rope artist (in sexual bondage)
Refers to a person skilled in kinbaku or shibari, the Japanese art of erotic rope bondage. Often used in BDSM contexts.
He is a famous rope artist, highly skilled in kinbaku.
The rope artist's performance is artistic.
Compound of 縄 (nawa, 'rope') and 師 (shi, 'master' or 'specialist'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term emerged in modern Japanese to describe practitioners of kinbaku.