Lew Rubens

Lew Rubens is an American rigger.

Era: 2000s

RIGGER · SUSPENSION ARTIST · EDUCATOR

Places

US Western-bondage rigger, suspension artist, educator and Lewbari creator. Seattle event copy says Lew Rubens started his bondage career in the Seattle area in 2001, set up BoundNDetermined.com in 2002, rigged for WaterBondage.com from 2006 to 2008 and later taught bondage classes around the world. Impact of Memphis' Lewbari weekend page frames him as an experienced rigger and suspension artist teaching a three-day `Bondage Basics Through Suspension` curriculum; a 2015 Levitation listing in Quebec bills Lew Rubens and Drea Morgan for a full rope-suspension show and repeats the international workshop / demo context. The current Lewbari Store presents bondage tools, suspension rings and shibari rope sets created or approved by Lew Rubens.

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Documented scene activity

7 programme appearances

Timeline from 2004 through 2026. Records by year: 2004: 1 programme appearance; 2005: 2 programme appearances; 2006: 1 programme appearance; 2007: 1 programme appearance; 2008: 1 programme appearance; 2018: 1 programme appearance.
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Bar height shows the number of records for each year. Dashed segments mark upcoming appearances. Programme appearances come from public event listings; other records include dated performances and credits. Announced participation may remain recorded after the event date. The timeline and totals run through the current year. Gaps may reflect missing records, not inactivity.

Official links

Influences (mutual or directional): Knot_head.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Contemporary Performance Circuit, Austin Ropecraft Symposium, BoundCon Munich 2000s, ROPECRAFT.