FolsomFringe '08

smOdyssey and the education team is proud to present a fantastic list of presenters for Fringe '08:

Master K

Through thirty-five years of intensive study and dedicated examination of Japanese art, culture and religion, Master "K" has become one of the more important, respected and published shibari authors/artists/practioners in North America. His writings and carefully composed and often colorful photographs are full of the mood, mystery and dramatic emotion to be found in the intense ballet of shibari and erotic SM play. They aspire to the best traditions of "kinbaku-bi" (the beauty of traditional shibari art).

--- Since 1999 Master “K”’s work has appeared internationally in various magazines, galleries and on web pages dedicated to the art of shibari/kinbaku. These include ---

RopeMarks (Netherlands): A photo series.
Fetish Japan (Japan): Writings, shibari study work and 3 photo series.
Kholer Gallery (NY, USA): A 2 week exhibit of his photographs was presented.
Kikkou (Japan): A photo gallery of his work and a piece about the legendary 19th/20th century artist and rope master, Itoh Seiyu
Schlagzeilen Magazine (Germany) : Photographs
Japan Bondage (Germany): 4 Photo galleries.
Immortal Shibari (Brazil): A small gallery and an educational tutorial.
Secret Magazine #20 (Belgium): A lengthy article on the history of shibari and a photo gallery.
2004 - The Art of Shibari: book, SECRET PRESS, Belgium.
2008 - The Beauty of Kinbaku - or Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Japanese Erotic Bondage When You Suddenly Realized You Didn't Speak Japanese: book, SECRET PRESS, Belgium.

Sophia Sky

Sophia Sky is a switch who enjoys dynamic scenes that push the edges of conventional play. She has been licensed in the state of Washington as a massage therapist since 1994 and taught for 6 years at a Seattle based, nationally accredited school. Subjects included anatomy and physiology, kinesiology, massage theory, and basic through advanced techniques. After many years in the injury rehabilitation field, Sophia is currently the director of the Little Red Day Spa. In her off time, she performs at Seattle's Little Red Studio where she is always looking for new ways to combine her love of the aerial arts with her fetishes.

Carrie and luna

Carrie has been an active member in the BDSM community since 2000. Carrie's experiences with her own biological horse really fed into her natural desire and instinct as a human pony. Carrie's inner pony is Mystic Storm. Mystic Storm is a very spirited and feisty pony who is known for her expert shin kicking and her desire to bite when unhappy.

Luna has been exploring, learning and living a BDSM/Leather lifestyle for the past five years. She identifies within the lifestyle as a submissive and enjoys many forms of play and service. Luna met the pony Mystic Storm in '03 and they have worked together since. Their dream would be to see ponies running free and being accepted at every event and play space where possible.

In October of 2007 Luna and Carrie had the honor of being awarded the titles of International Pony & Trainer 2008. These titles are the first of their kind and it is their goal for the title year to make sure the title and pony play continue to grow and flourish.

Boymeat

Phillip Wolf, more popularly known as Boymeat, is a 31-year-old native New Yorker. Having discovered The Eulenspiegel Society (TES) at the age of 19, he quickly became an active participant and presenter in the New York SM scene. A former TES board member, he also holds memberships with the Gay Male SM Activists (GMSMA), the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) and the Leather Archives & Museum. He is also an associate member of the New York boys of Leather and active with New York’s Leather Pride Night Committee.

A bisexual, polyamourous switch, with a penchant for foot fetishism, incest role play and piss play, Boymeat is rumored to be the quite the sadist. An aspirational handcuff collector and leather history slut, he is the man who nerve.com said "makes the Marquis de Sade look like Pat Boone."

