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[dashka12]

The Golden Bird: Part 2

The Golden Bird: Part II by @pierrotwrites-hc

For (Fan) Fic Writer Appreciate Day (August 21st) I decided to bind The Golden Bird: Part 2, the second part of one of my absolute favorite fics EVER.

I tried to match the same style I did in my previous bind of Part 1 of the series, but still making it unique in itself.

The custom end papers were made from the painting Ganymede by Gabriel Ferrier with a book quote (one of multiple quotes i used in this bind as I couldn't pick just one since the prose in this story is so beautiful)

Foiled title pages because I love foil and have a lot :)

For the typeset itself, it is very similar to the one i did for part 1, except included some drop caps

Now for probably my favorite part of this bind - THE ART!

@thedaydreamingcynic has created some of the most beautiful art for the TGB and they were kind enough to let me include some of them in this bind.

The art was printed on transparent film and overlaid in the book with thin double-sided crafting tape.

Truly, all their art is stunning.

This bind was done as part of @renegadeguild Renegade Loves Fic(Writers), as a way to show appreciation to all the fic writers out there that share your amazing stories with us, by sending out a copy.

Thank you @pierrotwrites-hc for creating such an amazing story <3

HAPPY (FAN) FIC WRITERS APPRECIATION DAY

[neptunesenceladus]

for the @renegadeguild fanfiction writers appreciation day event I did a bind of hope has bloody knuckles by the amazing @independent-variables. This event is a way to say thank you to the amazing writers in our community.

Because of the length of the fic I also added in the three other works that are apart of in our bedroom after the war. The entire bind is 324 pages, and the typeset can be found here if you want to bind your own copy.

I used bookcloth for the case, and a foil quill for the gold detailing (which I am definitely improving with I think). At the start of each work is a title page with different images, my favorite being the tundra tea plant (specifically the species Rhododendron tomentosum) at the very start of hope has bloody knuckles. I made two copies, one which I sent to the author and one for myself, with the main difference being a slightly different pattern on the endpapers in my own copy.

more photos of the inside below:

[mythrilthread]

And this is my last project for Fanfiction Writer’s Appreciation Day!

It sure is an interesting one. This is a fictionalized record of a LARP game from the POV of one of the characters, written by dearest Goblin. The game was set in the world of Pathologic games, so I used relevant concept art for the covers, and a screenshot for the endpapers.

Kaleidoscopes were a major symbol in the narration, so I used that imagery for title spread and scene dividers. There’s also fun colored text for dream sequences.

Also I hand died embroidery floss for stitching bright blue, because that is the color associated with the featured character.

This is my second time trying a sewn-board binding with breakaway spine, which is very fun to do.

[purplephloxpress]

It's August 21, which means: Happy Fanfiction Writers Appreciation Day! If you are a writer of fanfic, please know just how appreciated you are!! Fandom would be such a different space without your creativity and labors of love. 💜

In celebration of this most glorious holiday, @renegadepublishing ran an event where we bind copies of fics to gift to their authors, and I had the joy of binding The Tranquility of Water for @noppoh! It's a truly fantastic post-canon story and I love the exploration into the effects of the main story on its characters after the fact. (This is a story I love so much that I wrote up a page and a half crash course on The Untamed so I can try to force my sibling into reading it as well. Take that as you will)

The walls of the Hanshi creep in on him and so Lan Xichen leaves. He leaves Cloud Recesses and his seclusion, stealing away in the night with no-one the wiser that he even left. His feet bring him to Lotus Pier where a surprisingly kind Jiang Cheng seems determined to help him heal.

With a title like "Tranquility of Water" and the story largely taking place at Lotus Pier, I may have been a little heavy handed with the lotus imagery throughout the book, but it felt very fitting! The lotus on the cover was a last minute addition, but one that turned out so lovely. Just, you know, to tie everything together lotus-wise. (Another one of my favorite design details in the typeset is that both title fonts from the chapter headers and title page get repeated within the text of the story as the main characters handwriting fonts!)

