Fanbinding of "Anthem for a Doomed Youth" by Fahye

by eratta_books

Notes:

• For Fahye.
• Inspired by Anthem for Doomed Youth by Fahye

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Notes:

I started this about a year and a half ago when I was first experimenting with leather bindings: I didn’t like it, so I stuck both copies (with equally bad bindings) in a drawer for a while before finally cutting the bad covers off a few weeks ago.

I made the one at the top first (which I sent to the author): I was planning on duplicating it exactly for the second one, but there were some flaws in the second piece of leather I wanted to cover up, and I didn’t have any more good edge on that first blue. So! They get to be mirrors of each other instead. (I think I like the lighter blue better, but prefer the author name on the right side of the cover.)

Sanding under the paper onlays was significantly more complicated than I thought it would be, since I had to make sure I wasn’t sanding the leather where it would show in the holes for the leathers. I ended up putting the letters down in removable vinyl and sanding around them, but getting it all to align right was very stressful. 0/10 I’m sure I will do it again because I do like how that came out. er

Series this work belongs to:

• Part 7 of fanbindings