Whipmaster Bob

Whipmaster Bob Clark has been involved in M/s relationships for more than twenty years now. An experienced SM edge player, he earned the nickname Whipmaster through his prowess with singletails. He believes in honor and integrity in his relationships, and enjoys a eclectic poly household of devoted family members/pigs. His SM tastes run the gamut though his favorites are singletails, heavy body percussion, interrogation scenes, and anything that gets his adrenalin going. He has taught throughout the country at events such as Great Lakes Leather, Tribal Fire, Folsom Fringe and more. His favorite word is either "Practice" or "More!"

Linda "BootPig" Hall

With nearly ten years in service being slave-identified, the label "pig" most suits her range of fun from bottoming to topping and willingness to try new stuff! Open and forward, willing to share her experiences both good and bad, she teaches for the opportunity to learn from those she interacts with.

Serving a year as Ms. Olympus Leather (2003), and as a president of the Phoenix boys of Leather, she is now content with editing her e-zine Simply Service, teaching at events throughout the country, building a poly family, and having a life that is both adventurous and cozy.

Arcane

Arcane has been active in the lifestyle for over 13 years, though interested in it for a lot longer. He currently resides in Ohio where he is a member of SEO, a local BDSM group. At the outset of his relationship with Mistral he built a flogger, because "She didn't have one". It did not stop with just one and as a result Arcane travels to several events a year as a vendor, presenter and performer.

crrreature

In February of 2006, a curious and somewhat apprehensive young man
attended his first NM:TNG meeting and, to his surprise, he found himself thrown into a group of people which he found to be goofy, fun and personable. Over the next month, he continued his research of "the lifestyle" and dove in
head first at his next meeting. Within a few months this young man was given the name/title of crrreature and he found himself actively volunteering,
demo-bottoming and exploring alternative lifestyles in ways he hadn't expected. Two years later, we find that this same young man has co-founded
and is establishing the Leather Scouts, he is a coalition partner representative and an avid fundraiser for the NCSF. He is an educator, a player and he holds the tile of Mr. Rio Grande Leather 2008. (Not to mention that his passion for medical and blood play has raised more than one eyebrow here in New Mexico and beyond.) This is a challenging ride, to say the least, what with all of the above, school and work, but with crrreature's constant thoughts of the future, it will certainly stay nice and exciting.

tomo

tomo is a butch leatherdyke who identifies as a lifestyle submissive with a deep passion for devoted service and surrender. He values and enjoys passing on knowledge and has presented classes for the Lesbian Sex Mafia, South Plains Leatherfest, Shibaricon, Floating World, TESFest, Leather Retreat, International Ms Leather, and Black Rose in addition to mentoring both Dominants and submissives in this lifestyle. tomo is a martial arts instructor with over twenty years of teaching experience and often presents classes that
incorporate martial arts techniques within BDSM scenes to produce pain and control without injury. As a founding member of the Dyke Uniform Corps, he serves as the New York Battalion Commander/Correspondence Officer and often speaks publically on wearing uniforms as a fetish. He is the Operations Producer of International Ms Leather, was the co-producer of the first Ms. Pittsburgh Leather Contest and is a member of LSM and TES. He is a business owner and professional educator living in New York with his life partner and 2 dogs.

Mark Yu

Mark Yu is a Kinbaku/Nawa Shibari practitioner and educator. He is a devotee of Chinese medicine, Taoist sexual yoga and Zen. He has developed and advocates a style of progressive rope-based body disciplines that have the power to transform and heal, as well as look good and satisfy. He has taught bondage, healing arts and energetic play techniques publicly and privately for several years. Drawing from his lifetime study of Oriental Medicine, 25 years of clinical experience in treating muscle pain and bio-mechanical dysfunction and his extensive knowledge of the body and its energy pathways, he has designed a beautiful and practical approach to the increasingly popular and wonderfully erotic techniques of rope restraint, pain elicitation and body manipulation.