I started the physical binding process of my copy while at the Renegade Retreat in April (and decided the week before that I wanted to change my body font... can you say formatting speedrun?) and up until that point I hadn't actually figured out what the cover and endpages were going to look like. Special thanks to everyone who contributed pieces to this binding (and who moral-supported me along the way -- my copy holds so many fun memories now) because it LITERALLY would not look like this without you all. I really love the way the color transitions worked out, with a predominantly blue/green case, fading into green, into pink, into the title page, and then transitioning back out at the end of the book.

And these endbands!! Friends, that is SILK embroidery floss that a friend brought to the retreat especially so I could experience the decadence of silk endbands. I will never be the same. (They're so smooth... so shiny... so slippery to work with, but SO WORTH IT)

(Binding details under the cut)

The pieces that went into this bind:

Fandom: The Untamed/Mo Dao Zu Shi

Pairing: Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin / Lan Huan | Lan Xichen

Bookcloth: Renegade Retreat Swap Table Special (I have no idea what it is, but it was just enough to make a copy for myself and the author and the color worked PERFECTLY!)

Cover paper: Opal Momi paper

Cover paper: Opal Momi paper

Endpapers: from the Craft Consortium Ink Drops - Dusk paper pack

Titling: foil quill

Endbands: leather cording core, silk embroidery floss for the bands

Body font: EB Garamond

Title fonts: Wintersoul and Bastian

Handwriting fonts: Bastian (Lan Xichen), Richardson Script (Lan Wangji), and Wintersoul (Jiang Cheng)

Tumblr insists on eating and doubling text in this section at its own whim, so if there's something missing that you're curious about, feel free to DM me an ask!

[ohmightydevviepuu]

fanbinding: break me

the story: break me by @thisonesatellite, published adjacent to the 2019 Captain Swan Supernatural Summer. warning: here there be monsters! originally found in a rec post by @wistfulcynic, this fic changed everything about how i approached fandom and the people in it.

i read it in a single sitting.

binding: sewn boards designed to match we kill the flame, originally bound for binderary 2023. black homemade bookcloth covers with painted title under the obi band. art by @mariakov81. (the cat hair adds to the je ne sais quois.)

[three--rings]

Today (August 21st) is Fanfic Author's Appreciation Day and Renegade Bindery is having a celebration of our beloved authors by sending authors gift copies of their work in time for today.

The first book I'm including for today's celebration is one that sorta just happened to fall now. It's a book I've already shown my own copy from back in February.

a stone to break your soul a song to save it by rikke -This fic is one I named as my very favorite MDZS fic for a long time. It's such a fantastic canon deviation AU.

This binding was based on my first copy, including faux stab-binding detail. But I didn't have enough of the same blue bookcloth left. What I had was really too bright and light to feel right to me. So looking around at what I had I found some silk fabric I had dyed blue for a costume project at one point that I didn't end up using. I decided to see how this silk would work made into paperless bookcloth with paste and acrylic medium. I'm only partially happy with the finished surface, but it is durable and the right color, as well as having a fun texture from the dupioni slubs.

The book also has a sewn French Double Core endband and velvet ribbon.

And once again, thanks Rikke for all your contributions to the fandom!

[ohmightydevviepuu]

the story: often imitated but never surpassed, laura's season-long hockey AU changed the parameters of CS fanworks in every way possible. a truly epic and unexpected setting for a fairytale that i found on exactly the day i needed its company the most.

binding: five-volume sewn board CHONK in canvas-printed covers meant to evoke NY Rangers away game jerseys. half-letter folios with painted spines tied in laces. NHL font designs from FFonts. includes fanart by @distant-rose and @clockadile (not pictured).

A very long time ago, my mother-in-law mentioned that Justin used to skate so quickly and without much finesse and as such would trip over the blue line. And something in my brain just went: oh. And then I...wrote, like, a million words. And got people to like hockey? And spent most of my mid to late-20s writting about this fictional hockey team with their kids and their kids' kids and people made art and I made spotify playlists and it was, like, my little safe space of happiness and found family and an absolute excess of love that I could just dive into whenever I needed it and then life happened and I haven't written in forever and we moved and @ohmightydevviepuu asked me for my address because she bound totbl by hand! Five volumes! They're named for periods! She wrapped them in laces! And I gave her the wrong addresss because we just.moved but all five (!!!) volumes got here and I actually cried and ran around our new house because it's been years and literally almost a million words, but this is my whole fandom soul and all five (!!!) volumes are going in our new reading room.

