Nylon + Duct Tape + Angelique = Tasty Strict Bondage

Like smooth and shiny damsels? Try nylon encasement!

In my early days of shooting I learned a valuable lesson: get a model naked early and film that material as soon as possible. Is this because I like naked girls? No, although I love naked girls. Is this because I'm a huge pervert? No, although I am a huge pervert. Is this because I enjoy the idea of just meeting a model and having her stripped down and helpless on my carpet? I plead the fifth on that one.

Models today almost never bail on a shoot or even a position. There are so many people who will accept being made into a human pretzel, that will endure having their mouths stuffed to overflowing, that don't even blink an eye when the magic wand turns on and turns into an erotic jack-hammer that the field of competition is very level. This wasn't always the case. There was a time when I would send out 25 emails and hope for one model to accept my oh-so-strange offer of tying them up and filming it. Many of these girls had never experienced bondage and if they had it fell far short of the tightness I put them through. The number of shoots I had end early or even after the first set far outnumbered getting all the material I had pain-painstakingly planned for in the days before the shoot. Don't feel sorry for me. I knew full well that most girls could not or would not deal with the Ted Michaels experience. I took the risk willingly because compromise on strict bondage is like negotiation with a hand grenade. I have no interest in it and the result is something blowing up in my face.

The answer came out of pure economics. I learned that many models could not deal with my bondage. I knew I would not compromise on my restraint. I accepted that some would leave early. This is a good place to add that my rate included partial or full nudity. I was shooting a lot but getting no nude work from my collaborators. The answer was simple. Open the door, greet the model politely, explain the shoot and then tell her to put on the birthday suit. In those days this usually resulted in a little surprise because after all getting tied and gagged by a complete stranger but having him see you nude after knowing him five minutes was another. They always stopped worrying about the awkwardness though when the ropes started going on. Funny how your elbows touching for the first time totally takes your mind off of sitting naked in a strange man's living room.

The first time I worked with Angelique she wasn't shy about being nude. She was already an accomplished fine art model. It seemed natural to get her nude right away and then cover her with nylon and duct tape. I haven't done the position in a long time, but I called it the hogtie trainer then. Model's like to cheat on hogties by grabbing the ropes with their hands. The trainer taught them to endure a hogtie without their hands to take away any strain. Models will also dip their head down when tired prevent those wonderful face shots. The trainer holds their head high for everyone to see. Oddly I chose to blindfold Angelique because showing her gag works just as well. We really need to do this one again. I wonder if she will agree?

Image courtesy of Mummified and Vibed with Angelique Kithos. Available at http://www.clips4sale.com/38048/3814980.

No dignity for the struggling

Putting your best foot forward

She knew that he was watching the entire thing. She could not see him, but she sensed his was there ogling her and waiting for those moments when her struggles revealed a glimpse of tit or ass. She had little choice though. He tied her securely with rope at first. Large bands of thin cord pinned her legs together and welded her elbows behind her back. He even made sure that her heels could not fall off by tying them to her feet. "We cannot have you hopping away now can we?" he joked as he knotted the rope. Her gag was just as brutal. He had stuffed a huge pair of panties in her mouth and secured them deep in her face by wrapping tape around her head. She only wore thongs, so it disgusted her to even think where he had gotten the undergarments packed into her mouth. He finished her bondage package with duct tape around every rope. Her hands started going numb almost immediately but on the off-chance her fingers still worked the tape covered every knot and made sure not ropes would be cut by the wriggling damsel. She was totally screwed. Her only option was to kick, arch and thrash as much as possible in the hope that something would miraculously come loose and allow her to start freeing herself. That had not happened yet though, and she had diminishing hope that it ever would. Her blouse had come open, her skirt has risen up and she felt his eyes on her, soaking in all her exposed glory. Her struggles had tired her, and sweat glistened off of her porcelain skin. Still she struggled. Her arms ached, and rug burns covered her shoulders and hips. Still she snuggled. It was all she could do. She was helpless, exposed and sure he was watching. Only the smallest of thong panties protected her most private dignity from his spying eyes, and he had told her that if she stopped struggling he would take those panties down to her knees. Her current state was shameful enough, she could not bear the thought of having to go through completely exposed!

It is always a blast to work with Nyxon. She knows exactly what to do when you tell her what the scene needs. All I had to do for image above was tell her that it was about high heels, long legs and but shots. She did the rest!