He is director and curator of The Jade Gate, a center for Erotic Art and Culture in Austin, Texas. He is the owner of The Jade Gate web log, http://jadegate.blogspot.com/

Lady Hilary

Lady Hilary is a visionary leader who has been exploring the wonderful world of leather since her first trip to Mr. S Leather in 1989. On her journey she has twice been a titleholder as SF Dyke Mommy 1995 and Ms. Sacramento Valley Leather 1998. Lady Hilary has taught classes for The Exiles, Alameda Leather Corps, Santa Clara County Leather, SM Odyssey, The Citadel, The Society of Janus, Rio Grande Leather, Dark Odyssey, and Southwest Leather Conference. In addition, she has judged numerous leather contests and emceed many leather events.

From her passion to translate powerful business and personal growth metaphors into the leather worldview, Lady Hilary envisioned, created, and now produces regular Vanguard Leather retreats. Lady Hilary firmly believes in and lives a bliss-filled life of focused desire, devotion, and service. With utter joy, Lady Hilary maintains passionate, awesome leather relationships with her beloved slave The Marine, and her boys Mindy and Eve aka Moose and Dr. Fruity. http://www.vanguardleather.com/weekend.htm

The Marine

The Marine came out in the back room of a San Jose leather bar in 1990 and participated in the original Journeyman Academy II back in 1995. In addition to facilitating at Vanguard Leather retreats, she has taught classes for the Exiles, The Citadel, Southwest Leather Conference, SM Odyssey, and Dark Odyssey. A current member of Santa Clara County Leather Association and The Exiles, The Marine is Vanguard’s (and Lady Hilary’s) “Chief of Staff” facilitator, coach, and communication expert.

How to lead from a place of service (also known as Servant Leadership) is a key area of study for The Marine. She sees psychological dominance and the practices of gratitude and humility as powerful personal growth tools. Personal excellence is The Marine’s ongoing goal and her motto is, “Be the best that you can be.” She can often be found asking one simple yet profound question "Let me ask you this...

http://www.vanguardleather.com/weekend.htm

Master Rick

Master Rick, International Master 2008, has been involved in the Leather community for over 10 years. He is the current board chair of Pleasure Bound, a pansexual Northern California area BDSM group and is the Founding Director of MAsT Sacramento Valley. In the past few years his general interest in BDSM has become focused around his heart deep passion, the Master/slave relationship. He is a member of smOdyssey, NCSF, Society of Janus, Edges, and SF Citadel. In addition to doing presentations on the Master/slave dynamic, he is a presenter for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom’s Legal Educational Outreach Program.

Master Rick divides his time between keeping up the ranch property and home he and slave Tina share, his hobby restoring cars, being head of his house and family, and activities that support and promote the leather community as a whole. He and slave Tina enjoy a variety of outdoor activities and believe in living life to the fullest.

slave Tina

International slave 2008, slave Tina has been involved in the Leather community for 8 years. She is a strong woman, a dedicated mother, and an independent, successful business owner. Slave Tina is also an avid charity supporter and often uses her favorite sport, distance running, as a vehicle for both leather and non-leather charity efforts. She is the Events Coordinator for Pleasure Bound and MAsT Sacramento, a member of SubHaven, smOdyssey, Edges, and SF Citadel. In her spare time she enjoys welding, fishing, target shooting, climbing trees, raising goats and reading and writing poetry. She defines one of her greatest personal accomplishments as having allowed herself to be who she is, and from that place, utilizing her strengths for the joy of service to her Master.

Master Rick and slave Tina are honored to have been selected to represent our community as the International Master and slave 2008 and previously held the Northwest Master and slave 2007 title. They have been Master and slave for 4 ½ years and have been married for nearly 3 years. They have presented seminars at many community venues, MAsT, NCSF, and for major events including Leatherwoods, IMsL, and smOdyssey.

