Fanbinding: an injury to one (and other stories) by @deniigi

“They must receive an allowance from the Order,” Kote said.

“How much, then?” Rex asked up at him.

Kote tipped his head and just stared into Rex’s eyes endlessly, the way he did when people asked him questions that made him want to swallow them whole with their own ignorance.

(The troopers make a discovery of the fiscal variety, which causes them to realize that they may have more in common with the jedi than they previously thought.)

PACKAGE FOR DENIIGIQ IS IN THE MAIL (though they've seen photos) SO I CAN YELL A LITTLE ABOUT THIS ONE!!

I took a linocut class back in May and I was immediately in love and determined to incorporate this into my bookbinding. I had a fic in mind almost immediately. "an injury to one" and its jedi-clone unionizing was the perfect choice for a more gritty linocut of a union-inspired symbol, complete with crossed lightsaber hilt & DC blaster buttstock. I printed it for both the title page and the cover fabric.

you may also reconize this asymmetrical silk endband from my recent post about making endbands! I picked colors for this fic based on the colors for the Coruscant Guard & also a nice gold for some Mandalorian vengeance.

which then match the endpapers (some more excellent crepaldi):

I also had a ton of fun with the typesetting for this fic, since I was including the companion fics as well. Some spreads:

sorry... there are too many photos for this one they have to go in the reblog...

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more photos of typeset layouts! and fic propaganda!

plus, the two volumes together and the linocut:

a closer shot of the print on fabric:

thank you @deniigi for the chance to bind your works!

#fanbinding #bookbinding #celestial sphere press #star wars fanfiction #star wars: the clone wars #commander cody #commander fox #Alpha-17 #obi wan kenobi #coruscant guard #clone sibling shenanigans abound

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Name of the Game by @esamastation

There's a new Dark Sider on the battlefield, one who has it out for Cody's General.

Very excited to make a copy of Name of the Game!! This was one of my first ever codywan fics that I read, and I fell in love with it from the start!

There's a chess motif and heavy emphasis on seduction through strategic warfare, so I leaned in hard there. The covers are double layered, with the top black layer + cutouts in colibri uran bookcloth, and the lower layer with the marbled paper. I used this diamond pattern to evoke a chess board without going full checkerboard on it. This diamond orientation was inspired by Jasmin of Cami Press' beautiful leather binding.

I got to use crepaldi endpapers for this book, and I think they turned out lovely!

Instead of sewing the endbands I made my own with the same marbled paper as the cover. And of course, gold speckled edges!

The chess motif continues in the typeset, and the paragraph breakers change depending on who is the focus and what their possible place is on the metaphorical board!

Thank you @esamastation for all of your wonderful stories!

#celestial sphere press #fanbinding #ficbinding #star wars #codywan #sithywan #commander cody #obi wan kenobi #truly i adore this fic and you should read it #it is so so so good and scratches a hindbrain itch

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Fanfiction Writer's Appreciation Day #2:

The Sun Swings East by @feybarn

Over and over, Obi-Wan woke up and wished he hadn't. Palpatine wouldn't stop until Obi-Wan had Fallen, wouldn't stop until Obi-Wan gave Palpatine a shattered galaxy in payment for his release.

I was consumed by the theme for this book - I wanted so bad to bring the sunrise motif into it, and I also wanted to bring back the inset mirror design. I leaned a lot harder into the hexagon shapes on this one too, and I stole the work printer for color printing for a steadily progressing sunrise.

I got super lucky that I had 4 colors of Colibri bookcloth I was able to layer to create the effect on the cover, with the sun coming over the eastern horizon. And then of course I had to give it some gradient endbands and marbled endpapers to match!

I was also very lucky to be allowed to include art by @wrennette and @lucife56 in this copy, as well as a bonus "All Those Little Things" codexwan chaser. Thank you to all of you - KJ_Feybarn, wrennette, lucife56 - all of your beautiful creations and how they interact is what makes fandom such a fantastic place. But since it is FFWAD - thank you KJ_Feybarn, for your striking and inspiring writing!

