Tamandua
Berlin-based traveling kinbaku educator who has worked with rope professionally since 2016 and teaches a style centered on seme and the ritual beauty of classical kinbaku.
Tamandua teaches kinbaku internationally and works from Berlin. A Zürich listing describes Tamandua as a Berlin-based kinbaku artist and instructor who teaches internationally. A 2023 London listing says Tamandua is a Swedish rigger who has worked with rope professionally since 2016, mainly through teaching and private sessions.
Style and teaching
Karada House describes Tamandua’s work as rooted in seme and classical kinbaku. As an educator, Tamandua stresses teaching how to do things as well as which techniques to use, so that practice reflects and validates the experience of the partner, whichever side of the rope they are on. The Zürich listing describes an approach combining classical Japanese semenawa with elements of European rope styles.
Workshops
- Zürich, 2021 to 2023. The sihl13 page for Tamandua and Briki lists the masterclass “Tormenting Kinbaku” (July 2021), the masterclass “Body in Ropes / Suspension & Play” (February 2022), and a progressive series in July and October 2023 that included “Sensual Tying” and “Stemless Takate Kote”, plus an advanced series on suspension work.
- London, June 2023. Anatomie Studio listed “Sensual Tying” with Tamandua and Briki for 9 June 2023.
- Berlin, January 2025. The Karada House listing for Kasumi Hourai’s Foundations workshop names Tamandua as the model for that workshop.
Espacio Nos
The Barcelona studio Espacio Nos lists Tamandua as a shibari instructor who worked with Briki in 2022 and with Asami Hime in 2024.