Join us this Summer for the bondage conference that is “Knot-for everyone.”

Name: ROPECRAFT Chicago
Start: 5/26/2017
End: 5/29/2017
Location: Chicago

Top, bottom, and switch education with Western, kinbaku, & other styles in an inclusive sex-positive social(ly distanced) space!

Ropecraft Homebound is our effort to help bring folks together in the lonely times created by this uncertain year. Our goal is to create space for education and community and ties that bind. Come join us for classes every weekend along with our Flow Erotic Cabaret, Online Social and Play Party, Movie and Game Nights, Afterparties, interactive social and discussion spaces and more!

Hosts and Presenters

This is who presented for us last Fall. Stay tuned to see who is coming to see us this Summer!

Alicia and Bryan T-Corn
CTW
CuteLightHeart
Jake Wing
Kim Lee
Lief and Icarus
Lubegirl
Madame Butterfly
Midori
Mistress Elliot
Molecular
Monoamorous_Slut and Scarab
MsReemah and Lavender
MxBliss
Nil
Pepper Pots
Shay
SirKnottyDan
Willow
WorldsOkayestRopeBunny and GentLeeBrutal

Check Out Their Classes and Events Here!

The Fine Print

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Our nominal ticket fee covers honorariums for the talented folks sharing their skills with us and supports our event costs during these uncertain times. The majority of the funds generated by our event go towards honorariums for the folks involved in it. For attendees, we offer regular price, sponsor/supporter and financial hardship ticket options to try to cover as many types of situations as possible. Because of our low pricing structure and the ability to reach across long distances, our first Homebound event was the most inclusive and accessible event we have ever hosted.

We welcome consenting adults (age 18+ in the United States, 18+ or your legal age of consent if you live somewhere it is higher than 18) of all backgrounds, ethnicities, interests and abilities who can support our event code of conduct and neurodivergent folks are welcome!

A limited number of sponsored tickets are available specifically for Black or Indigenous People of Color through a donation fund supported by several of our presenters from our last event, the Kink Activist’s Support Fund Organization and matched by our event.

A Note for our Knotty Friends Interested in In-Person Conventions

Due to COVID-19, our in-person events have been postponed as long as they need to be to take care of our attendees and support ethical public health practices. In the interim period, we are moving our social and educational opportunities online to help make the world a hotter and knottier place how we are currently able to. We cordially invite you to join us for ROPECRAFT Homebound online events now and to attend our events in person again when gathering in great big sexy groups is possible!

If you’d like to keep up with the latest news about our conventions, join our mailing list!

What is ROPECRAFT?

It’s a new approach for a kinky bondage conference.

Featuring classes and play time centering around:
Shibari, Western Bondage, Power Exchange,
Solo Tying, Health, & PLAY.

“It’s KNOT – for EVERYONE.”

REVOLUTIONARY

ROPECRAFT was born out of a simple idea: Let’s make a rope convention we’d really want to go to. That’s why we have integrated diversity and consent culture throughout. At our in-person events, this includes things like:

The Ropenspace: All ROPECRAFT events feature a Ropenspace! This is a facilitated self-organizing peer education event, run on Open Space Technology, with all the ROPECRAFT instructors in attendance.
Our Peer Support Team: Think of them as Consent Incident First-Responders, with a side of being that negotiation wingman you’ve always wanted and a supportive friend if you’re having a rough time.
Special Interest Groups: Want to have a supportive space for your group to meet and discuss? We will do our best to make time and space for that to happen. Just let us know!

PLAY

At our in-person conventions, we have as many nights of SEX-POSITIVE play space as we can. That means THREE NIGHTS in Austin and FOUR NIGHTS in Chicago! Most of our beautiful rigs and lighting have been custom-made, with rock-solid suspension frames, tripods, crosses, benches, and more. We’ll also have some more traditional equipment for you Old-Guard rope types. The play spaces will have plenty of room for floorwork, self-suspension, or even non-rope play if that’s what you’re looking for. Want to brush up on your skills before the party? Practice space is available. We always have the popular Ropenspace event on the last afternoon of the con as well as other special events including art shows, performances, mixers and more!

EDUCATION

Our rope education track is not just a re-hash of what you’ve seen before. Beginners are welcome to learn the fundamentals of enjoyable rope bondage, and experts are welcome to challenge themselves with cutting-edge content and the opportunity to learn and create from other world-class talent.

We look for innovative classes from new presenters and new classes from innovative presenters.

World-Class Teachers

Presenters with a broad rope bondage curriculum including:

bottom-focused classes
fusion bondage
predicament play
performance
advanced self-suspension
and much more.

State-0f-the-Art Playspace

Parties every night
Thousands of square feet of Dungeon Space
Custom-made frames & equipment
Art display opportunities and professional catering
Dedicated practice space
Peer-to-Peer Kink at the Ropenspace
Special Events!
Professional photographers & a dedicated photo room

Community & Connection

Catered Meet & Greet
Space for Self-Tying
Support for Special Interest Groups
Dedicated Peer Support
Advertising and networking opportunities for local groups
Vendor Bazaar
Closing Ceremony Giveaways

ROPECRAFT supports the fight against human trafficking in any form. This means we support the decriminalization of sex work. Read about how you can help make the world safer by supporting this legislation at the Sex Worker’s Outreach Project.

Join us this Summer for the bondage conference that is “Knot-for everyone.”

Top, bottom, and switch education with Western, kinbaku, & other styles in an inclusive sex-positive social(ly distanced) space!

Hosts and Presenters

The Fine Print

A Note for our Knotty Friends Interested in In-Person Conventions

If you’d like to keep up with the latest news about our conventions, join our mailing list!

What is ROPECRAFT?

It’s a new approach for a kinky bondage conference.

Featuring classes and play time centering around:
Shibari, Western Bondage, Power Exchange,
Solo Tying, Health, & PLAY.

“It’s KNOT – for EVERYONE.”

REVOLUTIONARY

PLAY

EDUCATION

We look for innovative classes from new presenters and new classes from innovative presenters.

World-Class Teachers

State-0f-the-Art Playspace

Community & Connection

Newsletter

We Tweet – Do You?

We’re on Fetlife!

Join us this Summer for the bondage conference that is “Knot-for everyone.”

Top, bottom, and switch education with Western, kinbaku, & other styles in an inclusive sex-positive social(ly distanced) space!

Hosts and Presenters

The Fine Print

A Note for our Knotty Friends Interested in In-Person Conventions

If you’d like to keep up with the latest news about our conventions, join our mailing list!

What is ROPECRAFT?

It’s a new approach for a kinky bondage conference.

Featuring classes and play time centering around: Shibari, Western Bondage, Power Exchange, Solo Tying, Health, & PLAY.

“It’s KNOT – for EVERYONE.”

REVOLUTIONARY

PLAY

EDUCATION

We look for innovative classes from new presenters and new classes from innovative presenters.

World-Class Teachers

State-0f-the-Art Playspace

Community & Connection

Newsletter

We Tweet – Do You?

We’re on Fetlife!

Featuring classes and play time centering around:
Shibari, Western Bondage, Power Exchange,
Solo Tying, Health, & PLAY.