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Volume V: Stormlight
Only two fics have been collected in this volume, the title story Stormlight and Echo, Revenant, Targeter, Phoenix.
This volume is a sister to volume II, using the same typeset layout, the same collection of vector images, the same metallic blue end sheets, and the same book cloth for the spine (mudbath Duo). The cover is screenprinted Nepali Lokta paper (picked up at a Blick) and text paper is dotmar cream (from PaperPapers).
With the Triumvirate series complete, I could finally bind all of the stories into one (chunky) volume. Since the series was written for and is dedicated to JediMordSith and evilmouse, I decided to bind them both copies as well. Printing out three big text blocks and crafting the matching covers was a marathon of a project. I was afraid I'd run out of ink! I had to order a specific type of paper for the gold strip on the cover and then wait for it to arrive after the paper company sent it to the wrong address.
I picked the lavish art-deco-ish paper to nod to the lavish Imperial court in the fic, with a touch of Imperial red and Chiss blue in the duo-tone spine. Two of the books have metallic blue end sheets, and one book has gold end sheets.
I usually stamp the notch on the cover with the Rebel seal, but the stamp ink wouldn't stick to the metallic paper at all! I came up with the offset triangle to replace it. This volume won't quite match the rest of the set, but that's okay. It feels a bit like a separate project anyway.
The cover paper is from Mulberry Paper and More, the red and blue-shot book cloth comes from the scraps pile at Oregon Art Supply, and the text block paper is Dotmar cream from PapersPapers.
StichyArts drew the fanart on commission.
Year in Review: fanbinding
I bound three volumes of my fic this year! Vol II: Pour Away the Ocean, Vol I: Miracles and Wonder, and Vol X: Triumvirate. (yes, the numbers are all out of order. but I have a plan!)
Whenever I finish binding one of these volumes I immediately want to bind another, so I'll definitely continue this project in the new year. It just takes me a while to have the fic ready to print.
I started fanbinding with about 15 years of binding experience, but I still had a lot to learn about this particular type of binding. I'm getting better! Every book, I get a little better.
