Shibari Sessions
Studio of a Houston rope artist and educator who also runs Bound HTX and founded the ShibARTi exhibition. It offers private lessons for individuals, couples and groups, workshops and group sessions on request, and rope work for photo shoots and performances.
Shibari Sessions is the studio of a Houston rope artist and educator who works from a private home studio in the Heights and travels for projects; the site does not give the artist’s name or say when the studio began. Teaching is presented as the core of the work: lessons are planned around each student’s pace, goals and style, and consent, trust and clear communication are named as the first priorities.
Lessons and creative work
Private lessons are available for individuals, couples and groups at every level, either in the studio or at a location of the student’s choosing, and workshops or group sessions can be arranged on request. Bookings start with a short request, followed by a conversation about goals, boundaries and experience. The studio also photographs its own rope sessions with dramatic lighting and ties for other photographers’ shoots, performances and art projects, including suspensions in a studio or on location.
Shop and community projects
The online store sells handmade, hand-finished rope in hemp, jute and spun polyester, hardware, and fine-art prints of the studio’s photographs on metal, canvas and paper; part of each rope sale funds printing artwork that is then donated. The site hosts a Rope Library on the history, people and culture of shibari and Tied Together, a directory of places to learn, get tied or meet others. The same artist runs the nonprofit Bound HTX and founded ShibARTi, a live-art shibari exhibition benefiting the Montrose Center and Bound HTX; its 2026 edition, planned for November 14, was cancelled for medical reasons.