of rope bondage and suspension from his experience with nautical and high angle rope work. The powerful physical interactions that became the hallmark of his S&M activities were initially necessities for various activities including white water rafting, scuba, climbing, and paramedical rescue.
Scott brings a distinct intensity and passion to the ebb and flow of learning, teaching and actualizing BDSM. He has presented countless sadomasochistic workshops and seminars throughout the country for organizations including: Chicago Hellfire Club, GMSMA, Leather University, C-Space, Living in Leather, OCLA, Sampler, Inferno, Thunder in the Mountains, Black Rose, Journeyman Academy, Orlando Bash, UPEX, Shibaricon, Southplains Leatherfest and various international venues.
Triskeli Guild is proud to present a private intensive with Scott Smith: In the Air - Aerial Suspension Intensive. Visit www.onewithknots.com for the details.
Boss Bondage
BossBondage has been involved in the BDSM community for a decade. He is the co-founder(along with lee Harrington) and current president of The West Coast Assholes(www.westcoastassholes.com), an edge players advocacy group which focuses on edgeucation within the community. He also serves as the vice president of the Portland leather Alliance(portlandleather.org). Boss recently received mainstream attention, working as the bondage consultant on the music video for def jam recording artists Electrik Red (http://clutchmagonline.com/newsgossipinfo/electrik-red-so-good/)
For the last 2 Years he has operated His own professional dungeon The Asylum(asylumdungeon.com). Born from his love of hemp bondage rope, He started BossBondage.com in 2004, where He produces Hemp Bondage rope in a multitude of sizes and colors. Boss has been a body piercer since 1995 and operates PlayPiercingKits.com which sells play piercing kits and medical kink accessories. For over 5 years he ran his own local fetish night where he routinely taught workshops. Boss often teaches classes at his dungeon the asylum, in addition to bringing in other nationally recognized presenters. Boss is an Oregon state licensed body piercer who has been piercing since 1995, and often teaches needle play classes. Boss also runs his own bondage site HillBillyBondage.com
Boss does not get too tied down to titles and just considers Himself to be a bondage artist. In the last several years, through intensive performance of bondage, in particular suspensions, as well as offering private instruction to a wide variety of people, He has developed a unique style. He is self taught and combines western and Asian bondage styles. BossBondage was the winner of the 2006 In the woods Bondage contest, and has been nominated for a pantheon of leather award. He has taught at such northwest events as Leatherwoods, In The Woods, Body Bound, the rose city discussion club and national events like kinky kollege, Denver Bound, kinkfest and Shibaricon(shibaricon.com). This Year will see Boss teaching at the folsom fringe(http://folsomfringe.com/), cope (http://www.adventuresinsexuality.org/COPE.html) , spanksgiving (http://events.stl3.com/stl3Spanks.htm), octroperfest (http://octroperfest.com/) and many other events
Lew Reubens
Experienced rigger and suspension artist, Lew Rubens has a love and passion of bondage that shows in his work.
Known mostly for his wild suspensions, Lew joined the public side of BDSM play spring of 2001 and started his website: BoundNDetermined.com, a year later with his business partner at the time, Maria Shadoes. Then Kink.com made him an offer he couldnt resist and he began running Waterbondage for them from winter 2006, through spring 2008. At that time moving into a "Bondage Consultant" position for the prestigous company.
Lew has presented his workshops and demos of his unique style at many BDSM and bondage industry events throughout the US, Canada, Jamaica and Germany.
On his own again now, Lew is currently reviving Boundndetermined.com and well as starting exciting new sites LewRubens.com and Lewbari.com. as well as contracting his Bondage Consulting knowledge abroad.
Maddmonk and Teach Me Tonight
Maddmonk has been an active member of the Seattle Area community since 1998. He is currently a director of Evergreen Leather events which produces Leather Reign, a Seattle based BDSM conference in its third year. He was an early member and construction volunteer at the Wet Spot, now known as the Center for Sex Positive Cutlture. Maddmonk has taught classes and down demonstrations all over the Pacific Northwest on such topics as bondage, suspension, wax play, and pressure points. He has been Master of his slave Teach Me Tonight for over 8 years and has many life experiences that inform his thoughts on “control.”
Teach Me Tonight has been an active member of the Northwest BDSM community since 1999 when she attended her first munch in the Tri-Cities, WA and quickly became involved in volunteering with the local group. She served on the board of Five Rivers Energy Exchange there. After moving back to Seattle 5 years ago to be with her Master, she has become active in Seattle as member and is currently a director of Evergreen Leather events which produces Leather Reign. Teach has been actively switching for seven years and has been give the opportunity to grow in that role by her Master, Maddmonk. She knows from personal experience both how rewarding and challenging it can be to be in relationship with a switch or be a switch in terms of the relationship dynamic.
John D'Kane
John D`Kane is a medical clinician and health care provider that has been poking, prodding, sewing and cutting in emergency departments for over 25 years.
During the day he alleviates pain and suffering in the emergency department. At night though, his interests and desires take a more sadistic bent - poking and prodding, sewing, and cutting in local Puget Sound dungeons - much to the pain and pleasure of those that seek out such unique experiences.
