Books! I bound the Home Out In The Wind series, which is a Star Wars sequel trilogy Poe/Finn/Rey delight by Bomberqueen. It was typeset by Runawaymarbles, and I jumped at the opportunity to do some binding I didn’t have to typeset first. All my thanks to writer and typesetter for giving permission for others to bind it - I’m thrilled to have these on my shelf!
I had all sorts of plans for matching-but-not-identical covers and then that fell through with simply not having enough matching papers that felt right for the story, so I ended up going with this Duo bookcloth and a printed marble.
Foil iron-on my beloved. It looks so lovely for titles.
My binding of What We Pretend We Can’t See by gyzym as a gift to the lovely @clovenhoofbindery for our recent bookbinding exchange. Photos courtesy of the setting sun and my library’s children section lol. Extra shots under the cut!
My binding of A Turn of the Earth by microcomets! Made as part of a ficbinding exchange for my friend Sapphy! Extra shots of the hand-drawn title page art and scene dividers under the cut!
Told myself not to make this and then did it anyway, oops. Story of my life. Anyway, call this the second edition of Latte Art, now about 60k longer and comprised of five whole fics (including one secret fic, ha). That’s so much coffee shop AU but I have no one to blame but myself.
Typesetting is essentially the same as it was in the first version, plus a couple of tweaks, cause I’m always learning new things. Better spacing, more uniform chapter titles etc. Also has headers now and added in title cards for the separate stories, because why not. There’s also a couple of secret bonuses for @genuineformality to find once they receive their own copy.
This paper is actually from the same artist as the original binding, and the one I was gonna use initially before I decided to go with a monochrome / red colour scheme. Six months ago I thought a coffee-coloured coffee shop AU would be too on the nose haha… oh how the tables have progressed into slightly smaller tables. Got tan bookcloth for this one, alongside brown headbands that I promise are present, plus taupe grey endpapers and that nice chocolate ribbon. Yes, that’s a raven on the frontpapers. It’s about the vibes.
396 pages and typeset in Old Standard / Sunday
[Image ID: A series of photos of a bound copy of the latte art fics. The first image shows the front of the book, which is bound in tan bookcloth with block print frontpapers depicting a stylised raven and lots of curving branches. The second image shows the title page of the book, which reads “latte art and other stories - pyrrhlc” alongside an image of a coffee cup and saucer with a foam heart on top. The taupe endpapers are also visible. The book is resting on a wooden table and a silver pocket watch is sitting beside the book in each picture.
The third image shows the book open at a random page, with the same silver pocket watch lying on the centrefold of the pages. The book pages are a soft cream colour and the edges of the raven design are visible alongside the book’s chocolate brown ribbon.
The fourth and fifth images show the contents page, which lists the five fics in the series as well as a small stylised sketch of a cappuccino, and one of the title cards for the fics, which reads “ii. with only your skin as a carry-on”. The fic title is outlined by a sketchy frame comprised of four corners.
The sixth image shows the book’s endpapers, which are a plain taupe grey. The pocket watch is sitting next to the book with the case open to show the time. End ID.]
I’ve been pretty quiet lately! That was because I was in a race against time having fun seeing if I could meet an arbitrary challenge testing my bookbinding speedrunning abilities. In like, December, I made a remark about how it would be neat to challenge myself to like, NaNo, but for crafts, a month where I tried to see if i could average more than a book a day. Then some of the mad lads at @renegadepublishing ran with my offhand remark and made a whole fun community event out of it! The presentation on hidden fore edge paintings was part of this, and other presenters gsve fascinsting talks od their own as well. And also they named the book-a-day tier after me, so i was honor-bound to complete it sffhfjnf
So! This is the very tail end of binderary for me, and I’ve come in at a beautifully round 30 books for the month. Collecting text, typesetting, everything, it all happened in February. More pictures will be forthcoming, I just need to look through my camera roll and see if they’re all usable, group by author/theme, etc. Spread them out a little, probably. Get a group shot with everything (except the necklace book, alas, that’s already been given away). The month culminated with me making cases for 17 books yesterday and casing them all in, so I am VERY tired right now and need to stagger to bed, but I am really, really proud of myself right now
And additionally! As I was basking, I went back into my tumblr to check on when this hobby entered my life, and surprise surprise, this marks the exact one year anniversary of my first tagged bookbinding post. I’ve come a WAYS, and I absolutely love it! My tracking spreadsheet is out of date, and I think I last updated it on the laptop that just died, lmao, but this puts me somewhere slightly north of 130 books in the last year. Guys, I’m really, really proud of myself right now :D
I threw myself headfirst into a new hobby: bookbinding/fanbinding—printing and binding my favourite fanfics in actual book form.