Image courtesy of Tied, Taped and Taken - Part Two with Nyxon available at http://www.clips4sale.com/38048/8872157.

Is it too cold for you Stacie?

Everyone who reads anything I write knows that I have a goofy name for almost everything that happens during a shoot. I don't know why it happens, it just does. I'll joke about something at the time, the model and I will get a chuckle over it and then it becomes stuck in my brain. It's over at that point. Every time something similar happens the silly little word or phrase comes back into play. In this case it's "the turkey popped, she's done!"

I do a series where the damsel begs to be tied up instead of taken and dumped in the middle of nowhere or locked in a closet. She pleads with her captor that if she is tied up really tightly and with a lot of stuff she'll never get away. She explains that if you stuff her mouth, wrap it, tape it and cover her face she won't be able to call for help, she won't be able to get free. The captor is assured a getaway because her predicament guarantees  nobody will find her until the next morning, an exhausted, sweaty and still very much helpless robbery victim.

The thing about this series is that it relies on layering tape over rope. Poor Stacie up there has her elbows welded and her legs pinned with bands of thin cord three times wider than what I would normally use. The knots are protected from prying hands by tight wrappings of electrical tape crushing the rope into her delicate skin. Her mouth is filled with a huge ballgag, her face covered with a stocking and her head tightly wrapped with electrical tape.

She is not comfortable and not a happy camper at this point but her wonderful nipples pop out into full erection. Is she turned on? No, she's in agony. She knows she has at least 5-10 more minutes of this plight and is hoping that any second I'll say I've got my footage. Is she cold? No, she's roasting. We're shooting with over 2000 watts of halogen lights. The room is 90+ degrees. Those nips are popping out because she's a turkey, and she is done.

There is a point in any strict restraint where the damsels starts to sweat. The ropes are so tight that her skin is taught and her nerve endings are sensitive. As the tape started going on Stacie broke out into a light sweat. There was no relief from the rope or the tightness, so the only things her system could do was sweat. That's how you know it's tight, when the model sweats standing still. We finished the restraint, and her playful moans were gone. Every noise she made was a reaction to her restraint. She slid off the couch onto the rug and "pop." Her body told her she was ready to be untied and her built-in turkey thermometer popped out.

The nipples are a great way to know that your damsel is at her physical edge. They don't pop out to let you know she is in trouble, they pop out to let your know that at that moment she is not faking. She is not acting, she is not playing a role. She is gutting it out for your material.  Those erect nipples let you know that physically she is done but mentally she is pushing herself so that you get the footage that you need. When a restraint is super-tight there is a point where the only thing the body can do to alleviate the discomfort is rush blood to the skin. The nipples are no longer controlled by discomfort, temperature or your mental state. They perk up an perk up fast. When this happens you need to make a note for later. Shoot your footage, get her out quickly and thank her like you've never thanked a model. She just gave you 5-10 minutes of the most precious footage you can get, the time when a model becomes a real damsel in distress, the time when she can pull the plug and doesn't, the time when she is mentally stronger than she is physically, the time when she chooses your material over her comfort!

Image courtesy of Stuff My Mouth and Cinch Me Tight So I Can't Call the Cops with Stacie Snow.

30,000 and counting!

Kerri wears a lot of duct tape

First I want to thank everyone who visits this blog for bringing it to over 30,000 views! I remember when I first started and didn't even have 3 views. I was overjoyed seeing it get over 100. Over 30,000 is just incredible, and it wouldn't be possible without so many lovers of strict bondage!

I recently put together another compilation clip. I like to do these from time-to-time. I find that a lot of people new to my store like the sampler aspect they bring. I also see that people who bought the full clips will still buy the compilations with shorter, all-action versions. I think the latter are like me in a certain respect. I love seeing five beautiful ladies totally helpless and squirming all in one video. There's just something about 25 minutes where you have five of the hottest ladies around around jacked into complete helplessness and groaning through some thorough gags.

I decided to put in Kerri Taylor for this compilation because I love the position I did with her. Kerri is very expressive and easy to play off of because she acts so put out by her captor. I told her about my, "please tie me up" series and her comment was that tape bondage is lame because once you wiggle around a little it starts to slide off. She told me about one tape restraint where she got out in a couple of minutes. She moisturizes a lot which is the enemy of tape. I tried to explain to her that this was going to be different, but she laughed and said, "sure." I mean really? She had worked with me a half dozen times, she should know it's not going to just slide off.

