Fanbinding - Project Tatterdemalion, by Vathara (@wuxiaphoenix )
This project has been a long time coming but I am VERY happy to present Project Tatterdemalion! Vathara (@wuxiaphoenix ) is THE author I had in mind when I first started fanbinding.
Project Tatterdemalion is a Bleach sci-fi AU in which hollows are an alien monster virus. It features tentacles, biocontainment, and last minute genius solutions by the science team to save the day... and introduce new problems.
I think the wait was worth it for this binding - because I moved to Japan, I was able to source a really excellent chiyogami paper for the endpapers. I used arrestox for the bookcloth, and titled using a freehand foil quill pen (yes, it was as painstaking as you imagine). I decided to use the Kuchiki crest for the front cover, as they're the ones funding this little black ops research center... so they might have a copy of the unredacted report. The Gotei 13 diamond crests work out really nicely for the volume numbers!
Overall I'm extremely happy with how this came out. Can't wait to hold it physically for my next reread!