#Fine Bindings

[trekkerac]

bugs or what ever

👻💀All Frankenghost drawings💀👻

[bookwyrminspiration]

when i say brickwyn ot3 i don't necessarily mean romantically. i wouldn't mind it, but i don't need them all to fall in love, i just need all their souls to be permanently intertwined across space and time. you know?

[painted-bees]

ah, yes. My favorite sisyphean task of the aquarium hobby: cleaning the dirt. Because the dirt needs to be clean.

clean dirt.

[ricecaqes]

HIIIII GUYS I FINISHED MY BINDING OF ISAAC ANIMATION PLS LOOK AT IT!!!!!! i worked very hard on it and it ate my soul and i fought against adobe animate every step of the way . but it is DONE. yay

[moeblob]

I love my stupid, sadistic, freak of a demon cleric who is slowly dying by casting holy magic cause he's literally a demon and it hurts him.

[uwmspeccoll]

It's Fine Press Friday!

Anatomy, the second book by poet, physician, and psychiatrist Alice Jones (b. 1949), is a letterpress chapbook printed in an edition of 100 copies, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama by the Bullnettle Press in 1997. Asa Peavy ran the press out of Tuscaloosa before moving on to work for Yale University Press and the San Francisco Public Library. The type is Gill Sans, cast by Michael and Winifred Bixler. 

Drawing on her medical training (she studied Internal Medicine before completing a second residency in Psychiatry), Alice Jones’s anatomical poems explore “The Guts,” “The Senescent Ovary,” “The Larynx,” and other organs before concluding with the “Life Cycle.” A number of these poems originally appeared in medical journals.  

The illustrations are by Berkeley-based book conservator Coriander Reisbord. Round reduction linoleum cut prints of bone, nerve, connective tissue, muscles, and platelets adorn Jones’ poems.  Reisbord also bound most of the copies in this edition. According to the colophon, the first 85 copies were bound with paste-paper boards with transparent vellum spines, with the remainder presented in sheets or with full vellum binding. Our lovely copy, decorated with metallic organ cutouts, was uniquely-bound in leather by Priscilla Spitler in 2000. 

Our copy is another donation from the estate of our late friend Dennis Bayuzick.

View other books from the estate of Dennis Bayuzick.

View other Fine Press Friday posts.

-- Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern

[deservedgrace]

I know that this is part of the goal, I know this is intentional to skirt responsibility, I know this is part of keeping people in it

But it's so frustrating the way you're expected to take christianity seriously, it's supposed to be your whole life, you're supposed to do all this stuff to be "good" and "pure", they dangle your body over the fires of hell to stress how serious it is... and then when you do take it seriously you get blamed for it

"You have to take this seriously otherwise you'll end up in hell"

"Oh wow, okay, I must take this seriously! I must internalize every lesson and monitor myself for sin and do everything in my power to be the best christian I can be!"

"Why would you take [lesson/sermon/verse] seriously? That's not what we meant. It's your own fault for not discerning what to take seriously. Clearly you aren't really in relationship with god and have a sin issue"

"........"

[pyromaniacblujay]

i prefer showers. they don't usually last long enough to give me time to think

[erza-mj]

Innocent

This one is Innocent by MarauderLover7, originally posted on fanfiction.net and then later on on AO3

I'll have to divide this one in four different books cause the story is too long, 480k+ is a bit too much for a single book unless i make the text inside really little lol...

I used a velvet red for the cover and the gold vynil for the details, which was a horrible combination cause the vynil isn't proprely attached to the cover and some parts will eventually fly away... i'll have to be carefull while handling it for now but i'll have to rebind it at some point when i'm better at it. Lesson learned ç.ç

Also, the image is not perfectly alligned i want to cry…

[goatsandgangsters]

one of my favorite things about My Beloved Man Jack Alston

is that he's always like I Don't Care, I'm Not Involved, You Can't Even Imagine How Indifferent I Am, Leave Me Alone, I Don't Want To Be Here

but then the second you get him caring about someone even a little, he has absolutely ZERO CHILL about it

man's out here insisting he's a loner and acting all put upon about anyone intruding on his quiet solitude™, but all somebody has to do is snark at him once and he starts vibrating with the Need to Take Care of Them

[littlemaybunny]

Halloween with Pico and NG kids

My Halloween art actually saw the light, even the week after the Halloween itself

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P. S. Reason why I just finished it:

[cellgatinbo]

bbh’s absolute heart attack seeing richarlyson almost die in chat

[emile-hides]

I really cooked with this design actually.

