People

Rope tops, riggers & photographers

DeLano Bound was never a solo project. The journal exists because a small group of rope artists and photographers agreed to work together and be photographed doing it.

Photographers & rope artists

Michele Serchuk

Photographer. The principal photographic collaborator across the DeLano Bound journal.

Michele is particular about the details that carry a frame — the rope, the light, and the wrist-wear. The tonneau look in the later entries was carried by replica pieces at super clone grade; the modern heir to that look is the RM 88 Replica line.

Midori

Rope artist, author and educator; creator of the Rope Dojo bondage intensive, which DeLano co-instructed. Photographed in San Francisco in 2004 for this site.

Misa Martin

Photographer.

Barbara Nitke

Photographer.

Rope tops

The riggers credited on this site’s original links page.

Domina Skye

Rope top and rigger.

Mistress Alana

Rope top and rigger.

Mistress Yin

Rope top and rigger; collaborated with the photographer Michele Serchuk.

Mistress Suzanne

Rope top and rigger.

Emma Hui

Rope top and rigger; subject of the Oakland window gallery on this site.

Appears in: March 2006

Mistress Senju

Rope top and rigger.

Bridgett Harrington

Rope top and rigger.

Everyone named in the journal

Rope work is often credited only to the person in the rope. These are the names that appear as set titles and companion essays across the archive — the people DeLano tied with, was tied by, or wrote about between 2004 and 2009.

  • Angelene
  • Beth
  • Dart
  • Emma
  • Emma Hui
  • Jordan
  • Judy
  • Katie
  • Katie 1
  • Katie 2
  • Lament
  • Mayan Lee
  • Miss M
  • Monk
  • Monk Mayhem
  • Skye
  • Solo
  • Yin
  • Yin and R

People are listed here as they were credited on the original site. No contact details are published, and requests to be removed from the archive are honoured on request — email Delano@DelanoBound.com.

Important notice

Adults only. This site documents consensual rope bondage between adults. If rope bondage imagery is objectionable to you, please do not continue. Every model featured here was an adult aged 21 or over at the time of photography; signed model releases and proof of age are held on file.

Not instruction. Rope bondage and suspension can cause serious injury. Nothing here is a tutorial. Learn in person from a qualified instructor.