Shibari: Rope Workshop
Philippe Boxis's illustrated book of 20 lessons in floor and suspension rope from Tabou Éditions, issued with French and English titles and closing with a photo gallery.
Shibari: Rope Workshop, published in French as Shibari : l’atelier de cordes, is a book by Philippe Boxis, a rope artist and professional photographer, from the publisher Tabou Éditions. The Swiss retailer Ex Libris lists the edition carrying both titles as a 207-page paperback published on August 22, 2014.
According to the publisher’s text, the book is built around 20 illustrated lessons in floor and suspension rope, preceded by chapters on the origins of shibari and on basic knowledge, and it ends with a gallery of 86 of Boxis’s photographs. The author note says that Boxis taught himself, decided at the age of fifty to go to Japan to seek out masters of the art, and found his direction on meeting Osada Steve, after which he joined his photography to shibari. An article on the Swiss rope scene in the newspaper Le Temps calls him one of the pioneers of shibari in France.
In 2021 Tabou published a smaller companion, Shibari : bases et suspensions, which its description calls a portable version of the same 20 lessons. This entry describes the book and does not reproduce its instructions.