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I wrote a little foreword for the 'book' and goddamn if it's not a million questionable jokes in a trench coat. I handcut 42 signatures into thin U and sewed them around a pear-shaped box that mimicked a rounded spine so the text block itself, when snug against box, could appear rounded- and the 4 pages of dumb jokes was the most strenuous research I did for the whole project.
This is a book of two-fold whims. Firstly, I saw someone make a secret hollow book with a 'text block' that was just printed lines on the edges and I wanted it to be actual sheets of paper. (This is not shade, if it needs saying.)
Secondly- and somewhat relatedly now that I think on it- I wanted to make a book with more... construction? Visible meat? Book is-ness? Initially, I was going to make a fordite-themed book about cars or some shit but I realized what I liked about fordite is its haphazard providence from what is effectively trash. And now you're halfway to cosmogony- so best to lean into it.
I made the case boards by gluing together a bunch of junk paper (an idea Iiberally stolen and wildly simplified from @monikahmakes ). I marbled the end papers with craft paper shipped with some 'real' paper. The text block edge is left untrimmed; the salvaged leather is left (mostly) frayed. The book cloths are both scraps. You get it? You Get It?
This feels lore appropriate.
I think after I finish this book, I'll get Rogue Trader as a little treat. 40k is always so charmingly silly.
Oh, how interesting. In the few comments I received on the TSM post- Hell, in my own post- we are discussing Gosling and not 'Dr. Ryland Grace', even as that is theoretical TSM in the poll. I'm not seeing a lot of motion regarding Raul Julia intermingling with Gomez or, Thank God, Jim Carrey as Eggman but Gosling as Grace seems fairly common. Fandom has always had a very loose handle on actors not being their characters but as movie-Grace as written is mostly a stock character, Gosling's own charisma and choices are doing all the damned work.
What I'm asking is: Are people actually voting for the hot, comforting skin of Ryan Gosling and is this RPF?
It has come to my attention that there's a Tumblr Sexyman poll wherein Ryan Gosling is a finalist. I think this indicates, to some degree, an interesting change in Tumblr's demographic/culture/milieu. The TSM, I had always assumed, was more of a- reformatory expression, the 'love can gentle him' impulse as applied to relationships with bad boys horrid little cartoon bugs. Or, on the occasion, lulz that horseshoe-d all the way around to sincerity. But here, the TSM has been wedged open wide enough to include a man so conventionally attractive, so universally anodyne, he was cast as the ideal aspirational boyfriend. It Feels like it means something.
While I'm personally conflicted by Gosling's inclusion in TSM, could this demonstrate Tumblr is collectively aging out of 'fixing him' and daydreaming of a higher bar- a man who is pleasant to be around comma also not a platypus? Or are we all just That stressed out?
I've seen his Wikipedia, so maybe they sense something:
Oh, I don't doubt he's a weirdo. No actor isn't. But if being an unblinking haint as a child gets you in the TSM, I expect to be an early out for 2027.
My point is the character, even in grind-off-the-edges fan spaces, is safe- mildly bumbling but competent, respectful, sweet. TSM tend towards hucksters and murderers and shitheads. So... Which flavor of Tumblr existential does this character's high ranking demonstrate?
It has come to my attention that there's a Tumblr Sexyman poll wherein Ryan Gosling is a finalist. I think this indicates, to some degree, an interesting change in Tumblr's demographic/culture/milieu. The TSM, I had always assumed, was more of a- reformatory expression, the 'love can gentle him' impulse as applied to relationships with bad boys horrid little cartoon bugs. Or, on the occasion, lulz that horseshoe-d all the way around to sincerity. But here, the TSM has been wedged open wide enough to include a man so conventionally attractive, so universally anodyne, he was cast as the ideal aspirational boyfriend. It Feels like it means something.
While I'm personally conflicted by Gosling's inclusion in TSM, could this demonstrate Tumblr is collectively aging out of 'fixing him' and daydreaming of a higher bar- a man who is pleasant to be around comma also not a platypus? Or are we all just That stressed out?
Here's my marbling experiments, by order of desperation (random, totally non-viable bullshit not included). Any design with black exclusively uses paints from the Jacquard marbling kit. The other uses hand-mixed Liquitex acrylic paints.
1)Canson mixed media, alum applied and then applied again. These two best examples were rinsed but the difference between no rinse and rinse were minor after drying.
Colossal failure, across the board- which I presume to be the paper. I suspect there's an additive that prompts wet media to sit on the paper, rather than soak into it. Most of any paint I applied was sloughed onto the floor. A shame since I like the weight of the paper.
2)Yasutomo Hosho, alum. Was specifically recommended this paper as a good 'no mordant required' paper and that was not my experience.
My best results but only when not rinsing. So not exactly ideal. Still some bleeding but the size seems to hold the paint in place long enough to adhere to the paper. Weird texture when dry.
3) Craft paper (acid free), alum and non-alum.
I'm starting to wonder about my alum (or me applying the alum) at this point, as there's a shockingly low distinction between treated and non. It's not good marbling and must be considered a failure but... Honestly, I'm compelled by the left ones. Might be Stockholm-ing.
4) Newsprint, no alum.
