Leatherwoods 2008 Presenters

Master Rick and slave tina

Master Rick and slave Tina are honored to have been selected to represent our community as the International Master and slave 2008 and previously held the Northwest Master and slave 2007 title. They have been Master and slave for 4 1/2 years and have been married for nearly 3 years. They have presented seminars at many community venues, MAsT, NCSF, and for major events including Leatherwoods, IMsL, and smOdyssey.

Master Rick

International Master 2008, Master Rick has been involved in the Leather community for over 10 years. He is the current board chair of Pleasure Bound, a pansexual Northern California area BDSM social group. In the past few years his general interest in BDSM has become focused around his heart deep passion, the Master/slave relationship. He is a member of SM Odyssey, NCSF, Society of Janus, Edges, and SF Citadel, and is the Founding Director of MAsT Sacramento Valley. In addition to doing presentations on the Master/slave dynamic, he is a presenter for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom's Legal Educational Outreach Program.
Master Rick divides his time between keeping up the ranch property and home he and slave Tina share, his hobby restoring cars, being head of his house and family, and activities that support and promote the leather community as a whole. He and slave Tina enjoy a variety of outdoor activities and believe in living life to the fullest.

slave tina

International slave 2008, slave Tina has been involved in the Leather community for 8 years. She is a strong woman, a dedicated mother, and an independent, successful business owner. Slave Tina is also an avid charity supporter and often uses her favorite sport, distance running, as a vehicle for both leather and non-leather charity efforts. She is the Events Coordinator for Pleasure Bound and MAsT Sacramento, a member of SubHaven, SM Odyssey, Edges, and SF Citadel. In her spare time she enjoys welding, fishing, target shooting, climbing trees, raising goats and reading and writing poetry. She defines one of her greatest personal accomplishments as having allowed herself to be who she is, and from that place, utilizing her strengths for the joy of service to her Master.

Grim

Grim is a former four-year collared slave of a Dominant of the Temple of Atonement at Burning Man, and was well-trained in many aspects of High Protocol service. He notices and appreciates service to himself and others. As a Dominant and an Alpha Slave for several years, he has trained many service-oriented slaves and submissives in various protocols, ands has presented on advanced etiquette at several events. He believes in, and teaches, High Protocol - but holds myself to a higher standard than anyone else. Grim is a kink-aware mental health practitioner, and a student of Bushido, a Japanese code of conduct that stresses daily training and honorable actions.

Master Bob

Northwest Regional Master 2006, calls the Portland and Willamette Valley kink communities home and is an active member of Portland Leather Alliance, MasT: PNW, MasT: South Willamette Valley, Portland Dom's Group, Dungeon Monitors Association, South Valley BDSM Group, and the Eugene S/M Discussion Group. He co-founded and hosts the monthly Corvallis and Albany munches. In his professional life he runs his own personal motivation business, www.SolutionMentoring.com and is a certified life coach specializing in relationship and personal growth issues.
In and out of the leather community he is passionate about helping others to live more joyful and fully authentic lives, and has established and organized fun and supportive environments for his community, moderated and facilitated discussion groups, mediated conflicts, participated on panels, and presented interactive workshops on various topics ranging from M/s dynamics, S/M technique, Spirituality and Sexuality. While he understands that being out is a luxury not everyone can afford he feels fortunate to be able to choose this path for himself and his slave because he feels modeling wholeness by telling the truth about who and what we are, despite the perceived risks, is an act of authentic leadership to which he aspires.

slave jan

Northwest Regional slave 2006, began her slave journey nine years ago when her head finally caught up with her heart and has been happily in service to Master Bob ever since. They began the shift from a floundering, ho-hum "equal partnership" twelve-year marriage to a negotiated power dynamic relationship at the turn of the millennium and slowly over a year and a half's time found themselves spirit led to living a consensual M/s lifestyle. Currently she is a member of the Portland Leather Alliance, MasT PNW, MasT: South Willamette Valley, subRosa, South Valley BDSM Group, and the Eugene S/M Discussion Group. She co-hosts the Albany and Corvallis Munches. Through moderating discussions, participating on panels, presenting workshops, writing and sharing other expressive arts she helps others to explore and celebrate their own unique paths to self discovery.

Gwen Newman

I began my journey on the D/s life path in 1969 when I had the privilege of being taken in to a House of D/s that followed the European tradition. I was trained, mentored and 'raised' as a Mistress within a tight knit community environment and still believe in the power and benefits of community. Over the years I in turn passed on my knowledge and experience through Mentoring, training, lecturing, writing and counseling. Although I no longer do much Mentoring, I still write, lecture, train and counsel on all aspects and issues of living a D/s life.
I recently moved to Oregon with my submissive of 5 years, the shard (aka BadKitty), and together we hope to become an active part of the local community.