[deehellcat]

It's a big holiday in the @renegadeguild ! Today is Fanfic Writers Appreciation Day (FFWAD), a day fanbinders spread the love for the amazing writers who share their talents with us. #renegadelovesfic

This is my first time observing, so I may inadvertently leave out some details, but I'm doing my best. lol

My contribution to the celebration is this little quarto-size volume I bound containing one of my all-time favorite Marvel fics, Teeny Tiny OctoTony by mountainrose, with art by my dear @sreppub! I bound it in sewn board format, with diy bookcloth. The endpages have a heart print in honor of my favorite scene from the fic which involves Natasha's bracelet of heart-shaped beads. <3 (fun fact, all 3 copies I bound have heart-print endpages, but each is slightly different!)

The last photo is the author's copy in its forever home!

[dashka12]

An Iron Blood Tale: Iron and Gold

An Iron Blood Tale: Iron and Gold by @experi-sketches

My second bind for (Fan) Fic Writer Appreciation Day.

This fic is ridiculously good and my favorite story that i found last year.

The whole inspiration for this book was inspired by one particular scene from the fic.

For the custom endpapers, i foiled on the tagline(theme?) of the fic, onto some art that matched the overall design elements.

I had a lot of fun working on the typeset for this - though it took me way to long to sit down and complete. I had a pretty clear vision for it, until i completely did a 180 and changed my mind lol. Which I'm glad i did as this typeset came out so well.

The story title pages and map - I LOVE when books have maps in the beginning so i was super excited to format the map.

Each chapter had a title, but I decided to keep the chapter images the same and to go with the cover design.

Threads, connectivity, and intertwining play a big role in this fic and I tried to incorporate the idea as much as possible.

I'm very happy with how this book turned out, especially the htv layering. Quite surprised on how smoothly it went on the first time tbh.

This bind was done as part of @renegadeguild Renegade Loves Fic(Writers), as a way to show appreciation to all the fic writers out there that share your amazing stories with us, by sending out a copy to them.

Thank you @experi-sketches for this lovely fic <3

HAPPY (FAN) FIC WRITERS APPRECIATION DAY

[ziezie13]

Happy Fanfiction Writers Appreciation Day!!!! Renegade Bindery has organized an event for the occasion, encouraging fans to gift bound copies to some well deserving authors. I decided to do a four part anthology for the event so that I could include as many authors as possible. The anthology, titled Sex, Love, and Rock ‘n Roll, features some of my favorite aspec wolfstar stories that I have collected over the years. These stories mean a lot to me and I’m so happy that I am able to give this gift to the authors that wrote them!

