Fire and Brimstone: A Retrospective

Fire and Brimstone: A Retrospective

July 11, 2016

This past month marked ten years since The Great Fire At The Abbey. Despite this passage of time, the scorch marks are still visible and the memory all too vivid. Ten years ago we watched our art and livelihood burn to the ground.

As we prepare a special commemorative Color Of The Month for July, we revisit Monk's blog post from that fateful day...

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It's Wabbit Season

It's Wabbit Season

March 31, 2016

The phrase “rope bunny” sets my teeth on edge. At first glance it seems pretty innocuous, but it reflects something more sinister about how some think of rope bottoming.

Let’s work together to ensure the concept of the rope bunny has the cunning of Bugs Bunny, the ferocity of Monty Python’s were-rabbit, and the intrigue of Jessica Rabbit, shall we?

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A Return To Where It All Began

A Return To Where It All Began

November 30, 2015

Young(er) Monk, encouraged by the response of folks interested in the rope he was making for his own personal use, decides to try his hand at selling his jewel-toned hand-dyed rope to the public. This, in a time when the term “rope vendor” was practically unheard of. When available options for bondage rope were Home Depot, a handful of sites selling nylon, or if you were lucky, a friend-of-a-friend could be commissioned to process a batch of hemp for you.

Through good fortune, or perhaps divine intervention, the folks at Seattle’s Center for Sex-Positive Culture didn’t bat an eye when I applied to sell rope at their upcoming winter Vendor Fair.

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