Grimmauld Place Publishing

Mich She/Her | Bookbinding since 2023 Member of Renegade Bookbinding Guild

[mourningmountainsbindery]

It’s FFWAD time! This year for Fan Fic Writer’s Appreciation Day, I bound two fics by my dear friend @moscarific!

The first is their classic Firefly fic, Like Describing the Alphabet. (First published on LiveJournal!)

Firefly was the fandom that we first bonded over the year I started grad school, though we shared many after that. This is a Legal Quarto, bound in Scotch Duo with HTV decorations and my own marbled paper. The second book I bound for them was their X-Men fanfic, It’s Only Castles Burning.

This one is also a Legal Quarto, bound in Polar Duo with HTV decorations and my own marbled paper. As always, please take today to go show your appreciation for the fanfic writers who've made YOUR fandom experience a great one!

[szynkaaa]

Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood

paperback to hardcover recasing done for a friend

[jarenka]

Multi billion dollar corporations: We make crap AI ads because we rather hang themselves than pay an extra cent for a quality work.

Midsize art supply manufacturer: We commissioned a watercolor artist to make an illustration for every color of our watercolor palette and make it into an art book with swatches.

(Ekaterina Goland for "Old master" watercolors by Gamma)

[candydoppelbox]

Jesus fucking christ.

Now this is the kind of thing I am here for. I'm generally not a fan of "people being good at things on the internet", mostly when it's presented in that tiktok/asmr/perfectionism style.

But this? This is someone showing you their craft in a normal way where you can clearly see they're an expert. The book binding is fascinating to see and the watercolours are mind-blowing! Absolutely stunning work 🤩! I'd love to leaf through that book...

[oneclickangel]

reblog if you're corny and insufferable

[moonboundbooks]

🪶 These Selfish Vows 🪶

By @heavenlydewwrites

This was an absolutely gorgeous story. It broke my heart in all the best ways and I'm not sure I'll be the same.

I made this book as my part of a trade with @mysteriousmothbooks . I was really into the Fairytale vibes as well as the concept of a caged bird. So I ran with that haha. The typeset had a bit of Fairytale vibes. And as for the case/box. There were so many things I wanted to try. It was in my mind from day 1 to do a concept of a bird trapped in a cage that we let free. So I decided to pick up a new skill I had never done before and try my hand at embroidery. I absolutely adore books that cover embroidery so I had to try it for myself. Shout-out to @baudelaireslibrary and @bythecrow for your amazing embroidery work that inspired me.

For the cage I wanted it to be incorporated in the box. You can see the bird through the box/cage and when you open it you let the bird free. I followed the amazing tutorials from @thebinarybookbinder patreon page and love how easy they were to follow. It definitely fave me confidence to pull off this box.

Anyway I put a lot of love into this and while it's not perfect. I'm so so proud.

[grimmauldplacepublishing]

Absolutely astonishing!

[zhalfirin]

Sacred Bodies - VER

Thank you @sticksandsharks for the kind permission to bind your work. I love it very much and am happy to be able to hold a copy of it in my hands.

Full clothbinding with paper onlays

Materials used

Case covers - 1mm grey board spine stiffener - cardstock cover material - Colibri book cloth (forest floor) paper onlay - marbled paper (80gsm) by Renato Crepaldi title - gold foil, hot stamped

Inner book textblock - Schleipen Fly 05 (115gsm) endpapers - marbled paper (80gsm) by Renato Crepaldi endbands - linnen core (10/3) wrapped with marbled paper

Format: 9,5cm x 13,8cm

[madebytaylorursula]

These are most of the Cosmere rebinds I have completed so far! I do sell my rebinds on my Etsy, just keep in mind that rebinds take an insane amount of time and skill to make, so they are fairly pricey. It’s a book turned into a piece of art and a beautiful, handmade hardcover edition!

[guerrillatech]

A new mode of production arises out of the newly networked masses.

[praeca]

Fanartists:

Thingiverse users:

Royalty free sounds

Flash games

Productivity has always been there

[tim-burton-bitch]

Because shockingly when people enjoy what they do (you make it enjoyable instead of just hammering on them) people WANT to do things!