MIDNIGHT RADIO – @everythingbutcoldfire​ Sirius is an actor in his late twenties. Enter Remus: the wardrobe supervisor and dresser for his new show. SEE BUT ONE MOON – Anynomous Black has been pining for the nerdy Barista, Remus Lupin, for three months, but can’t seem to get his attention. Remus, however, has noticed the over-excited law student, but isn’t interested in being a conquest of the week. When Remus starts listening to the Marauding Hour – a University radio programme, he finds himself enraptured by one of the DJs, and starts to crush on him – hard. Little does he know that Padfoot has known him all along, and is looking for something much more than a one-off. VALENTINE'S DAY – @everythingbutcoldfire​ Remus has never really grasped how some people feel very neutral about kissing. It had never been like him to snog random people at parties. Sirius, on the other hand, happens to be a prime example of that person. STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET – @everythingbutcoldfire​ Remus is biking to the movie theater and meets a hot stranger on a motorcycle at a piece of car friendly infrastructure. You’ll never guess who it is. THE LIGHT THAT BLINDS MY EYES – @aryastark-valarmorghulis​ Sirius is in love. Remus is too, he just doesn’t know it yet. In which Sirius is demi and pines a lot, Remus is oblivious, and they should move together as soon as possible. TALK TO ME – @everythingbutcoldfire​ A tale of pining in two parts: Remus, hopelessly in love with his roommate, has to take care of him when Sirius has a fever and is a bit delirious. Sirius walks in on Remus watching a video. Remus tells him something. Sirius realizes something about himself. TEENAGE WASTELAND – @ziezie13​ Sirius Black and his best friend, James Potter, are the coolest guys in school. Their pranks are legendary and their reign is undisputed. But with graduation fast approaching and James heading off to Princeton in the fall with his girlfriend, Lily Evans, Sirius wants to get in one more epic day of hijinks and fun before the real world comes crashing down around them. HAPPY – literary_lion Sirius Black is very confused. He doesn’t know why Remus has been avoiding him, he can’t understand why none of his romance-obsessed friends believe he doesn’t get crushes, and he’s not sure why James thinks the two problems are related. THE JOY OF NOT SEX – @wereflamingo​ Sirius is confused about sex and sets out to investigate. And if that investigation includes an awful lot of snogging with one Remus Lupin, what of it? The story of how ace Sirius got together with allo Remus, to great success, and had lots of asexy not-sex with him. FEEL SOMETHING – @lovingremus​ Remus has never really grasped how some people feel very neutral about kissing. It had never been like him to snog random people at parties. Sirius, on the other hand, happens to be a prime example of that person. O NO I HOPE I DON'T FALL – @everythingbutcoldfire​ Remus and Sirius are roommates in their late twenties. They’re on a weekend trip to see a T. Rex cover band and to rent a boat for shiggles. FEELING OF INADEQUACY – @xomarauders​ Sirius struggles with his sexuality and questions if he’s worthy of Remus’ love. FAR ABOVE THE WORLD – @everythingbutcoldfire​ After a climate change apocalypse has rendered Earth uninhabitable, sixteen-year-olds Sirius and Remus live aboard a starship on course to another solar system and a new home. COLOUR ME INSIDE OUT – Anonymous In spite of their fundamental differences, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin have a happy marriage. It’s open, and they have strict rules. Only one night, a stranger at a pub turns everything upside down, and now both are afraid with these new feelings, it means everything’s falling apart. Neither of them expect this outcome when James Potter enters their lives. THESE DAYS – @everythingbutcoldfire​ An evening at Grimmauld Place, thinking about feelings, memories, and missed chances. CHERRY-COLOURED FUNK – @everythingbutcoldfire​ Remus is feeling sad about Valentine’s Day. Sirius takes him on a fake date to show him the true meaning of romance. Or to deconstruct what romance even means. A little bit of both

In order to keep this post (relatively) short you can find my introduction to the anthology here which includes some ramblings on fanfiction, asexuality/aromaticism, and Wolfstar. If you are interested in the technical stuff I have everything bookbinding related here.

More photos under the cut.

[renegadeguild]

FanFiction Writers Appreciation Day

Join us to celebrate FanFiction Writers Appreciation Day!

August 21st is FanFiction Writer’s Appreciation Day and Renegade Bindery is Celebrating with our event, Renegade Loves Fic(writers)! Our bookish way of saying thank you to the fanfiction writers out there for making these great stories!

All day Renegade Bindery members will be sharing photos of books that they made and sent as gifts to the story’s authors! Follow the tag #renegadelovesfic so you can share and like and spread the love as we say a huge thank you to fanfiction writers!

Binders don’t forget to tag your posts #renegadelovesfic so we can find and share them!

[mythrilthread]

This is another book gifted for Fanfiction Writers’ Appreciation Day.

Цена Удачи (Price of Luck) by Eliot Lilith is a piece original fiction about a school for teenage superpowered assassins. Eliot is my spouse’s absolute favorite fanfiction author, so we designed this one together.

The cover features the Academy on the front and S Corp building on the back. I used a jade bead for a bookmark charm because one of the challenges the students face is stealing a stone from a teacher and jade was the stone the protagonist got. Title page has the Academy’s crest. The typeset has a metric fuckton of fonts, because there are about a dozen of students writing essays, and one character communicates entirely through handwritten notes.

