According to the almighty Wikipedia flirting is “…a playful, romantic, or sexual overture by one person to another subtly indicating an interest in a deeper relationship with the other person, and can involve verbal communication as well as body language.” I just know it is a damn well fun way to spend one’s time and might lead to a little bumpy-bumpy at the end of the night if one plays their cards right and keeps to our rules.

The way Erik and I see it, Cosmo and Vogue can dispense their top ten lists like “How To Be His Wild Harlot In Bed” and the “5 Things Men Really Wish You’d Do With Your Mouth” so why can’t we offer our own Von Gutenberg advice, lists and questionnaires, as we did so in issue 5 with our “How Kinky Are You?” test? We view Von Gutenberg magazine, as much as we do all the various sites, like our kinky event listing Fantasy Event List and everywhere else within the brand as maintaining a high marquis water-mark in the lifestyle and want to entertain, inform and always maintain a dialogue with you our close friends and loyal readers.

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We also have a little look-see page and blurb from the recently released Steampunk Gear, Gadgets and Gizmos: A Makers Guide to Creating Modern Artifacts, by Thomas Willeford. What’s Steampunk, you ask? Well culling a definition from the website http://www.steampunk.com we learn Steampunk is a ‘subgenre of science fiction and fantasy that includes social or technological aspects of the 19^th century (the steam) usually with some deconstruction of, reimagining of, or rebellion against parts of it (the punk).’ In Steampunk stuff, as you will find readily in Mr. Willeford’s how-to book, there is a goodly amount of attention paid to clothes and gadgets, something we in the lifestyle are well aware of, and a certain swashbuckling-dare I say-sensibility, that fits in well with our comic’s issue.

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I recall the shoot with the inimitable Miss M. as quite the fun one-I know I have written about this before-as she brought down a couple of friends to help out and the guys were just as much fun as the lady was, though not as much fun for me to look at (sorry, I am hetero). Every time I roll through Miss Mischief’s pics, where she’s wearing designers Deadly Couture, DawnaMatrix, Cinched Tight and Fetasia Latex, I recall a wonderful time with the beautiful lady at the center if it all.

I’m not sure what exactly makes our magazine-if it ever is just one thing-the photo essays on top latex designers, the amazing writing (pat on back), the round down of kinky events and parties in the past few months, our one-of-a-kind artwork or our featured ladies but I can tell you for sure that working with Miss Mischief made my day for sure.

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We really have no clue what’s on any one individual’s mind so we try to cover as many bases as we can without whittling ourselves down too thin and at the same time writing about, photographing, listing in our fantasy event list and offering for sale, stuff that “gets our ghost” as ole P.J. Soles said in the original Halloween. It’s just not possible to be all things to all lifestylers but we hope we can interest as many of you as we can and that maybe a doorway will be cracked open from your reading about a wild party or some naughty event, that you will get off over one of our marquis world renown designers or you will come to fantasize over one of our many models…really it’s the least we can hope for. First and foremost we produce the magazine because we are, like you, interested in all this ‘stuff’ and we just hope that you come along for the ride.

God knows there would be no ride without you!

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In our latest issue we feature an 8-page spread from fetish designer Syren. Showcasing the inspired photography of Steve Diet Goedde shooting model Ancilla Tilia we get a good representation of what this designers’ L.A. store carries (and of course what you could order inline). As the world’s premier rubber couturier Syren made Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman suit, Malin Akerman’s Silk Spectre costume in Watchmen and the most recent Rubber Man suit for super scary T.V. show American Horror Story.

Stars such as Britney Spears, Katy Perry and a host of others have worn Syren designs.

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You can get those magazines here: http://www.vongutenberg.com/shop/ . You’ll see number # 6 pop-up right at the top of the page, with beautiful MiMi, but scroll down to the left hand column under BESTSELLERS for the other issues. Those issues include cover girls like Jean Bardot, fetish superstar Perish in never-before published photos, RUBBERDOLL Jewell Marceau, 2010’s Mister SF Leather (VON Gutenberg’s first male model) and of course all the usual coverage of past fetish events and interviews with scene makers, our models and designers.