These are the two copies of my very first project, for which I chose Monsters and Marionettes by the ever fantastic @writhingbeneathyou, a collection of Naruto Founders horror-themed ficlets (mind the tags if you click the link :P). I love how the colours and paper looks together! Of course I also learned a LOT, but these will always be my babies
In which Molly Hooper gets a job, gets a degree, breaks a heart, has her heart broken, falls in love, keeps a secret, saves a life, runs a morgue, falls apart, pulls it together, and finds exactly what she didn’t know she was looking for–not necessarily in that order.
art by marielikestodraw, fic by @gyzym 135 pages / 56,053 words
Title Font: Atlantic Cruise
Body Fonts: Adobe Caslon, Eurostile, Verdana, Please write me a song, Arbery, Better Grade, Peaches For Breakfast
I love to make covers for fanfics, not everyone commissions this kind of things, so it makes me happy that some people really appreciate my work in this way ;;;
It’s in Spanish, but here is the link anyways. It worth it uwu
Some more small terrain pieces, I made some lasercut pieces to fit around some drink cans. I shamelessly stole the idea from promethium forge, who sell a kit just like this super cheap online. Go check there stuff out, it’s awesome.
Title: The Anarchist Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/26528662 Platform: AO3 Creator: bubblemoon66 Work Type: Poem Fandom: Leviathan Rating: General Audiences Pairing: None Word count: 101 Warnings: None Number of comments: 0 Completion Status: Complete Short summary/description: A poem about Lilit and a bittersweet victory.
Title: Marked for Retirement Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/34273351 Platform: Ao3 Creator: DreamingPagan Work Type: Fanfic Fandom:James Bond (Craig Movies) Rating: Teen and Up Pairing: James Bond/Vesper Lynd Word count: 1568 Warnings: Canon-typical violence Number of comments: 4 Completion Status: Complete Short summary/description: James and Vesper are supposed to be changing clothing, not discovering soulmate marks that change the mission and their entire lives. Too bad no one told the universe that.
Title: Brotherly Advice Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38317705 Platform: AO3 Creator: MeggieJolly Work Type: Fanfiction Fandom: Roswell, New Mexico Rating: Gen Pairing: Gen with mentions of Alex Manes/Michael Guerin and Alex Manes/Forrest Long Word count: 1125 Warnings: None Number of comments: 3 Completion Status: complete Short summary/description: “So Forrest,” Greg kept up the interrogation “were you on a date?”
“I guess, he invited me to the open mic night a couple of times, I just didn’t say yes before.”
Gregory couldn’t help but snort slightly. “So on your first-“
“Second.”
“-second date with him you decided singing a very personal love song to and about your ex, who you’re clearly still in love with, was a good idea?”
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Greg talks to Alex after his performance at the open mic night and gives him some relationship advice.
First Order General Armitage Hux paces the length of the tiny cabin. He shakes his hand, as if he can remove the memory of teeth from his skin with the action.
Her teeth.
It doesn’t work, of course it doesn’t. Nothing has.
I finally finished the Yuki Yuna school uniform a year after I started in April 2015. There are still many things I’d like to improve about it, but if I don’t find a stopping point now it’ll never end.
If you always wanted to read a comforting story about the time after Judy’s resignation from the ZPD and the mammal who helped her back on her feet, then this is your chance to do so. Prepare for two short visits to Angelica Hopps’s home that are filled to the brim with fluff, comfort, and the love of a family member who is always there for her sister in times of need. ~Ansem
