Door

Door is a Dutch model.

Era: 2010s

MODEL · TEACHER

Dutch kinbaku model, performer, writer and educator behind SMothered. Began getting tied in summer 2017, soon met Asiana and became her frequent rope partner / artistic collaborator; The current record frames Door as an occasional RopeLounge co-teacher / model rather than RopeLounge's principal teacher. Together they perform and collaborate as Knot So / KnotSo, have taught and performed in the Netherlands and abroad at EURIX, Prague Shibari Festival, CAMERA JAPAN, Knot Here Amsterdam and other events, and co-host the six-episode Rope Ramblings podcast. The podcast records their rigger / model conversations around semenawa, trust-based dynamics, Kanna-style tying, emotion and beauty in kinbaku. Also works often with Soptik. Door's model bio names Akira Naka, Riccardo Wildties, Barkas and Nicolas Yoroi as important rope teachers, and RedSabbath, Clover, NawaTaNeko, Nomura Akane and Addie as model influences. EURIX 2018 and 2019 presenter with Asiana.

Influences (mutual or directional): Naka Akira, Riccardo Wildties, Red Sabbath, Barkas, Nicolas Yoroi, Akane.

Collaborators: Asiana, Soptik.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Prague Shibari Fest 2020s, Prague Shibari Fest 2010s, EURIX 2010s, EURIX 2020s, RopeLounge Amsterdam, Knot Here Amsterdam, Knot So.