I think her first clue that the tape wouldn't just slide off was all the cotton rope I tied her up with. 250 feet of cotton rope is a full restraint in itself, and it would make sure no tape would slide around. The electrical tape came next, covering every inch of rope. She wouldn't be getting to any knots and that stuff was not sliding anywhere. That rope was crushed into her skin by the time I covered everything with duct tape and used it to add a full arm sleeve taped to her chest and waist. She wasn't really happy at the extent I was going to to prove that tape can be a great restraint. We fixed that with a stocking over her head, a bit-gag and a duct tape blindfold. Kerri had worked with me before and knew the way you admit defeat with me is struggle like hell until you can't go on anymore. Her white flag was uncomfortable wriggling, arms slowly going numb and a nylon-covered face slowly wetting with her own drool!

Image courtesy of The Burglar Ensured His Getaway By Making Sure I Couldn't Get Away with Kerri Taylor.

Please tie me up!

I really think too much about what I'm going to say sometimes, especially in this blog. It's really not as hard as I make it. I tie people up for a living ... write about that. See, that was easy. I've always been that way when it comes to writing though. Over-analysis lead to paralysis, and I really over-analyze anything written. They hell with that, let's talk about tying people up!

The rest of the year is pretty much petal-to-the-metal when it comes to shooting. I have customs, shoots, drawings, DVDs and everything else bondage coming out of my ears. And I love it. First up we have Hannah Perez. My wife has wanted to put her in a super-heroine outfit for a while now, and that means I get to be a bad guy most likely. If that's not lucky enough I have my own shoot with her split between some custom work and what I'm sure Ms. Perez will consider incredibly jacked restraint. That's in 3-days so we're in the planning stages. I'm thinking right now we'll do a take on the whole "please tie me up" burglar scenario and perhaps the hogtie from hell series. I haven't seen any encasement work with her either, so I'm sure we'll do at least one nylon and a lot of duct tape scene!

The Eyes Have It

Who couldn't like a great facial expression? A damsels gets that pinched look when she's really going to exert herself. She looks dejected because no matter how much she struggles the restraints aren't loosening a bit. Her brow furrows and she squints as she tries to scream past that huge wad of rubber in her face. Her eyes open wider than wide as she works against the crotchrope. Her eyes plead and her brow furrows at the same time when she looks at her captor.

Each adds to the drama of the story involving a helpless heroine in the midst of a dire predicament. How many have thought about the drama behind the drama though? The story is one thing but strict restraint and a gag to match are a challenge in themselves. The model not only has to wiggle, moan, hit marks, remember dialog and sweat her ass off to get the scene done, but she always has the physical and mental challenge of dealing with tight rope and a face full of shut the hell up.

That pinched look isn't just about the exertion. It's because to flop over she needs to roll over her welded elbows. It isn't going to be comfortable at all, but she knows she needs to roll around to make the scene look good. The dejected look? That comes around when she's shot for hours. She's shooting a scene that involved 20 minutes of getting tied up and she's been rolling around under hot lights for another 15. She's exhausted but you signal that you need five more minutes. She doesn't know how she's going to do it, so she's digging down deep to get you the time on film that you need. The brow furrowing and squinting is because there's so much saliva backed up in her mouth that moving her tongue might let it flow into the back of her throat and choke her. She's trying to position her tongue so she can keep making noise without passing out. She opens her eyes wider than wide because that crotchrope is damn tight. It doesn't feel good and in pinches a very delicate area at times. She is not comfortable and is hoping that wiggling her hips shifts things enough to go back to just uncomfortable from, "ow ow ow ow ow." Her look pleads because she's totally exhausted, aching, hot, sweating and mentally worn out but the end of this scene means there's another one still to go. Release means only five minutes of rubbing sore muscles and mentally gearing up for that crazy suspension you keep talking about.

My point is that these women work DAMN hard to help producers provide material for everyone to enjoy. Strict bondage isn't about playing a part. It's about a real predicament. The model is working her ass off to struggle through exhaustion, choking gags, aching jaws, sore muscles and ropes so tight they feel like they are cutting. Imagine having a back-ache, a head-ache, a sunburn, an upset stomach, a dentist running that water spray into the back of your throat, rug burns everywhere and waking up with the circulation in both of your arms gone all at the same time. Now imagine with all that someone put 2000 watts of light on you, tells you to struggle and then gropes and spanks you at the same time. That is the drama behind the drama!