Photos of the interior typeset and how I've incorporated the fan art can be found here.

#fanbinding #bookbinding #renegadelovesfic #ffwad #the sun swings east #star wars: the clone wars #codexwan #obi wan kenobi #commander cody #captain rex #star wars #reblog for myself bc i cant even find this post on my own blog??

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The Sun Swings East by @feybarn

Interior Pages:

I think I'm most proud of this full spread hexagon leading into the next fic.

Sun progression:

SW Big Bang 2020 art "not this life" by @wrennette

Inspired art "Mirror" by @lucife56

Honorable mention to cover art by hero_thief from the Big Bang who I was not able to reach. There is also a podfic for The Sun Swings East by litrapod!

The photos of the full fanbinding design can be found here.

#fanbinding #bookbinding #celestial sphere press #renegadelovesfic #ffwad #star wars: the clone wars #star wars #obi wan kenobi #commander cody #captain rex

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Fanfiction Writer's Appreciation Day #2:

The Sun Swings East by @feybarn

Over and over, Obi-Wan woke up and wished he hadn't. Palpatine wouldn't stop until Obi-Wan had Fallen, wouldn't stop until Obi-Wan gave Palpatine a shattered galaxy in payment for his release.

I was consumed by the theme for this book - I wanted so bad to bring the sunrise motif into it, and I also wanted to bring back the inset mirror design. I leaned a lot harder into the hexagon shapes on this one too, and I stole the work printer for color printing for a steadily progressing sunrise.

I got super lucky that I had 4 colors of Colibri bookcloth I was able to layer to create the effect on the cover, with the sun coming over the eastern horizon. And then of course I had to give it some gradient endbands and marbled endpapers to match!

I was also very lucky to be allowed to include art by @wrennette and @lucife56 in this copy, as well as a bonus "All Those Little Things" codexwan chaser. Thank you to all of you - KJ_Feybarn, wrennette, lucife56 - all of your beautiful creations and how they interact is what makes fandom such a fantastic place. But since it is FFWAD - thank you KJ_Feybarn, for your striking and inspiring writing!

Photos of the interior typeset and how I've incorporated the fan art can be found here.

#fanbinding #bookbinding #renegadelovesfic #ffwad #the sun swings east #star wars: the clone wars #codexwan #obi wan kenobi #commander cody #captain rex #star wars #late bc USPS was being very bad about timelines

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FanFiction Writers' Appreciation Day Bind #1:

On the River Someday, by @redminibike1 !

This fic is a lovely, angsty cowboy AU that I was very happy to be able to bind and send to red!

He moved to push himself up, panting with the effort, pushing past the scream of his shoulder and the exhausted shaking of his good arm. But a hand pressed flat against his chest, another on the back of his head, and pushed him gently to lay back down. “You need to move slow,” the voice said, “or your stitches will open.”

Or: While travelling with his brothers, Cody and his brothers run into trouble, and meet a sharp-eyed lawman. Plans go awry, a river diverges.

I could not help but return to a variation of the layered river cover for this fic! I wanted a river winding it's way lazily through the frontier type of vibe. Also the title font is aptly called "Bleeding Cowboys" which I got a giggle from.

For the typeset I went for a double page spread (dramatic fonts demand dramatic spreads), and chapter pages I included the byline at the top and aimed to keep it clean.

I was lucky to be able to include this beautiful art piece for the fic done by @treescantjump. This was my first color print included in a fic!

Also this golden amber Colibri bookcloth strikes me as the same satiny sheen of a well groomed bucksin horse.

I chose gold-speckled edges to finish, which I think matches these gold & white endpapers.

#fanbinding #celestial sphere press #ficbinding #codywan #the clone wars #renegadelovesfic #redminibike1 #cowboy au #commander cody #obi wan kenobi #star wars fanfiction #renegadepublishing #reblog for the opposite timezone

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FanFiction Writers' Appreciation Day Bind #1:

On the River Someday, by @redminibike1 !

