Been holding onto some books - simple designs mostly, as my goal has been to get my backlog of textblocks from binderary completed.
Some new things were done - I made my first quarto and first cut-out. I bound Sigh No More by @dhampir72 - which was an exercise in persistence (and frustration).
Statistics:
20,231 words || 84 pages
Body text: Liberation Serif, 9 point
Accents: Lemon Milk
I was inspired by the themes of the fic - about loneliness and welcome homes and the setting of the fic partly taking place in planes and airports, and wanted to make a cutout reminiscent of a plane window. the fic ends on such a bittersweet, pensive note that i tried to emulate that in the bind.
However, i was stymied so many times by the frigging cutout- the bind was so cursed because i tore the cut out so many times. i don't have a colour printer and was forced to make two trips to do my printing on a colour printer. i used handmade (and by that, i mean by me) marbled paper that I made in a marbling class as my endpapers. they don't necessarily match, but i love the non-pareil pattern and i so badly wanted to use it.
I also used french double core endbands - matching the insert's colours - had some good fun with it - though i have been very rusty and don't quite remember the steps for endbands. I also used some lovely duo elster supplied by @pleasantboatpress when we did a bind trade, we also traded bookcloth and resources and i love this colour of duo!
My other bind, a bind i did post binderary before i took a long break was the traceability series by @blackidyll.
Statistics:
73,221 words || 223 pages
Body text: Georgia, 10.5 point
Accents: Alien League II
I had some issues with over-pressing hence the distortion of some of the finer lines of the cover. i had been playing with heat-reactive HTV over the font title (inspired by @nodeadfandoms who used heat-reactive HTV in their binds in such a cool way), but unfortunately the silver and grey doesn't have much contrast when i run my finger along the HTV.
Made with Japanese bookcloth - blue from hollanders, this bookcloth is quite a favourite of mine though it's really backed so thinly with paper.
For my last book bound during Binderary - I bound Quriosity by @drgrlfriend.
Statistics:
93,121 words || 345 pages
Body text: Georgia, 11 point
Accents: Sigana Condensed
As mentioned I kinda fumbled the HTV as I decided to use a different brand of HTV (Cricut Foil vs Siser), which had some issues adhering. It's definitely not perfect, but I had some fun with the original Bond design on the cover and using lines as a theme for the design aspects of the fic. I've also discovered my near unhealthy obsession with tall vertical looking fonts - i am not sorry.
I used purple silk moire cloth, which has a lovely sheen, though i think that colibri will always hold my heart.
I still have 9 more text blocks to go - am working towards trying out some marbled edges or foil edges in the future - have two flatbacks ready for some experimental 'fuck around and find out' treatment.
Life has been a little ridiculous recently, so it's likely my binding for the next couple of months will proceed at a glacial and erratic pace - a good deal of apologies to the people i've promised author copies, it might take a while.
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With More Focus on Safety, Why Is It Still Hard to find Healthy Food?
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We are willing to pay more for better-quality food. Why can’t we then choose between an OK apple and a super nutritious one at the store?
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