Sir Colin

Sir Colin's path and self exploration includes the collaring of his girl kimmie about three years ago. Along with his love for wax play, Sir Colin also has a love for controlling his girl/brat. His passion for discipline comes in the form of making sure that his girl consistently follows the rules and strives to be a good girl. (And, of course, correcting her when she often steps out of line!) Also known as the "Wax Whore of the South," Sir Colin has been doing wax play for more than seven years and has been presenting on it for more than four years. He has presented many different topics for groups across North Carolina as well as Leather events such as FolsomFringe and BlackRose. It is Colin's goal in wax play to not only transform his "victims" into beautiful, extremely erotic pieces of art, but to make them aware of their transformation.

slave kimmie

slave kimmie has been the collared girl of Sir Colin for 3 years. Throughout this time she enjoyed the journey of learning about herself and their relationship dynamic. To date this path has seen her attending tea classes and learning social graces as well as, "family" rules of etiquette. slave kimmie has presented workshops and facilitated discussions on M/s relationship topics and beyond. She is happy to have presented to groups and events throughout the US such as Together In Leather, SWLF, BR2004, SELF, SMPeX, and LLC8.
Master Rickford and slave kimmie won the Southeast Master / slave contest at Together In Leather, becoming the Southeast Master and slave 2004. Both were honored to be the recipients of the 2005 TIL Lifestyle Achievement Award and to have been nominees for Pantheon of Leather's Couple of the Year 2005.

Ms Domina, aka, The Frugal Domme

Domina has been teaching in the Bay Area and other parts of the west
coast for about ten years. She’s a semi-retired prodomme, and also runs
an informational (and business) website called “The Frugal Domme”
http://www.frugaldomme.com with her slave husband and the help of her girl, Meryl, Lady Cynthia and Yoyo. She’s famous for doing showy, bizarre, or just plain edgy scenes.

She’s also been active in various scene organizations. She started the
Modesto Discussion Group with Lady Cynthia and she’s one of the training
Mistresses for the Northern California Ladies Tea and Discussion Society
www.twistedteas.org .

Domina volunteers at Food for Thought, the Sonoma County Aids food
bank and occasionally does fund raising events for charity. She lives in Forestville with her husband and three dominant cats.

Salty

Salty is a graduate engineer, woodworker, blacksmith, sailor and sadist, who combines all those realms into toymaking. He and his submissive Lightheart make toys and furniture and have undertaken remodeling tasks on both coasts, leading to a tool collection that fills a 25ft trailer, and has recently expanded to masonry. They have played and taught in quite a few states, and been involved in community building and leadership in both New England and recently the Bay area. They bring their talents to Fringe, showing you how to make a simple toy, and gain confidence into your do it your self projects.

Daddy Darin

Daddy Darin has been involved in the leather lifestyle since October of 1984 and has served as a slave until 1987. From there, he was trained by his mistress and other members of the house in formal D/s, as well as a variety of play techniques. He began his master’s apprenticeship with the House of Das Kreuz Christi in Berkeley, Ca. In 1989, he finished his apprenticeship and has been a slave owner and trainer ever since.

His mistress loved the bullwhip, so his first experiences with a whip was from the bottom. He has played with bullwhips for years in scenes, and just for fun. He has presented a variety of subjects at venues locally such as Castle Bar, The Scenery and the SF Citadel. With the assistance of his slave, Bethie, Daddy Darin leads the monthly whip group at the SF Citadel and together they serve as the education coordinators for Janus.

Julian Wolf

Julian has been out as kinky since 1999 and active in our community for many years. In addition to their work with NM:TNG, Julian is both a board and charter member of the New Mexico Leather League in addition to her involvement with several other groups. She was the first person to be awarded the new title of Ms Rio Grande Leather (2004), and also held the title of Ms New Mexico Pride 2006-2007. As an educator and performer, she travels the region either presenting her performance art or teaching classes on everything from 101s to advanced wax play. Julian is very focused on the D/s aspects of life and still manages to find time to play. Her current passion is promoting the concept of Leather Queer, http://leatherqueer.com which is how she identifies. You are welcome to follow her many adventures via Julian's official website. http://julianwolf.net

Lolita Wolf

Lolita Wolf is a native New Yorker, who discovered the BDSM scene back in the late 80’s when “online” meant being on the phone sex lines. She is an activist who defends the sexual freedom for all consenting adults, spreads the word about BDSM, sex and poly, and helps the community grow and flourish. Yet, her goal remains “to have fun.”

