Gestalta was first introduced to shibari in 2007. Initially drawn purely to the visuals of rope that she discovered in the work of photographers such as Nobyoshi Araki, she began to seek out bondage practitioners within the UK. As she familiarised herself with the experience first hand soon developed an appreciation for, (obsession with, and addiction to) the effects of rope and, through that, sadomasochism more generally. She is both a model and a rigger – absorbing much of her rigging technique as a natural process of observation and experience as a model, and in this respect has been extremely fortunate in the riggers she has had the opportunity to work with throughout her rope journey in both the west and Japan.  She first found rope bondage as a form of performance in 2009, and first began teaching in around 2014. Due to her understanding of rope from the perspectives of both a rigger and a model the focus of her teaching has been to create an understanding for both sides. She has taught and/or performed as a rigger and/or model in Japan, Australia, UK, Germany, Spain, France, Czech, Switzerland, Russia, Portugal and others.