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Improvising Structures for Suspension - with Sassy Masochist

a rope workshop with visiting presenter @sassy_masochist & Julie

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Sat, Nov 14, 2026, 2:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST

Brooklyn, New York, United States

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Coil & Cord Studio warmly welcomes visiting presenter Sassy Masochist as a special guest instructor to share her fantastic rope skills & rope teaching skills in New York City in November. Check out Sassy's other classes, too!


Description: Learn to build your own improvised shapes in rope, and then get them reliably into the air in suspension!
In this workshop, Sassy Masochist breaks down key elements of suspendable rope structures and teaches how to tie (and suspend!) without predefined patterns. Gain confidence in making changes to and beyond familiar forms. Participants will explore how to use these elements as building blocks to make ties suspendable. Participants will experiment with how to combine them to create our own forms that can fly! In this hands-on workshop, you will be able to practice creating ties from scratch or editing harnesses that you know to make them work best for the person in rope.


Prerequisites: The person tying should be comfortable with suspension and upline management and know a variety of suspension-worthy knots and frictions.  The person in rope (being tied) should have a desire to be in suspension rope and the ability to communicate about body placements and positions that are best for them.


What to Bring: your suspension rope kit, a notebook and writing implement, your creativity, and a cutting tool. 


Partnering: Hands-on participation in the workshop requires a tying partner, with one person tying and one person being tied. Solo attendees are welcome to partner up with another solo participant at the start of the workshop, but we cannot guarantee that solo attendees will be able to find a tying partner.


Instructors: Sassy Masochist @sassy_masochist is a rope artist, community organizer, and educator who views bondage as a medium for connection and creative expression. Since beginning her journey over a decade ago, she has developed a style that emphasizes adaptive play and beautiful, intentional shapes while honoring the unique physical needs of the individual. Sassy has a passion for education and brings years of classroom and kink experience, supported by her Master’s in Education, to her local community and conventions across the country. She is also passionate about building inclusive community, and leads a Boston-based organization that hosts regular events for her local queer and kink community. A lifelong student at heart, Sassy is constantly seeking new ways to grow, create, and connect through rope.


Julie Julie is a rope switch who has been bottoming in rope for 5 years. In her play, Julie identifies as a masochist and sufferer who loves to connect with her tops through the physical and mental challenge of a tie. Julie loves teaching and is always excited to bring the bottoming perspective to rope education.