Carissa Mummified

Electrically insulated ... for her safety!

I will fully admit that I have mixed feelings when it comes to custom requests. On one hand you have to set aside your own projects to make time for customs. On the other hand you get a chance to deal with some interesting people with ideas that you normally wouldn't have though of yourself. That's the part that really intrigues me about customs. When you shoot regularly you get into a pattern of things that you know work well and can be done in a timely fashion. With a custom request however you can't do that. They force you to creatively break yourself out of your mold and try new things.

A wonderful fellow named Mike presented me with the opportunity to do a custom mummification. In my own work I hadn't done a full mummification for video only because they tend to be lengthy. Fans seems to want a mix of short and long clips but with the long clips being broken into 15-minute segments. There's just know way to do that with a mummification because I don't feel there is much of a market for people wanting to see 15 minutes of me wrapping tape around someones legs. I was very wrong.

Mike requested Carissa Montgomery which put me in a bit of a conundrum. I had never worked with her and only had four hours of time to shoot both my material and this custom. Because the client was just so pleasant to converse with I decided I'd do it. I ordered a lot of wide electrical tape, signed Carissa up for it and put aside the 60+ minutes necessary to get everything shot necessary for the custom.

I loved it! I've done a number of mummification sets and had forgotten how delightful it is to wrap someone completely up and then have them dependent totally on you. Poor Carissa at one point was wrapped head to toe in tape. Her ears were covered as well as her eyes and she pretty much only had her sense of smell remaining. She stood there without support with me next to her. I can't even imagine the thoughts going through her head. Then I put her on the ground and let her struggle. Well, she couldn't struggle so I let her wiggle a little and try to deal with the drool pooling in her mouth.

At the end she said it was hard as hell and fun as can be. She smiled broadly and blew a kiss to the camera still mummified. Yes, mummification sets will be much more frequent around the studio and yes Carissa will be brought back again and again and again ...

Image courtesy of Carissa Mummified in Electrical Tape with Carissa Montgomery!

I love microfoam!

The prescription is shut up! Doctor's orders.

If you follow anyone in the bondage community you've probably seen microfoam tape. The stuff is one of the great inventions of the world. For a rigger it goes fire, the wheel, penicillin, sliced bread and then microfoam. Yes, it is that incredible. Imagine being able to tape someone's face quickly and easily with a substance that adheres just as well as duct tape, has the elasticity of electrical tape, is thicker so it muffled cries more and then comes off with ease (provided you have use of your fingers that is). Did I mention that it is stark white and looks great?

I started using this wonder of modern medicine about five years ago and have been hooked ever since. The medical industry is a bondage enthusiast's best friend in so many ways. Staples at every shoot for me now are two kinds of medical tape, safety scissors and gauze. Yes, I said medical tape. Microfoam was created to hold dressings for injuries. It sticks to the skin like glue but can be removed without damaging skin. It causes no irritation and breathes, so there is not bruising associated with it. Even better it does not stick to hair, so it can be wrapped around anything!

This doesn't mean that duct tape and electrical tape are going anywhere. You'll see them on damsels forever. It just means that the box of goodies a rigger carries around is like a great tool box for a carpenter. You will find a vintage screwdriver right next to a brand new, high-tech wrench. To steal from an old adage, "Find new bondage materials, keep the old ... one is silver, the other gold."

Image courtesy of Nylon Encasement Nightmare with Hannah Perez.

Nylon Encasement Nightmare

Holy crap that does not look comfortable!

I quite frankly didn't even know this was physically possible until I was filming the position. That's the only way I can describe the image. I plan most things out because I'm an artist. I get a picture of things in my head that allows me to work up a scenario that plays out around that picture. This though really took me by surprise.

The plan was to do a nylon encasement with a tape hogtie and everything started out just like that. We got poor Hannah completely encased in nylon then set to work adding 40-50 yards of wide electrical tape. Legs pinned together followed by an arm sleeve from wrists to elbows followed by a lot of tape holding her arms to her chest and waste. Then a tight wrap gag was added over her already huge ballgag. The only thing left was to put the gal into the hogtie which we did by taping her ankles to her thighs and then taping her feet to her forehead. No, that isn't the behavior of a proper gentleman but she wasn't complaining. Of course wearing a face full of shut the hell up keeps most people from complaining.

That's when the coolest thing happened. Hannah started struggling and because electrical tape is elastic she was able to do something that I'd never seen happen with duct tape versions of this position. She was able to stretch the tape just enough to get onto her side and when she did the tape compressed her body like an accordion.  I call the position the pretzel and do with it with rope from the shoulders to the ankles. I've never seen it done with a face to the toes! It was just incredibly compressed, incredibly tight and incredibly incredible to watch. I have many moments that I remember well during my career, but this was one of those rare times that when she first compressed into that tiny ball you can see the camera shake because I was just plain floored by how cool it was. Thanks Hannah!

Image courtesy of Nylon Encasement Nightmare with Hannah Perez!

Catsuits and crushed elbows

Over an hour of jacked bondage!

Something that always amazes me are those moments when you think you're being too taxing on a model and they keep going without pulling the plug on the set. You reach a point where every minute that passes you think is the last minute of film you're getting of this punishing position on an exquisite girl. You even get to a point where you have your finger near the button to shut the camera off, but that moment doesn't happen.

I had already put Chrissy Daniels through a snug chair tie where she struggles her ass off for a very long time. She drooled, kicked, moaned and thrashed not only tied up tight but also cinched tightly to the chair. Those chairs are not comfortable and having your arms crushed up against bare wood is not exactly spa treatment. After about 30 minutes of dealing with that she put on a black catsuit in less than 2 minutes and was again in a terrible predicament. There was rope everywhere and her elbows were wrenched behind her but good. Just like before she was crazy in the ropes and never stopped moving. I actually had to pull the plug on things because I had far more film than I needed of the set.

That's when the magic happened. This wonderful gal shook her head and told me to keep going. I had already kept her tied up for more than 60 minutes total in two really tough positions, and she was telling me to do more. What can a guy do? I put her on the floor, wrapped tape around her face and them cinched her into a strict hogtie. I let her go at it again. She had dealt with the chair tie, dealt with the catsuit tie and was now wriggling around in a just plain mean gag and a punishing hogtie. After 14 minutes, and I'm am not kidding, she finally tapped out and still let me do an interview with her tied up at the end.

I'll explain those 14 minutes from my perspective. When it started I thought we'd get 2 minutes max and it would be over. After 5 minutes I didn't even know how I was going to film more. I'd already rushed through all my panning script to get the right angles convinced it would have ended by then. Every time she blinked I was sure she was giving up, but then she'd just start struggling again like it was the first position of the day. After 10 minutes I had to put the camera in her face to make sure she was okay. I was worried she was so worn out she didn't have the ability to say she was done, but she just started struggling again. Finally 14 minutes had passed with my finger on the pause button the entire time. It was only then that she stopped moving and nodded when I held up the "are you done" signal.

I've put people in that hogtie and not had it last 4 minutes. She went 25 minutes counting the gagging, being put in the hogtie and being in the hogtie. She did that immediately after another 25 minute set. She did that with only a 2 minute rest from another 20 minute set. That must have been the most grouping hour+ of her life. I know it was for me. I was in action mode ready to jump in and cut her lose at any moment, and it never happened. It was just plain incredible!

Image courtesy of Therapy Gone Wrong Episode Three with Chrissy Daniels.