For the first installment of Fetish Untied, our new series celebrating the sensorial experience of sexual fetishes, London-based director Toby Amies takes us on a whimsical journey into the world of sploshing—aka wet and messy fetish, or gaining arousal from the feeling copious amounts of certain substances against the skin, especially food. Here, the director, best known for his touching feature-length documentary The Man Whose Mind Exploded, talks about the thought process behind the film:

“I wanted to approach fetishes in terms of letting people who hadn't practised them gain an inside-out understanding of why they might be appealing. My background is in documentary filmmaking and portrait photography, and that has always been informed by trying to understand the world from other people's points of view.

“I had heard of sploshing or ‘WAM’ before, but I did quite a lot of research into it. There is a large community online, even on YouTube, and I think it's fair to say the majority of people out there are not shy!

“I very much hope both the WAM community and fans of home baking find the film enjoyable and illuminating. I wanted to try something new, but also be sensitive to the community that inspired the film."