The image above is from the next-to-last set of my last shoot with Kendra James. She was run ragged all day but still never let up in her exertion and playing the part. If you don't mind a short clip showing someone who's worked 12 hours but is still giving it her everything, check out Black and White and Duct-Taped All Over.

No wiggle room

I've always loved the expression "not a lot of wiggle room" because it rarely ever applies. You can use 800 feet of rope on somebody and they'll still wiggle around, quite a bit in fact. I've done so many things with so many people to get them to wiggle as little as possible. I hung someone from the back of a door with their hair tied back to welded elbows and the damsel still thrashed around. I've done strict hogtie after strict hogtie and the hogtied damsels still managed to roll onto their sides. I've welded people to chairs and they still get the chairs to spin. I've even completely mummified people in vet wrap, saran wrap and even duct tape and they still roll around. I'm firmly convinced that you could encase someone in plaster or foam and they'd still be able to wiggle more than enough to be more than "not a lot." I'm looking for volunteers to test that out though.

I've found that "not a lot of wiggle soon" to be so much more appropriate. By that I'm referring to what happens after you thrash, sway, swing, roll, spin and rock as much as they can. What happens after every muscle is exhausted and the restraint makes you feel like you've run a marathon? What happens when your skin is so sensitive from the pressure of tight ropes that you feel like you're tied with barbed wire and gagged with sand paper? What happens when staying still is preferable to discomfort of moving at all. That is a predicament. You're in no physical danger, but you are totally helpless. All you can do is wiggle your toes, moan a bit and just lie there and wait for release.

Restraint in a damsel scenario is about making sure the damsel stays put for an amount of time. You can tie someone, chain someone or tape someone into helplessness but they will eventually get free or remove their gag. If the goal is to make sure the damsel stays put until you want them to get loose, the goal is to exhaust them until they stay put by choice. No threats, no violence ... just a pure physical and mental challenge. Just ask Ashley Graham after shooting He Tied Me So Tight I Had to Tell.

No escape

I've always been a huge fan of predicament bondage, but that sort of thing is up to interpretation. That makes it important for me to explain my personal view of predicament bondage. Yes, it includes the damsel in distress scenarios of "will she get loose in time" and "will they arrive to save her in time." My interpretation though has grown through the years as I've experienced more and more ties.

I have a personally philosophy of pushing people's limits. No, that does not mean I tie them up until they cry and then I let them go. That's not pushing a limit, it's exceeding a limit and then pulling back from it. There's a market for that and some folks that produce great material around it. I'll leave that to them. To me pushing a limit is taking somebody up to the edge of what they thought they were capable of and then letting them decide to go past that edge. I love when someone is exhausted at 10 minutes but decides to keep rolling for 15.

That's not the only example though. When someone is tied up the endorphins and adrenaline kick in and they became somewhat like super women. You have a period where you can responsibly get great material out of them if they allow it. Okay, so what does this mean. When you tie someone up there's a give and take of layering on restraint and making sure that the model is cool with things. However if you talk to them in the right way and put things on at the right pace they start feeling more flexible and resilient. They'll let you amp it up a bit more. That's when you get the best results. You're bending them but not breaking them ... and the results are wonderful. They struggle like hell until the adrenaline wears off and then realize, "holy shit he made me into a Russian gymnast."

I had a recent experience like that with Stacie Snow. Her elbows touch because she's tough and flexible, but I never really weld her elbows because she's a wiggler and a little space lets her do her thing. We were doing a scene with layers and I taped over the rope to cover the knots. A cool thing about electrical tape is it's somewhat elastic. That means even though I left a little room with the rope that tape squeezed her elbows together, no crushed them together. And she lasted forever. She went from couch to floor, struggled, rolled and even lied on those welded elbows without even saying ouch. And then the adrenaline wore off and she was done.

That's predicament bondage. We bent the limits without breaking them and got a scene where at the end she was totally spent and totally at her captor's mercy. Luckily I'm a nice guy, so I let her go! Check out Stacie Snow in Stuff My Mouth and Cinch My Body so the I Can't Call the Cops if a mile of rope and tape with a full hooding is your cup of tea!

Stacie wrapped up for the holidays!

I often don't really know where a sequence is going until it happens. I have a girl tied up and struggling in what I call the basic tie. That's the tie where the girl is already tied up, but things can get much worse. Her wrists, elbows, ankles and knees keep her somewhat compliant and her ballgag keeps her somewhat quiet. It's a great way to start because you can do so many things to make it more challenging.