Lolita has many specialties including bondage, impact play of all sorts, hot wax, fire play, poly relationships, social skills, communication and negotiation, CBT, violet wands, etc. Lolita has presented workshops for organizations and events across the country, including TES, GMSMA, Black Rose, Living in Leather, South Plains Leatherfest, Thunder in The Mountains, Portland Kinkfest, Frolicon, Dark Odyssey and many others.

slave aranea

aranea is a CTA certified Life Coach, a member of the International Coach Federation, and the owner of Surrendered Self Life Coaching, www.surrenderedself.com, where she specializes in working with clients who live alternative lifestyles, including BDSM and D/s relationships

aranea is a collared, 24/7 live-in slave in a D/s family. She is also the founder and moderator of a submissive support group and is a member of BDSM Mentors, a Los Angeles based, non-profit educational organization, MasT-GLA and several other D/s discussion and educational groups, where she currently provides mentoring to submissives and slaves.

She has presented at Erotic City/LAGLPW, DomCon LA, Lair de Sade, and Dragons Gate Studios and has appeared on KSEX.com and Talking Sex Radio, where she will soon be hosting her own weekly show.

aranea is also a Certified Reiki Master/Teacher and aura healer.

Master M and slave kelly

Master M & slave kelly are a 24/7 Master/slave couple living in the Redwood Country of Northern California. Having met as casual BDSM play partners more than six years ago, their relationship has grown over time. Now married, they continue to explore the universe within them, their relationship, and the world around them.While they do enjoy playing with the energy of BDSM, their relationship is based on a mutual desire to nurture the slaveheart and Masterheart that beats inside them.

They are very active in their local pan-sexual community, attending and helping with everything they can, including outreach and education any time there is an opportunity, which always seems to aid in their own growth. In 2007, they were interviewed for an article on S&M in the magazine, Esquire, and earlier that year they were the subject of a short documentary film about living in a M/s relationship produced by Dr. Gabrielle Hoff, a well-known sex-positive educator . Their outgoing and welcoming personalities often draw people who didn’t realize there were others in the community and their giving spirit attracts many new people to the local, eclectic, scene.

Master Keith

Master Keith is the very proud owner of slave lise, who is committed to him for lifetime service. He is a visionary and macro manager with his dynamic. His home is run based upon business principles and enjoys the adaptive service with grace that his slave provides.

Master Keith has been active in the Portland community for 9 years. During this time he has developed and hosted formal protocol dinners which are held in his home. His community involvement included MasT, Bad girls ( as a brother), Dominant support group, and the Portland Leather Alliance. He has presented drumming workshops at LeatherWoods and on Master / slave relationships at local MAsT groups.

Master Keith’s interests include hiking, home improvements, and driving throughout the hills in His red convertible. As is a professional quality assurance engineer, he has extensive training in finding problems and fixing them. He is frequently referred to by His slave as Captain, the Little Drummer Boy and Opie does Rope.

slave lise

After discovering her need to serve back in 1980 when she spent a week-end with Werner Erhard in his EST training, she spent the next three years actively involved in promoting his work in her local community. This slave served in the armed forces and was raised in a military family. The need for structure and discipline helped prepare her as a companion slave in lifetime service to Master Keith. In addition to a private practice as a health care professional, her interests include training horses, exercise, everything Jung and fulfilling the needs of Master Keith. Current leather involvement includes the PNW MAsT group, sub-rosa, co-hosting protocol dinners, and presenting at local Mast groups.