This fic is a lovely, angsty cowboy AU that I was very happy to be able to bind and send to red!

He moved to push himself up, panting with the effort, pushing past the scream of his shoulder and the exhausted shaking of his good arm. But a hand pressed flat against his chest, another on the back of his head, and pushed him gently to lay back down. “You need to move slow,” the voice said, “or your stitches will open.”

Or: While travelling with his brothers, Cody and his brothers run into trouble, and meet a sharp-eyed lawman. Plans go awry, a river diverges.

I could not help but return to a variation of the layered river cover for this fic! I wanted a river winding it's way lazily through the frontier type of vibe. Also the title font is aptly called "Bleeding Cowboys" which I got a giggle from.

For the typeset I went for a double page spread (dramatic fonts demand dramatic spreads), and chapter pages I included the byline at the top and aimed to keep it clean.

I was lucky to be able to include this beautiful art piece for the fic done by @treescantjump. This was my first color print included in a fic!

Also this golden amber Colibri bookcloth strikes me as the same satiny sheen of a well groomed bucksin horse.

I chose gold-speckled edges to finish, which I think matches these gold & white endpapers.

#fanbinding #celestial sphere press #ficbinding #codywan #the clone wars #renegadelovesfic #redminibike1 #cowboy au #commander cody #obi wan kenobi #star wars fanfiction #renegadepublishing #i am ABSOLUTELY taking advantage of my position as an early timezone to post as soon as possible #it is 0116 on 21 AUG #ffwad

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Fanbinding: Make Your Bed (Lie In It) by @glimmerglanger

This is the FIRST Star Wars fic I have bound, and honestly it set the standard for codywan fics and utterly sold me on the pairing.

Cannot recommend this fic enough!

A summary:

Crys hissed, sounding awed, “You slept with the General?”

Cody tugged his bucket down fast enough to hide a wince. In the light of dawn, with his head not so fogged and bleary from fatigue, it didn’t seem half as logical as it had the night before. But he’d be kriffed before he told Crys that. He said, tone even, “Couldn’t have him freezing to death. Let’s go.”

OR, the one where Cody starts sharing quarters with Obi-Wan a year into the Clone Wars, and it changes many things.

For this binding, I used Hollanders starched linen bookcloth, which turns out to be one of my favorite bookcloths for using a foil pen on now. I also became obsessed with using aurebesh for SW fics - I don't think I'll ever drop it in the future. Thus was also the first time I did any kind of basic photo manipulation (and it is very basic) and I am really happy with how it turned out!

This is a little chunky A6 size book, and until quite recently it was one of the best books I've made. It remains one of my favorites.

#canis sanguine press #bookbinding #fanbinding #star wars #codywan #Obi-wan Kenobi #Commander Cody #glimmerglanger

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Fanbinding: Make Your Bed (Lie In It) by @glimmerglanger

This is the FIRST Star Wars fic I have bound, and honestly it set the standard for codywan fics and utterly sold me on the pairing.

Cannot recommend this fic enough!

A summary:

Crys hissed, sounding awed, “You slept with the General?”

Cody tugged his bucket down fast enough to hide a wince. In the light of dawn, with his head not so fogged and bleary from fatigue, it didn’t seem half as logical as it had the night before. But he’d be kriffed before he told Crys that. He said, tone even, “Couldn’t have him freezing to death. Let’s go.”

OR, the one where Cody starts sharing quarters with Obi-Wan a year into the Clone Wars, and it changes many things.

For this binding, I used Hollanders starched linen bookcloth, which turns out to be one of my favorite bookcloths for using a foil pen on now. I also became obsessed with using aurebesh for SW fics - I don't think I'll ever drop it in the future. Thus was also the first time I did any kind of basic photo manipulation (and it is very basic) and I am really happy with how it turned out!

This is a little chunky A6 size book, and until quite recently it was one of the best books I've made. It remains one of my favorites.

#canis sanguine press #bookbinding #fanbinding #star wars #codywan #Obi-wan Kenobi #Commander Cody #glimmerglanger