This is another 3-piece Bradel binding. It’s an A5, and at whooping 750 pages it’s the chonkiest book I’ve bound to date.

[overlyenthusiasticfictionreader]

Fanbinding of The Last by LadyDragon76

The Last by LadyDragon76

As the last hatchling's spark fades within the pod, the last seeker sinks to his knees in anguish. On another planet, the last Prime worries for the fate of his people despite the new peace.

Fandom: Transformers (G1, Bay Movies) Rating: Explicit Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Rape/Non-Con Category: M/M Relationship: Optimus Prime/Starscream Words: 78,670

This is my first completed fanbinding! I made a copy for myself and another for the author. I am so excited to hold it in my hands 😊

I fell in love with this red marbled lokta paper, and since I was halfway there already, I chose blue/white for the endbands, just to go full OP/Starscream colors.

I did not plan far enough ahead to have the same endpapers for both books, but I think both choices worked out well!

I really loved how the typesetting worked out! The title font here is Origin Tech, and I just really enjoyed working with it.

Coincidentally, I managed to get my book to the author just before Fan Fiction Writer Appreciation Day! LadyDragon76 is a prolific author, and I have enjoyed many of their stories! I could not have a fabulous bound book without a fabulous story to put in it 🥰

Many thanks to the folks at @renegadepublishing​, who are generous with their time, inventive with their ideas, and just all around nice folks!

[ohmightydevviepuu]

the story: written for the Captain Swan Supernatural Summer and a favorite of @spartanguard's work, it was such a pleasure to explore this fic for binding. kait has been a wonderful friend and supporter and fellow writer and cheerleader over these many years, and what a gift to be able to give some small part of that back to her. did i overdo it on the middlemist imagery? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

binding: half-letter sewn boards with homemade fabric bookcloth and gem details. ribbon closure obi band.

i wanted to keep the dark garden imagery but include the pops of color brought in by the pink flowers in the middlemist field. all font choices approved personally by @optomisticgirl.

Y'all. @ohmightydevviepuu is living up to the MIGHTY in her URL, because she is SO TALENTED. LOOK AT THIS STUNNINNGGGGG PIECE!!!!

Seriously—this looks professionally made. The construction of this is INCREDIBLE; the actual page setup is PERFECT; and then she took it the extra step with the gorgeous details on the front (and back) with the gemstones and the ribbon and the flowers (which I need to find a way to secure so I never lose them because I am going to cherish this forever).

We all know the feeling of success of feeling a story. But holding it in your hands like this is something else, and I can't thank Dev enough 💗 (she has her own post coming for this and I don't want to steal its thunder because she deserves ALL THE CREDIT FOR THIS AMAZINGNESS but I had to say SOMETHING because I've been staring at this for a WEEK)

[ohmightydevviepuu]

fanbinding: roses in december

the story: the fic that installed my buttons for OUAT 3b divergence in all of its glory and delight. it is a testament to the wonders of fandom community that i now get to call @justanotherwannabeclassic a friend, and to have made this for her--a small token of how much i've enjoyed this fic and her company over the years.

binding: half-letter sewn boards, fabric bookcloth cover. kept it simple in the design, leaning in to the contrast of the gray and red and the images it evoked of something bright in a cloudy, snowy time. i decided to bling it up with gem motifs and add a rose as an obi band.

[mythrilthread]

August 21 is Fanfiction Writers’ Appreciation Day! Of course I couldn’t miss the day, and the way Renegade Bindery members celebrate is by gifting authors copies of their work.

This one is a real trip down the memory lane. My dear friend Goblin wrote for the Fandom Combat 2013 as part of the Big Bang Challenge, and I drew the cover art.

The story is set in the fictional approximation of the 1920s, so I leaned on art deco aesthetics.

This is a 3-piece Bradel binding in A6 format, with double core endbands. Double sided scrapbooking paper is fiddly, but this particular one was a perfect fit for the project.

Very happy with how this turned out.