D`Kane has presented at a number of previous ITW events and other Northwest venues over the years - teaching primarily on a subset of SM skills and dynamics that relate to blood play and other medical topics such as needle play, SM first aid, Medical conditions that affect SM play, Erotic suturing, and Infection control and prevention during blood play.
For D`Kane, It's all about that Big Push. For information regarding subjects and availability for your event, contact D`Kane at John@DKane.cc
Guy
Guy is a lifestyle Dominant, striving to attain Mastery, from the Portland Oregon area. He has been presenting Singletail and Dungeon Monitoring workshops on the west coast for the past nine years. He discovered the BDSM scene in 1999 in while living in the San Francisco Bay Area and has been an avid public player since that first scene. He moved to Portland and has been active in the Portland Leather Alliance since 2002. He is currently serving as the PLA's Treasurer. Guy was a founding Board member of The Dungeon Monitors Association and currently runs the PDX Dungeon Monitors group.
Whipping Excellence and Love Torture (W.E.L.T.)
Whipping excellence and Love of Torture came about through the darker and more playful side of the performance and sport whipping world.
Beginning with Members of the acclaimed "Sultans of Sling" performance troupe members of welt found that they had a similar interest in the use of the whip to dispense pleasure as well as pain.
Focusing on the artistry and mastery of the bullwhip the members of WELT blend real world action with unparalleled whipping skill to create a totally unique experience.
We have added a performance aspect to ITW2009 and we will be having one of the best whip performance troupes ever presenting for you -Whipping Excellence and Love Torture (or W.E.L.T. for Short). They will be performing fire whips, wraps, and a bunch of other exciting things!! They also will be having a Whipping Post open for people who want to try being caressed by the whip!
Jeff & Hope
Jeff and Hope hail from Phoenix, Arizona. Hope identifies as an enslaved dominant masochist or just simply "Jeff's". Jeff identifies as a Master and Daddy. They live a collared, M/s, 24/7 relationship. Jeff and Hope have been in the lifestyle for a combined 15 years - with each other for 6.
They teach several different series of technique and theory classes on BDSM, M/s & D/s, and communication. Jeff and Hope have presented at several BDSM venues including In The Woods, Leather Woods, Triskeli Guild, Fetish Alive, AZ Swingers, and APEX (Arizona Power EXchange).
Jeff and hope owned "The Shop," a public play space in Western Washington, for 2 years. They have served on Admin teams in marketing, presenter selection/organization, and sales for various Leather events such as Southwest Leather Conference and In The Woods. In addition to these passions, Hope also serves - on an ongoing basis - as a lifestyle relationship coach.
The pair's most recent honor was Hope being a 2008 nominee for the Pantheon of Leather XVIII Northwest Regional Award and Pantheon of Leather XVIII Community Choice Women Award.
Hope also hosts a weekly radio show on Darq Desires Radio! It's a kinked-out talk-advice-music show like you've never heard! We go over everything from relationships to BDSM to sex and everything in-between! We broadcast every Sunday from 7-9PM PST. Visit http://www.darqdesiresradio.com/index.php?page=streams to get the stream!
Jeff and Hope are very excited to come to ITW and share in all the great kink, passion and energy!
Faith
All the way from the Las Vegas, Nevada. Faith is a National Presenter who has earned respect in every corner of the country. Some of her Leather resume includes: Folsom Fringe 2005 and 2006, SouthWest Leather Conference 2007, South Plains Leather Fest / International M/s 2007, LLC 2007; Rio Grande Leather 2006; GLLA 2006, SinSations in Leather 2007, Florida Fetish Weekend 2006, Southern Cross 2006, Desert Dominion - Tucson 2006, Thunder in the Mountains 2007 and Tribal Fire 2006 and 2007. She is also presenting, on an ongoing basis, to MAsT and TNG Las Vegas. Cat also earned the honor to be named Southwest Slave 2006.
Faith has been involved in power exchange and service based relationships for a little over 7 years. She is a self-described "warrior-slave" whose service taught her much about herself, her strengths and weaknesses, and where her life's journey is headed.
These days she considers herself somewhat of a "switch," as she has finely honed her topping skills. However, her heart is still deeply rooted in service, slavery and surrender to her Daddy. The skills she learned in serving and bottoming have given her a well rounded approach to switching within the Leather roles.
Her enthusiasms include the martial and erotic aspects of knife, fire, stick and bare-handed arts; as well as a new-found love of primal play when combined with resistance/conquest play. Her favorite tools, however, are still her teeth (she loves to bite), her tongue, the signal whip and canes of various sizes and shapes. She is also a dedicated bootblack, with a deep love and appreciation for all things leather. She is one of the most sought after teachers on the art of bootblacking. Faith says bootblacking gives her the opportunity to "be still within her mind," while still actively moving.
Faith has been involved in the legal community for nearly two decades, having worked with several attorneys and law firms in the Las Vegas Valley. She is a member of several kink related organizations and has presented and judged at several leather and kink related events around the country.
