First bookbinding project

[ehyde]

 Very belatedly, posting this here.



I saw a post about fandom bookbinding (fanbinding) and I thought, oh, neat! I could do that! It's not that I wasn't aware of the concept of making pretty, physical copies of fanfics--tarrlok and clockworkspider made me gorgeous printed copies of two of my fics. But this was the first time I'd seen it with traditional bookbinding, cloth covered hardbacks, that kind of thing. (I also thought hey, I could actually make my own print copy of MDZS, which is less relevant now).

The fanbinding discord is neat, too. Many people with strong opinions about archiving and preserving fic. I think I'm in it less for that cause and more as a type of fanart? But yeah.

Anyway though I decided to make a blank book first, as a tutorial project, which is what's pictured here. I'm already working on a book with words in it though and it's nearing completion.

Comments

[peachpai]

That looks awesome, I love the pattern you chose! I'm into bookbinding myself, but I think it's such a cool thing to do fanworks.

[ehyde]

Thank you!

[brownbetty]

Wow, I love the fabric it's covered in.

[ehyde]

Thank you! It's actually paper. I have a lot left over and I'm not sure what to do with it...

[brownbetty]

I guess you can use paper to make lamp-shades, in this modern world where lightbulbs don't set paper lampshades on fire, anymore, if you're feeling crafty.

[schneefink]

Pretty!
Which book are you working on?

[ehyde]

I'm currently working on Pluck the Stars, a MDZS fanfic. It's not super long, novella length, and it has some nice imagery I'm working into the design of the book.

[elvenjaneite]

This is so cool, and I love the design on the cover!

[ehyde]

Thank you!