#annie proulx

[nopefer-art-tu]

The Sky Above, by @mediumorange

I am SO excited to finally share this project with everyone!! Way back in the fall of 2023 I embarked on my first foray into bookbinding, and I thought, what better work to start this hobby off on than with one of the greatest works the Brokeback Mountain fansphere has to offer, written by my dear friend Emily?

And so began my year-long journey with this work, haha.

The book is a square back bradel style binding, covered in turquoise bookcloth. I used a kettle stitch to sew the textblock, and then Lineco-brand PVA glue as the adhesive for everything that needed to be adhered.

While I'm proud of the entire book, I have to admit the thing that I'm most proud of is the cover design.

To make a long story short, I wanted to find a way to make fully illustrated covers on bookcloth, and most of the popular methods of cover design that I had seen were all very limiting for me as an artist to do the things I wanted to do. Thus much of the time I spent making this book went into deep-diving into the world of textile design and ink transfer methods.

In my research, I discovered these types of toner sheets called Direct-to-Film (DTF, lol) transfers. Basically, you can print any design you want at most any size using the full range of the CYMK color spectrum + black + white, then you use a heat press to transfer the design onto your fabric et voila: your design is embedded into the textile.

Because neither the Renegade Bindery discord nor the bookbinder reddit groups really knew what I was talking about when I asked if anyone had ever tried this method out, I put my little rodent ears on and became the guineapig lol.

The first practice attempts I made at this came out tentatively successful, and when I tried it again for the real cover, it came out perfect. I'm still floored by the results tbh. This is such a game changer and I hope more binders can utilize direct-to-film transfers in the future!

Anyways, I really hope you love your belated birthday gift as much as I loved making it, Emily 🥰 Thank you for sharing your talents with such a small fandom sphere, and I can't wait to bind more of your works in the future!!

Editing by me

Typesetting by me

Binding by me

Art by me

[dabiconcordia]

“Everybody that went away suffered a broken heart. "I'm coming back some day," they all wrote. But sometimes they did......." ― Annie Proulx

[never-enough-time-zine]

🏞️ Never Enough Time: a Brokeback Mountain 20th Anniversary Fanzine 🏞️

Never Enough Time is a free, digital fanzine celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of the critically acclaimed neo-Western film Brokeback Mountain.

Over the last two decades, millions around the world have found themselves moved by this monumental film. This zine is by and for all those who found that the only way they could process the profound love and devastating loss flowing through the story was through the act of creation. If this has ever been you, please consider applying!

Contributor applications will open on Friday, January 24th at 6PM MST! Hope to see y'all there!

[withinsight-motivation]

You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

Annie Proulx

[devilsskettle]

just out of curiosity…..

[esqueletosgays]

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005)

Director: Ang Lee Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto

[olympain]

Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges in Soho Place's Brokeback Mountain

[haveyoureadthisqueerbook]

[onekindredspirit]

"After Bird Cloud (the house) was finished I knew it was a poem of landscape, architecture and fine craftsmanship when one of those yellow thunderstorms swept in near sunset with gold light spilling onto the ground and a rainbow. From the big windows I watched as the cliff went saffron as a candle flame, thunder marched around and hot lightening slammed the cliff. Pods of wind burst against the house with a side dish of chattering rain. In the east the towering bulk of the storm was a sulky purple-blue the shade of new denim, but in the west the sky was opening, showing a tender blue like the lining of an antique Chinese robe."

Annie Proulx

Birdcloud - A memoir

Polaroid

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writers on Writing: Annie Proulx

5 Techniques for Good Craftsmanship

Proceed slowly and take care.

To ensure that you proceed slowly, write by hand.

Write slowly and by hand only about subjects that interest you.

Develop craftsmanship through years of wide reading.

Rewrite and edit until you achieve the most felicitous phrase/sentence/paragraph/page/story/chapter.

Annie Proulx writes literary fiction brilliant enough to win major accolades (Pulitzer, National Book Award, etc.) and accessible enough to win a wide audience. She specializes in short stories, including “Brokeback Mountain," though her masterpiece may be the novel The Shipping News. She didn't begin writing until in her 50s and, as you'll see, she doesn't believe in rushing things.

Source

[nopeferatu]

❤️❤️ Happy 19th Birthday to Brokeback Mountain, the movie of all time ❤️❤️

In honor of this milestone, here's some stuff that I've made for the story these past 3~ years in which it has become a huge part of my life and has come to mean so much to me

The first piece I did back for Valentine's Day 2022 ❤️

I made this so I could get it printed to present it as a gift to Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist when I flew to London to go and see the stage show back in August 2023!

I was inspired to draw them in their reunion outfits here haha

For this one, I just wanted to draw Jack being slutty lmaoooo

These were done as illustrations for the fic I hand bound for my friend @mediumorange's fic called The Sky Above, which is an AMAZING FIC please everyone go read it and cry. I go into more detail about the process here in case anyone is interested

Some gay sheep (geep) i drew a few months back ❤️

AAAAAND finally, i finished this piece back in like august BUT i had actually intended this to be a piece for BBM's 18th birthday back in 2023 😅 oopsie! So happy birthday to BBM, and happy birthday to this guy as well

Thank you, BBM, for the community you've allowed me to find, for the stories I've been able to hear, for the history I've been able to learn about my communities, and for the beautiful art you've allowed me to both relish in and grieve over. Here's to your legacy ❤️❤️❤️

[nopefer-art-tu]

Home is where I want to be, but I guess I'm already there

I come home, she lifted up her wings. I guess that this must be the place

I can't tell one from another—Did I find you, or you find me?

There was a time before we were born

If someone asks, this where I'll be

Where I'll be

[a-berrante]

"brokeback mountain", annie prolux

[never-enough-time-zine]

🏞️ Never Enough Time: a Brokeback Mountain 20th Anniversary Fanzine Contributor Applications are Now Open! 🏞️

If you're interested in being a part of Never Enough Time: a Brokeback Mountain 20th Anniversary Fanzine, click on the application link here!

📅 Applications will be open from January 24th through February 23rd at 11:59PM MST.

📌 Applicants will hear back from the zine on March 2nd by 11:59PM MST.

[rainbowcity2025]

“Sometimes I miss you so much I can hardly stand it.”

Ennis and Jack in 'Brokeback Mountain' 2005

[stinkyies]

devan brokeback mountain im calling it