She has attended, taught and performed in multiple events and workshops nationally and internationally, both as a top and bottom. She has a passion for diving into our elusive psyche that connect and divide one other. With this passion, she and her life partner Veers, have embarked on opening a rope venue in the DC area.

He feels that for one to truly understand how rope affects each person involved, one must observe, develop the skills of tying and also the experience of being tied. He sees rope as a relational experience where connection and emotion are developed between the top, the bottom and the rope itself. He has been a part of multiple workshops locally as well as in Chicago and has attended multiple Naka-Ryu 1 workshops in Europe, taught by Wildties/Redsabbath. He is so grateful to have had the opportunity to grow his local rope community as one of the founding members of a rope studio in the DC area.

While beatings are fun, they are most fond of anything that draws blood – either their own or someone else's. Physicality is not the core of their interests, however. As a member of House of Artemisia, they spend a significant amount of their time focused on exploring the more twisted desires of the human mind, and applying their academic background, including putting their Master's degree in Education to use in understanding the human needs for control, violence, and self-destruction.

Over the course of two decades of practical experience and focus on the human mind, he has moved towards a modern interpretation of power exchange that explodes old myths, stereotypes, and gender roles, to reach for the core concepts of the human need for structure, chaos, dominance, and submission. He has held a Certification in Clinical Hypnotherapy, though he is not currently practicing and focuses primarily on aspects of hypnosis, including ethical principles and consent, relevant to the kink community.

She happily identifies as a girl in service, sadist, Daddy, teacher, bondage lover, primal cat. Her fascinations include power dynamics, service, education & teaching, leather, bondage, animal role play, playfulness, and playing hard along the psychological edges of kink. She is a group leader for Mid-Atlantic Mummification & Encasement and many Fetlife groups. You can find her volunteering, presenting, or organizing kink events in VA/MD/PA (Studio 58 & Naughty events, Dark Odyssey, Indecent Enterprises, BESS, Black Rose, The Floating World).

Using their knowledge of leather care they turned to leather crafting to fuel their love of great costuming at LARP. Coming into the kink community in 2015 led them to discover the world of Leather and Bootblacking. Sitting in the chair at a stand at an event having their boots serviced, they knew immediately they found their home — and it involved being on the other side of the chair. They are always happy to talk about their work and would love to share a taste of that joy with you.

She encourages you to write to her if you ever have a question, a concern, or even a story to share. Most recently her workshops have focused on Primal Predator/Prey Play Dynamics.

Along the way he's constantly strove to learn better practices and new tricks making his fireplay safer and more fun. He truly loves teaching and sharing his knowledge of fireplay. Last note, while his primary concern is always the safety of his bottoms, he's proud to have kept his beard unharmed as well through the years.

She is also a growing top for fire play, cupping, and sensual tarot massage. When not working, she is doing shiny goblin things, swinging in a hammock, or mermaiding in the pool. Her most apt description is: 'that big titty blonde running around with golden retriever energy.'

They are trained on and have worked with issues around boundaries, communication, diversity, implicit bias, trauma, kink awareness, and more. In the scene, Shadow is the Volunteer Coordinator of Baltimore Playhouse and previously served the Incident Response Co-chair for TESfest. When they are not providing service or education, Shadow enjoys polite conversations and joy.

Bubbly, personable, and passionate about principles of accessibility, decentralized education, and community building on both sides of the slash since Summer 2015, she uses her platform to uplift marginalized folx where she can.

Always willing to lend a hand or learn something new, this primal is constantly on the move, making him difficult to catch and impossible to tame. We'd like to share that the Primal Hunt is his brain-child and his work, often behind the scenes, for Primal Arts has been vital in the continued success and evolution of this group.

From 2012-2021, Fox organized monthly educational, play, and community events in DC, MD, & VA via their event label Indecent Enterprises and was a co-founding organizer of The Compound at Camp Social Club since 2015. Fox is also a mental health professional divesting from licensure and provides online and international mental health education, advocacy, and coaching services for adolescents, adults, relationships, families, and organizations.

She also enjoys seeing the joy and excitement people express when she helps them transform into their own monstrous fantasies. She has also been writing interactive experiences and immersive story for players for over 10 years. She prefers the horror genre, especially psychological horror, that can often elicit a strong cathartic response that makes people come back for more. She believes in creating a safe environment and community for people to have these experiences is of the utmost importance. Very often the interactive situations include a version of predator and prey, which has peaked her interest in applying her experience to primal arts and play. Kymaera is a Pagan that has been part of the nightkind pagan community for 6 years. She enjoys creating art in various mediums that express her pagan beliefs, helping people using ritual body painting, and forest walks. She returned to the kink world at the Primal Arts Festival last year. It was a positive and transformative experience with a great community of people and she can't wait to return and share her knowledge and experiences.

'I dance with my drum the dancers drum with their dancing. To do this is to let go of ego and pride and to just dance.' - Emyrs

BB is a switchy service top/bottom, occasionally a predator and sometimes prey, a sadist and an optimist.

Brian's interests span a wide range, including needles, sutures, cutting, cell popping, blood cupping, leeches, and more. Brian's scenes are as diverse as his interests—ranging from intimate, connective experiences to downright silly and strange moments. Whether he's working with blood, rope, or sometimes both, Brian is happiest when embracing his sadistic side in a consensual and creative way. A passionate educator and practitioner, Brian's goal is to share his knowledge and experiences with others while promoting safety, communication, and creativity in the kink community. Cookie's interests include checking new kinks off her bucket list, being naked as much as possible, and adding new pretty marks all over her body. She's passionate about sharing her diverse experiences with curious people, whether they're new to the scene or just interested in branching out into new kinks. Cookie enjoys a variety of play but is happiest when she's being tortured by someone she has a deep connection with.

Their educational offerings have a focus on well-being, connection, sexuality, and spirituality. In addition to their work in education, they are also: a drummer, a sacred fire tender, a member of the Universal Temple of Spirits, an ordained Priest by the Order of the Golden Gryphon, a graduate of Gryphon's Grove School of Shamanism, a participant in the Stone Circle Council community, and a first degree initiate of Stone Circle Wicca.

In her vanilla life, she teaches art, yoga, and meditation to children and adults using her studies in illustration and psychology. She has presented for Primal Arts Fest 1+2 and Dark Odyssey's Summer Camp 24′. Back home, she hosts the monthly pre-party munch with NYC Fetish Tribe, helping newbies and long-time players re-enter the public scene with compassion and excitement.

In my class, I want to provide a space that is focused on play–recapturing that excitement and discovery that we sometimes lose. Participation is heavily encouraged, as are questions, experiments, and joy.

Growing up with an awareness of shining shoes morphed into taking up boot-blacking in earnest circa 2017, and it has become a core facet of their identity in an ever-more-chaotic world.