laoha

My first leather bound book!

It was so much fun learning how to do a real leather bind. I went back to the workshop where I did my bookbinding course last year and my lovely teacher Karen very patiently walked me through all the steps.

There were so many new things I got to learn, including bevelling the case edges and thinning the leather with this funky looking tool, that is actually not as scary as it looks. Also, I realised that glue stains like crazy on suede and folding in leather corners is an art in itself. It was quite tricky and a lot of work, but also a lot of fun!

I chose to bind Love and Other Historical Accidents by @pacific-rimbaud for this project as I felt the leather would make it look like a book that Draco and Hermione might come across 200 years in the past. I have read almost everything there is by @pacific-rimbaud and absolutely loved every single story, they are written so gentle and poetical, so witty and creative, so one-of-a-kind. But I have held myself back from reading LAOHA until I could do so as a hard copy. The incredibly beautiful and classy typeset I used is by @hawthorneandvinebindery.

This is also my first bind for which I made a dustjacket. I really do like how it came out but admittedly I am even more fond of the velvety soft and simple leather cover.

Bound for personal use only.

LAOHA is free to read on AO3. Do not buy or sell bound fanfiction online - it is both illegal and incredibly disrespectful towards the author. Thanks for keeping the fandom ethical 🫶