Cats Downstairs Rope Salon
Cats Downstairs Rope Salon, 2018–, is a studio in the bakushi / kinbaku ecosystem.
Active: 2018–
Era: 2010s
Taipei rope salon and studio founded in 2018. The official about page describes Cats Downstairs as a long-running shibari practice space that moved within Taipei in 2021 and, from 2023 onward, expanded into a more active rope-culture host with salons, figure-drawing collaborations, markets, guest artists and international workshops. Since 2024 it has operated a new shared studio near Yuanshan Station together with The Suspended Canvas, framed as a multicultural, gender-friendly rope base with multiple suspension points.
Reference links
Sources
- Cats Downstairs Rope Salon: About catalogue record
- Cats Downstairs: Noir_fix & Ropes catalogue record
- Instagram: Noir_fix / @noir_fix catalogue record
- X: Noir_fix / @Naxjarope catalogue record
- Tamandua Kinbaku official schedule and events catalogue record
- BDSM Calendar: RELIQUIAE / Tamandua x Faeriebruises at Cats Downstairs catalogue record
People associated with Cats Downstairs Rope Salon: Noir_fix, Tamandua.