Gabrielle Antolovich

Gabrielle Antolovich found the leather scene in Los Angeles in 1984 as a dominant, and a clean and sober dyke. She joined Leather and Lace and Threshold. She became Ms Southern California Leather in 1989 as a gesture of thanks to the community that nurtured and supported her. She then became IMsL 1990 to continue her thanks across America and Canada to become an ambassador to unite leather women and men (an issue at that time in our leather history).

As IMsL 1990 she also conducted workshops for newcomers, telling them that being new or falling in love/lust was no reason to do what others wanted or take orders from them. She emphasized that our Top/bottom, Dominant/submissive, Master/Mistress/slave or whatever space was a gift we give freely/consensually to each other. This is what we call a power exchange. It must not be taken or manipulated from us – this is abuse, and has no place in our community.

Gabrielle now lives in the Bay Area, and is into fashion, Los Angeles style, often referred to as the glamour butch. She belongs to The Exiles, smOdyssey, SCCLA, and is involved in Venus’ Playground, the women’s space at Folsom Street Fair, and NWLC committees doing PR, Emceeing, clean-up after events and whatever is needed.

Jack Elfrink, "The Hungry Tiger"

Jack Elfrink has been active in the BDSM scene since 1997. Since that time he has run informational workshops throughout the Midwest and East Coast helping people learn a simple and pragmatic approach to bondage. He hopes to show people that bondage does not have to be something difficult or complex. Rather, it is something even the worse of butterfingers can enjoy.

This is not to say he shies away from complex bondage. A detected ’smarty pants’ when it comes to knot work, he has extensively studied European, Asian, and Indian knotting. He enjoys technically complex bondage such as ties that can be done with only one hand or without using the ends of the rope. His interest in complex bondage has helped him to invent new knots and tying methods. He is always on the lookout to learn new and creative ways of binding people. He runs a website with an extensive tutorial and informational section at: http://jackelfrink.com/

Mollena "Mo" Williams

Mollena "Mo" Williams has taught classes on Leather Lifestyle issues for many years including "Diplomacy and Tact in BDSM Relationships", "AFTERCARE: Building block or Icing on the Cake", "The Emotionality And Aftermath of Edgeplay" and the highly controversial "Race Play: The Final Frontier." She has taught classes (by special invitation) to private Leather Groups in Michigan, Missouri, Portland, Arizona (coming soon!) and of course, California. She has over 12 years of experience in the BDSM and Alternative community. Mo travels nationally, teaching Leather Lifestyle Classes, and also have had her work published by the Society Of Janus Newsletter and The Eulenspiegel Society's magazine, Prometheus, as well as the online magazine at http://www.alt.com. She was interviewed for The Bottoming Book, ColorLines Magazine, and the award winning documentary Vice & Consent. Mollena has appeared on or moderated panel discussions on various topics including "Issues of People of Color in the Leather Community", "Negotiation", and "Submissive Women's Issues." Mo proudly bears the scars from being featured as "Stunt Sub"for countless BDSM workshops and demonstrations. She has studied the fields of interpersonal communications and conflict moderation extensively.

Born and raised in the concrete canyons of NYC, Mo has also been writing and performing on stage since the age of five. Her one-woman show 69Stories: One Pervert's Tale enjoys 5 incarnations including three full runs in San Francisco between 1997 and 2004. Her theater work has received critical acclaim and been recognized with several awards, including awards for "Best Local Actress" and "Most Radiant Presence in Shackles", a category created for her solo show and no doubt to be a singular honor!

Mollena identifies as a slave, masochist, and "Delicate, Trembling Flower of Submission," however she has been spotted gleefully wielding a cane now and again. Mollena is delighted to have the amazing opportunity to make pleasure her business as the Senior Editor for http://www.bondage.com, as well as content wrangler for the soon-to-be-relaunched bdsm.com

In appreciation

The education team would like to thank all those who plan to present, as well as all of those volunteers who have shared, or will share their talents and resources to make the education program great. We would especially like to thank the sponsor of the auction and hook pull, Kinky Medical: www.kinkymedical.com