Surprisingly good results- at first. You can see the typical bleeding appeared during my second session with smaller sheets. Not sure what's happening there but it may be plain ol' too much black ink. I was in my fail-fast stage and fail I did. The paper, of course, is the greatest problem here- too thin, too brittle after drying. Too trash to survive, alas. It's got a powerful Look tho'.
Without purchasing new materials, I am currently at a stopping point. I think my size is square so I'm looking at the alum or inks. I Could source other mordants. I Could investigate other paint. But I'm thinking I'm just straight up Missing Something. I'll need to think. Advice appreciated.
SomeThing is wrong with my marbling setup. I have used proper printmaking paper, watercolor paper, newsprint, craft, kozo, copier paper, random mailers. I have used mordant, no mordant, Double mordant. And Yet! My paint still bleeds in the post-pull rinse. I'd say it was the paint at this point but these are the paints from the same 'beginner marbling' kit (Jacquard) as the size/mordant. I'm hesitant to call them the issue since, You Know- from the kit. The single instance of the paint Not bleeding is when I, in the spirit of science, skipped the somewhat necessary rinse.
The next step, I suppose, is to try other acrylics Anyways- even as it'll undoubtedly introduce more variables than it removes. I am... 🤔... mildly, perhaps 60% committed to figuring this out.
Y'all, marbling is a lot of material science I wasn't prepared for. Nothing I'm doing is helped by my insistence on using paper of unknown quality/province/composition but I cannot lie- demoralization is high. Yet, as The Gag's servant, I shall endure.
Lest anyone think making your own trash-boards is the perfect blend of economical and stupid, allow me to mention I used Half A Bottle of Glue to make 2 TWO 3mil boards.
In other news, I'm sweating around my house in 40° weather, shaking a warm milk jug full of marbling size, so never let them say bookbinding is a staid hobby for well-diagnosed people.
I needed- 'needed'- to come up with a ridiculous legal copyright notice so I dug-up one of those scamlishers I found picking over 'Cheese's corpse. It was worse than I remembered cuz it has this little ditty:
Notice the typo?
So I'm wholesale stealing this (in Arial, to hurt). That seems right.
Anyways, approx of nothing, I'm working on making some boards out of literal trash for Deeply Pretentious reasons.
The right pics are a test board I've already laminated. Extremely not acid-free nor archival but I've got an idea.
Oh, how I am so excited for this person! I just read someone being concerned about making something that's too 'philosophical' and coming across as 'pretentious'. I am so, So excited for them. Sadly, a person can only cross the "Am I being Too Indulgent in the Indulgence Factory?" threshold a single time but it is a glorious step.
'Pretentious' is outwardly applied by a viewer, after the hard work is done. Don't pain-guard or plan against it; that's impossible. You need to use 'Ambitious' for your own muscle-building. 'Attempt' if you must.
I've noticed I have a very hard time engaging with fandoms I've written in- and Only if I've written for it. Illustrations produce no such weirdness. Is that a thing for anyone else? It's not so much 'he wouldn't say that' headcanon harrumph but this strangely intense sense of- anxiety? Dread? I tried to get back into BG3 fanfic after I finished 'Right' and it was like watching a single spider crawling along the ceiling. I can't explain it.
Gripe Incoming: "fuck Joann" isn't the get-out-of-jail card some in fandom thinks it is. Any support is material support for her maleficence. I'm not absolved by whispering 'Jeff Bezos looks like a novelty ice cream made of dad' every time I buy junk off Amazon.
And, Holy Shit, I Also saw Alan Rickman hamming it up in that wig too but there are other shitty yet tamable secret-sad-boys in the world. Here's one: Genocide Steve can only achieve an erection by choking groundhogs with his bare hands (truly a fusion of the Apollonian and Dionysian not seen since classical antiquity- so 💔) but when you, Y/N, sprain your paper-thin ankle at the Him Protest, will he become an uncomfortably angry softie you have to socialize like a dog? There. Go wild.
Her works need to die the death of willful neglect and it saddens me these mid ass books still have a chokehold on fandom. Christ, the other day, I saw someone writing fic for M.A.S.K, the toy cartoon that aired for a single season in 1985. You can find inspiration anywhere if you're weird enough. Try It.
The photos absolutely ate this thing but I'm the one who used the light-scarfing black faux suede. I did this to myself.
This guy has four layers of various book cloths and the spine was trapped via a split-board type situation. Very silly. Made for some very goofball wrapping but it's not too bad, aside from a few spots when one can see the under layer shadowing. Boo.
I managed to over-correct on my fore-edge problem and now I've got too little. Figures! Anyways I made these little endbands after attempting to sew some. Can't seem to end the endbands without ending up with a mess. More work required. The edge splatters are just lovely, tho'.
This book is pretty much the all-vinyl show, which was terribly annoying. Cutting objects this small is vile And Also cutting things this long is vile (these two lines took years off my life- cremate me, I fucking guess). What I'm hearing is:
Despite the problems that I will see for all time until I, thematically, die, I feel like I got what I was going for and that's worth the trouble. The next book will be much more experimental with materials- if, a Colossal If, I can get the base conceit to work- and I'm glad for the pleasant time I spent with this bookmark conveyance device.