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And taunt away they will as Steve and Sarah celebrate 2012 in style by premiering their Femme-A-Licious at Montreal’s Fetish Weekend. WB has a continuing collaboration with Bianca Beauchamp (more about this lovely lady as she is featured in issue 6 as well), Jade Vixen and our friend, issue 5 cover model Jean Bardot (as well as many others).

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My first foray into actually being present at a model shoot, I was working hard on my apprentice luber status-one of those few things where the practice not only makes you perfect but it just so much fun you don’t care you are practicing-and just being around to let MiMi lean on me when she’d come down off her killer poses in super-high heels, hand her something to drink and manage quick interview moments with her as she got made-up or took some down time.

The thing about all our ladies in issue #6 (and I will tell you about them all as the weeks progress) is that not only were they professional to a  ’T’ they were also great people to be around, fun and smiling, generous with their time and attention to the details of what they were doing and basically lighting-up the Von Gutenberg studio with their good natures and beauty brighter than any lights we were using.

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Waltham, MA artist Ben Gould is turning scrap metal into fine jewelry.

 His company, LifeCycle, launched Monday January 9th on Kickstarter.com, a creative project hosting website.  What would have ended up in a landfill is now adorning fashionitstas everywhere.

                Gould began collecting trash for his art projects while attending Brooklyn design school, Pratt Institute.  Rather than spend his money on expensive art materials he says “why waste money when Brooklyn has the best trash? We produce so much waste that could easily be given a second chance.”

                Over time, Gould realized that the real problem with using discarded odds and ends is the limit of his supply.  “If I only had one helical augur from a chocolate fountain, then I could only make one ray gun.”

It was at this point that he turned his attention to bike shops.  The interchangeable parts needed to maintain bicycles are frequently the same set of items, including inner tubes and bike chains.  With a constant supply Gould can reproduce his designs without the fear of running out.

With diligence, he discovered a method using biodegradable degreasers that made cleaning the chain possible and Earth-friendly.  After tinkering with the restored material, Gould developed an original bracelet design.  By cold-forging the material perpendicular to its normal direction of movement, he is able to create an accordian-like loop that can expand over a wearer’s hand. Once past the hand, it contracts back into an oval shape, and sits comfortably about the wrist.

Gould hopes to raise support for his project on Kickstarter.com.

Kickstarter.com, recently featured on NBC News and BBC Radio, is rapidly growing in popularity amongst creative minds and creative supporters worldwide.  The website offers innovators an opportunity to present their ideas in a public forum.  “Backers” interested in supporting these creative endeavors are given the chance to donate money.  In exchange for their up-front donations, the creators of each project offer various material incentives including pre-ordered products, photo documentation of their project, or even a personal introduction.

Gould has until February 18th to raise his goal of ten thousand dollars, or Kickstarter.com will cancel all donations, and no funds will be exchanged.  He is offering his bracelets in a range of finishes including an array of colors, stainless steel, and electroplated chrome, silver, and 10K gold.  If successful, Gould hopes that his bracelets will be the first of many products to be sold under the name LifeCycle.  You can visit his project at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bengould/lifecycle-bracelets.

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Adding to that great text this time out we also have another in our long running series of columns from Midori, this one called “Holy D/s, Batman! Lessons on Dominance & Submission from the Caped Crusader”.  As I have mentioned before issue #6 has a comic theme running through it and Midori’s piece considers all manner of naughtiness from one of our better know comic super stars, stuff I know you had been just thinking yourself.

For those of you who don’t knowand I can’t see how you wouldn’t know-Midori is a writer, speaker, educator based in San Fran-dam-Ciscokid. She has been and we hope will always continue to be a great friend of the Von Gutenberg family and her inclusion in issue #6-as her inclusion in all our issues-really does give our readers the chance to say: “No, I ready do read it for the articles” and not have that be a hollow boast.

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