Work of Art
a live drawing event
Monday May 5th, 7:30pm-9:30pm
The human figure is one of the most enduring themes in the visual arts. We are inviting artists to join us for an evening of life drawing of a human figure in rope.
This event will give attendees an opportunity to contemplate how a human figure is expressed in rope bondage and capture it in their own artistic representation.
Curious observers are welcome to attend the event, however please note that priority seating will be given to artists.
Format
There will be one drawing session, lasting roughly an hour. There will be a handful of poses held between 5 minutes to 20 minutes. We will conclude the event with a sharing and discussion of your observation and creation.
Please note that your artwork could likely be incomplete given the time available. We ask that no photos be taken for privacy purposes and therefore you will not have access to a reference photo after the event. Your artwork is for your personal use only and may not be used in any commercial settings.
What to bring
Participants should bring all the supplies needed for your own artwork – Sketchpads, pencils, charcoal, paints, drawing board, electronic drawing device, etc.
The subjects
Top: Violet. Bottom: Veers.
Violet & Veers are owners of the studio and life partners who switch in play and power exchange.
More details about each of us are below..
Tickets: $20 + processing fees
Tickets are per person
aRefundable if cancelled 72 hours before the event
Vetting required if you have never been to the studio (you will be emailed after obtaining the ticket)
Bios:
Violet (she/they)
Violet found rope early in her journey back in 2015. Unlike other kinks, it touched her in unexpected and transformative ways. She considers it these days to be an intentional and intimate dialogue between two people. She is passionate about self-reflection and an open-minded approach to exploration and a safe approach to challenging your edge.
As a bottom, she has attended as well as taught workshops, intensives and private classes. She has learned from a wide range from styles throughout the world, including Naka Akira, Iroha Shizuki, Kanna and Kagura, KinbakuLuXuria, Tenma Haru and Reika, Gorgone, Subay/Naoko, Mynx and Atelier Simonet. .She has taught several introductory rope classes and enjoys incorporating dominance in her play.
FL: VioletRain, iG: violet.rainstorms, X: rainstorms8698
Veers (he/him)
Veers has been in and out of the kink scene for the last 10 years. Always having an affinity for bondage, he found his way into the community and through his relationship with Violet, really began to explore Shibari, at first from an explorative perspective and now as a practicing rope top and bottom. He feels that for one to truly understand how rope affects each person involved, one must observe, develop the skills of tying and also the experience of being tied. He sees rope as a relational experience where connection and emotion are developed between the top, the bottom and the rope itself.
He has been a part of multiple workshops locally as well as in Chicago and has completed Naka 1 in Prague taught by Wildties/Redsabbath. He's very grateful to be one of the founders of BLRS.
FL: Veers77, iG: veers.77