That's where my bad guy mode kicks into gear. I film that first part and that part of me watches how the girl is struggling, and I think, "how can I keep her from getting to the phone, getting scissors or attracting attention?" I jump in with more rope and just go for it. Before you know it the poor thing is just a wiggling pile of flesh and rope on the ground with a look on her face that is half play-acting and half, "holy shit Ted, why?"

That happened with Stacie Snow earlier this year. We decided on a nice blouse and skirt combo and some nifty blue high heels. I put her in the basic tie and told her to struggle until I figured out the next part. She wiggled and grunted and stayed in the chair all the time. The bad guy mode kicked in and whispered that the chair is too comfortable and tied her into a fold tie. Then the bad guy thought it was too hard to see her face and that chair is way too comfy. I dumped her on the ground, and she tried to kick me. Bad move ... soon poor Stacie was cinched into a tight balltie with her face wrapped in tape. She wasn't making much noise and she was moving even less. Every effort just exhausted her to the point where she could barely lift her head.

Some models hate ballties and some love them. Regardless there is one thing that is certain. It offers the most limited movement of almost any tie including the hogtie. It exhausts you quickly and done right there is no escape. Check out Stacie Snow in Roped Readhead Balltied in Blue Shoes and see how poorly she fared :)

Nyxon wearing a double-sided nylon thong

I wrote a thank you letter to the folks at Fetishcon yesterday. Angelique had already thanked them, but they allowed us to have a suite and as I go through more and more video from the shooting I realize more and more how fucking awesome it was that they did that. I don't just drop the f-bomb lightly. They did me a solid, and I can't thank them enough. Mike and Vesta ... you both rock! The funny thing is I've only seen Mike in a hot tub and never met Vesta ... although I remember role-playing with her on yahoo chat a long time ago. I'm looking forward to getting to chat with them more!

I've already put up a clip that I shot with Nyxon in that suite, and today I put up the second clip we shot. She wore kick-ass vintage lingerie but with no panties. I made a double-sided thong for her which is what I call a crotchrope lol. Man that thing was tight, she probably hated me ... or loved me. I'm not sure how she swings on crotchropes. I brought her into the room in a tight reverse prayer, tied her legs and then left for a bit. She tried to hop away, but I carried her back into the room and made sure she stayed put by balltying her. I'd never done a balltie with a reverse prayer and it looked mighty uncomfortable. Of course the tape wrapping over her ballgag probably didn't help. Check out Nyxon in She Wore Nylon Stockings and Nylon Rope if your into vintage clothing, hot brunettes and rope that is rock-hard tight.

I do have a request though. I'm thinking of doing some webcam shows with Ms. Kithos. If anyone would be interested in that, please let me know at tedmichaelsdamsels@gmail.com and we'll schedule a showing sometime in the next week or so. I was thinking of doing 30 minutes where I show how our typical play sessions go ... 3 or so positions with a lot of roping and groping :)

Some gals will do anything to stay out of a closet

I started doing this series that was based on girls afraid of the dark or being claustrophobic who would do anything to not be locked in a closet. Add a burglar needing a clean get away and these gals would beg to be tied up and gagged rather than be shoved in a closet.

Things start out like a normal tie-em up until the burglar decides he wants to be extra sure and gets a bit frisky. Before you know it electrical tape is going over the rope and the ballgag gets a hefty wrapping of gauze or tape. All the while he's he's grabbing the goodies because, well, why the hell not! At this point the gal is going nowhere, and this in some intense crap! The first version I did of this was with Kendra James and it was sweet. The next attempt was with JJ Plush and talk about upping the ante. I'll let the picture speak for itself.

JJ got thin rope, electrical tape over the rope and her tits bared. When she complains she is gagged with a 3" ballgag and has tape wrapped over that completely around her head. I'm talking stretchy tape pulled to max tightness. Then he ties up her tits and fondles them, adds duct tape over her bonds for extra security and completely wraps her arms in duct tape before wrapping it around her chest and waist. A bit drunk with the control he now has he pulls a stocking over her head, wraps more duct tape around her gag, wraps it over her eyes and then wraps it around her chin and head to crunch everything in place.

JJ flips, flops, sweats and groans in obvious distress in a position that she absolutely loved. Check out JJ Plush in Tie Me Gag Me Just Don't Put Me in A Dark Closet and you won't be disappointed!