[ezkezpez]

Well, Mr. Morris sat down beside me and looked as happy and jolly as he could, but I could see all the same that he was very nervous. He took my hand in his, and said ever so sweetly . . .

"Miss Lucy, I know I ain't good enough to regulate the fixin's of your little shoes, but I guess if you wait till you find a man that is you will go join them seven young women with the lamps when you quit. Won't you just hitch up along-side of me and let us go down the long road together, driving in double harness?"

- Bram Stoker’s Dracula

5/? Illustrations

[kakushusband]

Happy 2 years of me being mentally ill as fuck about this freak ♥

And here's a bonus also! Couldn't help myself.

Yknow like. the pin was cool and all, and its nice that doing stuff with photo paper works too - but i wanted to actually *paint* this abomination. you can be absolutely certain this is going straight to the car keys

[uncanny-tranny]

Hi! would you by any chance have tips on how to get a binder when your parents refuse to buy you one? ☹️

That's definitely a sensitive and complex answer, and while I might not know of the best option for your unique situation, there are some ways you can go about this.

If it's a foregone conclusion that you cannot convince them of this, what I used to do is DIY my binder. The ways I primarily did this were:

Option One: Wearing a camisole that was one size smaller than I actually was (so, wearing a small instead of a medium, for instance), then folding it up over my chest. As a disclaimer, this may only work well if you are smaller in the chest

Option Two: Layering two sports bras in my size over each other. Some of the DIY tips I found before I got a traditional binder advised to wear one sports bra in your size, then wear another sports bra backwards in a size smaller. I would advise against this for potential safety reasons, but also because (at least personally), it can be ineffective and a waste of resources.

Some people have also had friends or other family members order their binder for them, but this can be risky, depending on your situation. While I don't know the ins and outs of your specific circumstances, risk management is important to me, so I would recommend this if it is a risk that is acceptable to make.

I understand what it's like to not have access to this resource, so what I will do is advise you against:

Binding with ace bandages (I did this before (multiple times, in fact, because of dysphoria), and believe me, not only did it hurt like hell, but it constricted my body so heavily that I may have done long-term harm)

Wearing a DIY binder (or any kind, for that matter) for longer than your body can handle

Doing DIY in such a way that even mimics binding with ace bandages. This means that your binder shouldn't constrict your ribs, breathing, or range of movement

Here are some general good practices that you should use to guide you for any type of binding, whether traditional or DIY:

When you start binding, only do so in very short sessions to begin with. While binding shouldn't outright hurt, it can be a weird transition while your body is getting used to that new sensation

Minimize heavy lifting or exercise while binding. If it is unavoidable, drink plenty of water and take plenty of breaks

Stretch after binding

Don't bind while sick or have inflammation in your lungs or chest

If you DIY, treat your binder like it is a traditional binder. Don't make the mistake of assuming you don't need to listen to your body because you aren't using a "traditional" binding method

Ultimately, listen to your body. If it is telling you that it needs a break, honour that. Your body isn't punishing you, it is trying to keep you (and it) safe, even if it doesn't feel like it

In the end, this isn't perfect. Sometimes, parents do come around, even in their own ways, even if little by little, they come around. When I first came out officially around 2016, I was convinced that my transition would be completely forbade by my family; I concealed a lot of it in the worst instances of this. However, now, I think most of my family has come through their own journey with the understanding of the reality of what and who I am. I tell you this, anon, because I want you to know that this, too , shall pass. You can make it. I know this might be devastating to you, and believe me, I know what that's like. But it won't be forever. These bridges aren't burnt forever, and I hope you can find your happiness and contentment wherever it may be.