Stuart

Stuart is an American rigger.

Era: 2020s

RIGGER · TEACHER

American, Barcelona-based rigger, teacher and performer working publicly as Stuart / @a.veces.cuerdas.3 and Both Hands Kinbaku. His official biography says he began rope in 2014, immersed himself in Naka-style semenawa from 2018 and later developed a stronger aibunawa focus after learning from several direct students of Yukimura Haruki. His public Rope CV documents recurrent Naka-oriented study through Kinbaku LuXuria / Riccardo Wildties and RopeTales / Federico Kirigami, alongside repeated Yukimura-ryu study with Michael RopeKnight and private classes with Murasaki Haruan. His current teaching pages describe a personal caressing-rope approach shaped by more than 100 hours with recognized Yukimura-ryu instructors, and trace his move into public teaching to K.A.R.E. in southern Spain in spring 2023. Later public credits include Aibunawa Fundamentals in Barcelona, Knot Here Amsterdam, Shibaricamp, Prague Shibari Festival and a 2025 Barcelona magazine shoot with Amanita for Guinju Gaijin.

Influences (mutual or directional): Riccardo Wildties, Federico Kirigami, Michael RopeKnight, Murasaki Haruan, Makoto Shibari.

Collaborators: Oki, Amanita, Nyctophilia, Cath After Dark, Fittglitter, AliceMissWunderland.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Prague Shibari Fest 2020s, LIMINAL Amsterdam, Shibaricamp, Onawa Asobi Europe, Knot Here Amsterdam, Atelier AEOS, Shizen Studio Barcelona, Tengu Studio Poznań.