[rudolphsboyfriend]

Fanfiction authors!!

[fatefulfaerie]

Where is the button to shout this from the rooftop?

[changelingsrule]

[pezpenser205]

im sorry but when you grow up and interact with people irl youre gonna have friends where you dont fw their tastes. sometimes youre gonna meet someone chill whos also a hazbin hotel fan or have a really nice coworker that likes taylor swift and youre gonna need to mind your business and shut the fuck up or youre gonna be real lonely

[theinvisiblemuseum]

he’s your favorite marauder’s favorite marauder! 💥

hbd jimmy james & s/o to nat @otrtbs for insipiring me 🤭

[sosuperawesome]

Book Fore Edge Paintings // Maisie Matilda

[xiaq]

Overheard on our walk, spoken loudly into her phone by a woman I’d guess is somewhere in her 70’s:

“Well, Beth, if I act like a petty teenager it’s not really stooping to his level if he’s acting like a toddler, is it?”

[renegadeguild]

Binderary 2025: Week 1

In the Renegade Bindery Discord Server, we are once again running Binderary during the month of February. Attendance is free, and a link to the 18+ Discord Server can be found on our website.

Whether you’re new to the world of bookbinding or an aged veteran, join us for a month of binding fun! This event is all about community & learning, be it trying something new or refining existing skills.

All our workshops are run by members of our fanbinding community, and some of them are even on Tumblr!

Here’s the list of who’s running the week 1 workshops:

Specialized Typesetting in LaTeX: Celandine My Immortal and the History of Fan Studies: Parsley Typesetting in Google Docs: @sayornispress Introduction to Typography and Typesetting: @bearclubbooks Renegade Round-Up 2024!: @fanboundbooks, @robins-egg-bindery & @celestial-sphere-press You Shouldn't Have to Pay for that: Making Your Typesets Pretty For Free: @daemonluna Bookbinding Craft Along 1: Noodle

[celestial-sphere-press]

BINDERARY IS HERE!!

Renegade has gone through a lot of changes this year & there are more to come - I would definitely check out what's going on in the Renegade-Roundup meeting, either by attending during it or checking out the video afterwards.

[foxville-bindery]

2024 Renegade Bindery Bound Fic Exchange

Bind #2 - Complicated Creation

This was my first year participating in @renegadeguild's annual gift exchange, and I ended up choosing to bind two fics for my giftee @grimmauldplacepublishing.

The second book I bound was Complicated Creation by Elemental (@elementalsight)

I absolutely love how the chrome vinyl turned out on the covers - even if it was incredibly frustrating to weed the design. WORTH IT.

The endbands are custom dyed linen thread to coordinate with the bookcloth, and the edges were inked and then speckled with a thin, silver acrylic for a very subtle shimmer and speckled effect. The end pages were custom speckled as well with a trio of coordinating purple inks.

Additionally, I did a custom drawing for the fic of a stylized nine-tailed fox. It's featured on both the title page and in the text when Tamamo-no-Mae is introduced.

[foxville-bindery]

2024 Renegade Bindery Bound Fic Exchange

Bind #1 - Away Childish Things

This was my first year participating in @renegadeguild's gift exchange, and I ended up choosing to bind two fics for my giftee @grimmauldplacepublishing.

The first book I bound was Away Childish Things by letterred (@letteredlettered)

I opted for a simpler, more understated cover design on this one. This was my first time working with a faux-leather fabric and I'm really happy with how cleanly it turned out for the spine.

Both of my binds for the exchange feature a bookmark that goes from bottom to top so that the charm can be dangled and visible down the spine of the book, even while stored on a shelf without hanging off the bottom of the shelf. Additionally, this bind features speckled edges using a dark green ink that has a metallic gold shimmer. That shimmer is almost impossible to capture on camera, unfortunately. The ink in question is: J. Herbin 1670 Emerald de Chivor

The endpages were custom paste papers made with metalic ink and silver acrylic mixed in for a subtle, green and silver combo to compliment the more minimalist design of the overall book.

[grimmauldplacepublishing]

It's my 1 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

[scoutingthetrooper]