Kinbaku Life Drawing Workshops
'The Salon of Kinbaku'
Respected British artist, performer and rope bondage specialist ‘Nawashi Murakawa’, takes you on a journey of very traditional Japanese rope bondage or ‘Kinbaku’, in the form of an instructional life drawing salon.
Here you can experience, in a intimate environment, a truly unique master-class where you can capture, in the medium of your choice, a wonderful variety of traditional ‘Kinbaku’ positions as beautifully demonstrated by Nawashi’s ‘M-jo’ or model.
Everyone of all levels of ability can enjoy and benefit from the years of practical illustration and rope bondage experience from Murakawa.
Paper and charcoal is provided for all or you can bring your own drawing mediums.
Photography is permitted under the guidance of Murakawa at various times throughout the evening.
For details of the Salon of Kinbaku at the forthcoming 2nd London Festival of the Art of Japanese Bondage taking place between 30th April and 3rd May 2010 please click this link http://www.japaneseropebondage.co.uk/
The 6th Salon of Kinbaku Life Drawing Class - Thursday 25th February 2010
As February ends join Nawashi Murakawa for the 6th Salon of Kinbaku
Japanese bondage life drawing class to be heldyet again at the
Resistance Gallery, 265 Poyser Street,
Bethnal Green, London E2 9RF on Thursday 25th February, 2010.
The event starts at 7:30pm, finishing at 11:30pm, and will feature a minimum of three models [mjyo and ajyo]
with complimentary yokan and mugi-cha. £15:00
The 5th Salon of Kinbaku Life Drawing Class - Wednesday 13th January 2010
Brighten up your January blues by joining Nawashi Murakawa for the
5th Salon of Kinbaku
Japanese bondage life drawing class to be held yet again at the
Resistance Gallery, 265 Poyser Street,
Bethnal Green, London E2 9RF
on Wednesday 13th January, 2010.
The event starts at 7:30pm, finishing at 11:30pm, and will feature a minimum of three models [mjyo's] with complimentary yokan and mugi-cha. £15:00
The 4th Salon of Kinbaku Life Drawing Class - Friday 21 August 2009
The Fourth Salon of Kinbaku Life Drawing Class took place on Friday 21st August 2009 - Murakawa's 62nd birthday - followed by an after-party with free sake. Returning to the Resistance Gallery, 265 Poyser St, London, E2 9RF, this unique life drawing class was both to improve observational skills and artistic ones while gaining a new and greater understanding of the art of Kinbaku.
Here there were models being erotically tied and suspended in the ancient and traditional Japanese way for short periods of time enabling artists to capture their likeness on paper using the medium of their choice.
It was also Murakawa's birthday so after the drawing had finished, the celebrations began with Sake, osembi and various other Japanese snacks, drinks and party time.
Dr Peter Davis took terrific photographs click on any picture below to go to the Gallery Page.
The 3rd Salon of Kinbaku Life Drawing Class - Thursday 23rd July 2009
The 3rd Salon of Kinbaku Life Drawing Class will be taking place on Thursday the 23rd of July 2009 at the Resistance Gallery, 265 Poyser Street, Bethnal Green E2 9RF.
Respected British artist, performer, rope bondage specialist and one of the London festival of the art of Japanese bondage co-creators,Nawashi Murakawa, returns by popular demand, after the spectacular success of last months 1st annual London Festival of the Art of Japanese Bondage events, to present another installation of the 'Salon of Kinbaku'.
Starting Thursday 23rd of July at 8pm, ‘Murakawa’, will take you on a journey of very traditional Japanese rope bondage, or ‘Kinbaku’, in the form of an instructional life drawing salon.
Here you can experience, in a intimate environment, a truly unique master-class where you can capture, in the medium of your choice, a wonderful variety of traditional ‘Kinbaku’ positions as beautifully demonstrated by Nawashi’s ‘M-jo’ or model.
Everyone of all levels of ability can enjoy and benefit from the years of practical illustration and rope bondage experience from Murakawa.
Paper and charcoal is provided for all or you can bring your own drawing mediums.
Photography is only permitted under the guidance of Murakawa at various times throughout the evening.
This was our subtle yet impact-full beginning event at last months festival and we were more than pleasantly surprised at the amount of lovely artists who attended.
Please come along, socialize and have a sketch, draw or paint at one of, if not THE, most unique life drawing classes in the world today.
£10 entry on the door.
Many thanks to Patrick Siboni for the amazing photographs
Updated: 13 May 2009
The 1st annual London Festival of the Art of Japanese Bondage
“Illuminating, educating and fun 4 day weekend festival of events: Featuring all aspects of Kinbaku/Shibari, the traditional & modern art of Japanese rope bondage."
Starting Thursday 25th June 2009 through to Sunday 28th 2009, the very cream of London’s and the international Kinbaku/Shibari set are bringing together an amazing 4 day programme of events in East London's own avant garde, cultural secret hideaway, 'Resistance Gallery'.
Nawashi Murakawa is heavily involved in this event, including the Opening Night event - Day 1: Thursday 25th June: 8pm
