My latest binding! This is the author's copy, my copy is still in the press and looks exactly the same except I melted one corner with the iron, lol. It gives it character. Right? RIGHT?
This is a Red Dead Redemption 2 fic by Besselfcn featuring Arthur Morgan and Albert Mason--so well written, just an amazing voice and it's short but really packs a punch. I used covers like this and this for inspiration, although this one came out to be more complicated than those. Used some of my precious Duo bookcloth for the green, which looks amazing. Anyway, I think there are some really cool parts to this binding. More pics under the cut.
The endpapers, beautiful Renato Crepaldi papers that I knew I was going to use for this the instant I came across them on his instagram. They're meant to evoke a sunset (although they also look a lot like Jupiter to me--but the sunset part was what they were meant to look like, and the papers are part of the Skyscapes collection, so. Yeah.). It's so pretty up close, there are some really cool pictures on Crepaldi's instagram if you want to look at them more closely.
The spine, which echoes the wolf and moon theme from the front (I really like the spine, it's so small and usually so hard to line up right but this came out just perfectly)
The title page, foiled with toner reactive foil--boyfriend designed everything and he really liked this title page, even if it's the name of the first chapter and not the actual collection of stories, lol. But I liked it so much I couldn't help but include it. Along with:
All of the font designs and curlies were made by the boyfriend, but the pictures are all Arthur's. I found this reddit post where someone had collected all of the pictures Arthur draws in his journal, so these pencil drawings (well, printed pencil drawings) are all Arthur's actual pictures from the game. I thought it was such a neat touch and, because Arthur's journal is an important part of not just the game but this story as well, I thought it was important to include them. There are a few more random pictures for chapter breaks, etc. but they're not super fancy like this.
Anyway, not much more to say about this binding. It's getting easier to do these and I make fewer mistakes--I made the case on this just a smidge too short, or maybe made the textblock a smidge too big, but that was about it--and although the HTV is always a pain it's getting more reliable as well. This cover was a pain in the ass to weed, though, and needing to do it twice kind of sucked. Anything in the name of art though! I'm so excited for the author to see this and I'm really happy to be able to add this to my collection!
Panhard Dyna X86 Coupe Crepaldi (Allemano) (sixième avec Ferruccio Musitelli / Z. Rini dans la catégorie Sport 750cc des mille milles 1954) exposée au Salon Retromobile 2023 sur le stand Ruote da segno. - source Ruote da segno.
Watch me pulling this Nonpareil marbled paper from the carrageenan marbling size. The liquid paint that floats in the size surface chemically reacts with the Aluminium Potassium Sulfate that impregnates the paper face, making the liquid paint to jellify and adhere to the paper instantly.
Scrapyard survivor: 1953 Panhard X86 Berlinetta by Allemano
Scrapyard survivor: 1953 Panhard X86 Berlinetta by Allemano
If there’s one thing that drives us crazy, it’s the small sports berlinettas built in small series during the 40s and 50s.
As we all know 80% of these cars were produced on a Fiat basis, but some were not, as in the case of this Panhard X86, imported (as a chassis) in Italy by Gastone Crepaldi, the official (and pilot) importer of Panhard and later, from 1957, official Ferrari dealer in Milan…
Cobalt blue, green and brown Waved Gelgit marbled paper. Marbled with black, cobalt blue, green, burnt umber tone, metallic gold and metallic copper. Small batch of 20 sheets. Signed and dated. Base paper is black, 80 gsm, short grain. Sheet size is 66 x 94 cm (26" x 37").
Available at: https://renatocrepaldi.bigcartel.com/
Crepaldi: spero di tornare quanto prima a esibirmi
Crepaldi: spero di tornare quanto prima a esibirmi
Lunedì 29 marzo è uscito il nuovo singolo di Crepaldi intitolato Coltelli. Supportato dall’etichetta MC MUSIC\DEPOSITO ZERO SAS. e distribuito da MUSIC RAILS, rappresenta la naturale prosecuzione del percorso intrapreso dall’artista con l’ultimo singolo Oceano. Abbiamo scambiato quattro chiacchiere con lui.
Ci racconti il tuo nuovo singolo dal punto di vista musicale?
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