Lady Papillon

To list the "lifestyle lingo" that applies to me, I am a Bi Lifestyle Domme, in a poly triad. I own a male switch with whom I reside, and a female slave who visits as often as is possible. I munch and play primarily in the Eugene, OR area. My subs and I are members of the local chapter of MAsT and we enjoy discussing the dynamics of the Master-Mistress/slave relationship. We also belong to Wildrose Discussion group and enjoy working on the Leatherwoods Committee.

Peggy O

Peggy O probably qualifies as a lifelong masochist. She trained as a ballet dancer in her youth and still occasionally shows up in a ballet studio. She has also developed an avid love of rock climbing to go along with a passion for skiing and sailing. And when she is feeling truly and deeply masochistic, she goes out and plays golf.
She identifies as a bisexual switch and has a strong preference for impact scenes. She enjoys teaching and has taught both relationship and BDSM technique classes in the United States and Canada.
She lives in Denver, Colorado where she studies Budo, a Japanese life philosophy in FifthAngel's household as an uchideshi (live-in student). In addition, she maintains a long distance relationship with Lolita Wolf, her girlfriend of over 10 years.
Peggy has been involved in the lifestyle for about 12 years, 7 of which were spent as a slave in Master/slave relationships. She was the first, and last, New York Leatherwoman and competed at IMsL in 1999. She has also been active in a number of organizations, including TES and The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom. As time has gone on, she has figured out that the longer she spends doing this, the less she really knows.

TK

TK is a known face in the Eugene/Springfield area scene, and a Dom for most of that time. She counts herself as a "private player", but enjoys the socialization of parties and public events. She's been writing Erotica for years, and enjoys reading it as well.

Connie, The Artistic Domme

The Artistic Domme -- has taken the concept of the Body Modification and evolved it into a form of body art and semi-permanent tattooing. Cell Popping Body Art is essentially the process of creating single-pore burns on the human canvas to create artistic designs AND also create an incredible endorphin experience in the same breath.
In her work, Artistic Domme uses stencil templates that are cut in advance to create her designs and control the position of the "burning poker" as she works on the subject. The whole process can take from 30 minutes for a very small design to over 4 or 5 hours for a fullback design that might require 1000 separate burns. This "Body Art Design" looks much like a muted pink tattoo as it heals and can last anywhere from 2 weeks to 4 months or longer, depending on the skin healing capabilities of the individual. The process or receiving a cell popping is exciting at the time and the healing process adds an additional BDSM dimension as the tattoo can sometimes itch as it heals/ scars and is a constant reminder of the experience. Some have even been known to have gentle flashbacks into subspace from the ongoing stimulation of the healing process.

Motor (Remotor)

Motor (Remotor) is a devious top who takes pleasure in the fact that everything is a toy in his hands. In addition to being creative with improvised toys, he is also a craftsman that enjoys making toys out of wood, leather, and plastics. He is an experienced BDSM mentor, educator, and kinkster in various communities around the Pacific Northwest. His practical experience with rigging for sport has given him insights and knowledge into suspension safety and techniques to use for various body sizes, builds, abilities and ranges of flexibility or physical limitations.
When he was preparing his bio, he asked several people that know him to give three things to include in his bio. Here were some of the answers:

Master Keith

Master Keith is the very proud owner of slave lise, who is committed to him for lifetime service. He is a visionary and macro manager with his dynamic. His home is run based upon business principles and enjoys the adaptive service with grace that his slave provides. Master Keith has been active in the Portland community for 9 years. During this time he has developed and hosted formal protocol dinners which are held in his home. His community involvement included MasT, Bad girls (as a brother), Dominant support group, and the Portland Leather Alliance. He has presented drumming workshops at LeatherWoods and on Master/slave relationships at local MAsT groups.
Master Keith's interests include hiking, home improvements, and driving throughout the hills in His red convertible. As is a professional quality assurance engineer, he has extensive training in finding problems and fixing them. He is frequently referred to by His slave as Captain, the Little Drummer Boy and Opie does Rope.

slave lise

After discovering her need to serve back in 1980 when she spent a week-end with Werner Erhard in his EST training, she spent the next three years actively involved in promoting his work in her local community. This slave served in the armed forces and was raised in a military family. The need for structure and discipline helped prepare her as a companion slave in lifetime service to Master Keith. In addition to a private practice as a health care professional, her interests include training horses, exercise, everything Jung and fulfilling the needs of Master Keith. Current leather involvement includes the PNW MAsT group, sub-rosa, co-hosting protocol dinners, and presenting at local Mast groups.

Margaret

Margaret Weller has been in the larger scene since the late 1980s, is a sensation switch, likes canes, birches, needles, floggers, and is learning suturing 'cuz she needs to. She is Conrad's primary partner.