Papa Ray
Ray is a very respected member of the Pacific North West BDSM community. He is very experienced with flogging. In addition to floggers, he has been playing with fire for at least ten years. Ray started with basic fire play and now Fire flogging is his newest exciting passion!
We are so excited to announce that our very own Papa Ray will be presenting Fire Flogging for ITW 2009! For any of you who have seen this amazing form of fire - you know how stunning and awe inspiring it is! If you have never seen fire flogging - prepare to be AMAZED! Imagine the soft tips of flames caress your skin while hearing the whoosh of the spinning fire -- absolutely amazing!
Sol
Presented by bossbondage.com Sol is a nationally recognized sex-positive educator and performance artist. Beginning consciously in1980, Sol's alternative journey has resolved into a commitment to merge art, spirituality and connection into his lifestyle in expressions of sacred sexuality, alternative relationships, and participation in BDSM and bondage communities that include Japanese rope bondage, body art, Edge play, sensation play and photography. Additionally Sol works with the community in developing interpersonal communication and group dynamics. While teaching technique is a forte Sol believes the soul of relationship is what gives expressions potential. Sol is the leader of SoCal Shibari, a proud member of the NCSF, and has been an active contributor to many lifestyle conventions, venues, and organizations. Some of these include the Folsom Fringe, Kinkfest, Kinky Kollege, Paradise Unbound, GWNN Bash, the CSPC, Club X, Edges Dungeon, SAADE, the Training Camp, APEX, and the SF Citadel.
Dave Edwards
David has been in the BDSM community for over 10 years and has a passion for instruction in various arenas including needles, temporary piercing,fire play, flogging, violet wands and in this instance, Temporary Branding.
He has given workshops, classes and personal instruction in both the West Sound and Seattle areas.
Ms. Betty Desire
And what would an ITW be without the amazingly talented, and devilishly sexy, Ms. Betty Desire? If you have never seen the Betty Desire show - you have missed one of the best in the PNW! She'll be performing at ITW 2009 and bringing her delicious self just for YOU! If you have seen the Betty Desire show --- you know you have to cum again this year!
Master Bob and slave jan
Master Bob, Northwest Regional Master 2006 and Deputy Director of MAsT International, calls the Portland and Willamette Valley kink communities home and is an active member of Portland Leather Alliance, MasT: PNW, Portland Dom’s Group, Dungeon Monitors Association, and South Valley BDSM Group. He serves as the Deputy Director of MAsT International, is a faculty member for The Butchmann’s Experience and is a member of the Butchmann’s Board of Directors. In his professional life he runs his own personal motivation business, www.SolutionMentoring.com and is a certified life coach specializing in relationship and personal growth issues.
In and out of the leather community he is passionate about helping others to live more joyful and fully authentic lives, and has established and organized fun and supportive environments for his community, moderated and facilitated discussion groups, mediated conflicts, participated on panels, and presented interactive workshops on various topics ranging from M/s dynamics to S/M technique to “Conversations on Spirituality and Sexuality”. While he understands that being out is a luxury not everyone can afford he feels fortunate to be able to choose this path for himself and his slave because he feels modeling wholeness by telling the truth about who and what we are, despite the perceived risks, is an act of authentic leadership to which he aspires. It is his hope to honor both our unique differences and our shared common experience, building bridges of understanding both within our local leather communities and within our larger circles of influence.
slave jan, Northwest Regional slave 2006, began her slave journey when her head finally caught up with her heart and has been happily in service to Master Bob ever since. They began the shift from a floundering, ho-hum “equal partnership” twelve-year marriage to a negotiated power dynamic relationship at the turn of the millennium and slowly over a year and a half’s time found themselves spirit led to living a consensual M/s lifestyle. Currently she is a member of the Portland Leather Alliance, Portland “Bad Girls”, MasT: PNW, subRosa, and is a faculty member for The Butchmann’s Experience. She assists in producing Leatherwoods and co-hosts the Albany and Corvallis Munches. Through moderating discussions, participating on panels, presenting workshops, writing and sharing other expressive arts she helps others to explore and celebrate their own unique paths to self discovery.
Master Jake and slave emma
Jake has been with his slave Emma for 3 years as of April 2009. They are active members in the PNW couples group and founding members of the Seattle MasT chapter. Jake runs the Master and slaves group on fetlife.com and the Goreans of Reality discussion group at the CSPC. Jake and Emma are in a monogamous, lifetime Master and slave relationship with a strict, micromanagement style.
They enjoy BDSM activities and play in public every week.. Jake also is interested in leatherworking, and whip cracking. He is known for being a sadistic bastard and loves any toy that packs a lot of sting. Jake makes rattan and rubber toys and enjoys the concentrated pain these types of toys can dish out.
Jake was first exposed to the Gor books while in elementary school. When Jake and Emma first got together they were reading about different types of Master/slave relationships and were drawn to the Gor books again. They read through the books again and found they fit well with their personal beliefs. Jake now runs their household based on the philosophy and ideals found in the Gor books but does not incorporate any of the sci-fi or fantasy elements.
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