Subay is part of a small underground group in Hong Kong practising shibari, the Japanese art of rope bondage. It may sound saucy and there’s certainly a kinky element to it, but there’s more to ...

A fashion designer in South Africa is apologizing to those offended by his assortment of rope ties that resemble nooses. In a now-viral Facebook post, designer Daniel Ngobeni’s collection of rope ties ...

“Man on Wire” star Philippe Petit was welcomed by a packed auditorium for his discussion about his new book “Why Knot?” on Sunday at the L.A. Times Festival of Books. Each member of the ...

In Tokyo, a man watches a woman slowly bind another with ropes attached to chains hanging from the ceiling. But this is no S&M bar, it's a workshop led by "shibari" master Hajime Kinoko. Kinoko ...

Installation artist Gabby O'Connor with an earlier version of <i>The Unseen</i>, which is now on display in the Oceanarium of the National Aquarium of New Zealand. Photo / Braden Fastier A rope-based ...

SINCE the foundations of the medieval town of Drogheda, more than eight-hundred years ago, one of the oldest manufacturing industries to survive from that period down to the latter half of the 20th ...