Towns End Bindery

Democrats are leaning into the meme war because they think if they win in culture, they don’t have to win in policy—and no one will notice.

I’m gonna use that. I’m writing it down so I don’t forget.

User legally bookish serena wrote: A party that expects you to overlook a genocide for your vote will absolutely expect you to understand sacrificing healthcare for millions so they can make their holiday flights on time.

When people say "stop being political," what they really mean is: the system works fine for me, and you're ruining my vibe by reminding me it's built on someone else's pain. @thisbadasslife

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Made from short grain warm white paper, wooqu bookcloth, and inkjet printed. Endpapers hand painted using calligraphy ink. Typeset by me.

Story of Your Life was the basis for the sci-fi movie Arrival (2016).

#bookbinding
#handmade
#handboundbook
#artsandcrafts
#arrival
#tedchiang
#scifi

Circe by Madeline Miller - Spooky Halloween Rebind

Here is a recent rebind of a thrifted paperback of Circe. I went for a color scheme that felt more spooky and Day-of-Dead-like. The cover is entirely hand foiled.

#halloween #circe #madelinemiller #witch #theodyssey #bookbinding #bookart

China is apparently rolling out a law that requires influencers to have a degree to talk about important subjects like finance, health and law by the way. Given the amount of twats with podcasts single handedly spreading misinformation and destroying society, I don’t think this is a bad plan.

Mask up, people. N95 or better.

A cross stitch design showing the text Feed Gaza Now. Additional text added over the image to the left of the cross stitch says "I stitched this one a day! I love how it's turning out".

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Visit @thetatreezgrove bio on Instagram to check out their Global Stitch-Along! Pick a pattern and stitch in solidarity with 🔻.

Proceeds from patterns will go to mutual aid.

#crossstitch #embroidery #artsandcrafts

A handmade journal is standing upright on a dark wooden table. The bookcloth is a metallic red color, and glued and centered on the front cover is a wood veneer card with an illustration of a moth surrounded by spooky motifs (a spider, snakes, a moon, bats, and plants). The book has a blue ribbon bookmark hanging from the top edge of the book. Attached to the end of the bookmark ribbon is a silver colored metal charm in the shape of a bird skull. In the background around the book is a small glass cloche containing dried flowers, a candle in a bronze colored tin, and a small corked glass vial with black feathers inside. The vial is labeled “Raven feathers”.

The photo is zoomed in on front cover of the red journal to show the details of the wood veneer illustration of the moth surrounded by flowers, bats, snakes, and a moon. The silver bird skull at the end of the blue ribbon bookmark is also visible, hanging from the top edge of the book.

The red journal is open to show the front end paper of the book. The end paper is a handmade paper designed to look old, stained, and weathered.

The photo is zoomed in on the edge of the book where the hand sewn endband is visible. The endband is made with red and blue silk, sewn to create a stripe pattern of the two colors.

A spooky journal for the season. Endpapers are handmade paper by @society_of_hermits, which I purchased from the Printers Fair at @printmuseum . The cover is a wood veneer card with original art made by @little_gold_fox
#bookbinding #halloween #darkacademia #artsandcrafts #spooky #bookart #paperart

www.32auctions.com/unboundforgaza

Rebinds for auction:

° The Odyssey by Homer
° Babel by R.F. Kuang

Ships internationally
Bidding runs Sept 26-28

Proceeds go to Gaza Soup Kitchen, Palestine Red Crescent Society, & World Central Kitchen.

#UnboundForGaza #WritersForPalestine #ArtistsForPalestine
#BookishAuction #BooksForGaza

delaney vandergrift @delaneypv15 we should be clear about what political violence is. 1. starving people when there is enough food for all of us to eat. 2. denying people healthcare so they die from preventable illnesses 3. denying people shelter 4. increasing police budgets across the country @seastersjones

There is a difference between hate speech, and free speech. It seems many folks still need to learn that distinction when deciding on who to demand your empathy for. And how lucky for you, that you and your community have never experienced the violent and terrifying consequences of someone's hate speech that you can so quickly demand it be forgiven and ignored.

Anusha Wijeyakumar, username @shantiwithin tweeted: I can't help but think to myself how different things could've been almost 2 years ago if the majority had taken a stand against the genocide and ethnic cleansing in Palestine. One day everyone will pretend that they were against this. But the sad truth is they are not. Palestine now has the largest amount of child amputees in modern history. Entire generations of Palestinians have been killed and the forced mass starvation continues. Silence and complicity costs lives.

These unique handmade books could be yours!

Bidding runs from Sept 26-28. All proceeds go to urgent humanitarian relief for Gaza.

beacons.ai/unboundforgaza

SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror

Stories written by Jeff Hewitt, Brian W. Taylor, Tyson Mauermann, and more. Part of the Joe Ledger Series, Arcadian Series, and SNAFU series.

#bookbinding #handboundbook #snafu #horror #military

Homer’s The Odyssey 🏛️

My first time attempting to deboss by hand without foiling. The gold and silver on the cover is calligraphy ink I tried to paint into the pattern.

#bookbinding #handboundbook #fanbinding #odysseus #theodyssey #greekmythology #renegadebookbinding #handmade #circe

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

This handbound book will be available for auction. Stay tuned for more details in September 2025.

Can you spot the castle on the back of the book?
#bookbinding #handboundbook #dianawynnejones #artsandcrafts #howlsmovingcastlebook #howlsmovingcastle

Howl’s Moving Castle 🏰🔥🏡

This book will be available in a fundraising auction hosted by @bookbindsforacause on IG

#bookbinding #handboundbook #howlsmovingcastle #handmade #artsandcrafts #ghibli #renegadebookbinding #renegadeguild

Here is my binding of the Metamophoses of Ovid. The cover (front and back) is a steel plate engraving called The Fall of Phaeton, anonymously created in the 17th century, Netherlands.

#bookbinding #greekmythology #greekmyth #roman #classicliterature #classicalliterature #handmade #handboundbooks

New York Post @nypost : Who is Rama Duwaji? Wife of NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani he met on Hinge trib.al/vFTHqCO Response to New York Post by Lee (Greater) reactionary blue tick: If your wife doesn't take your last name you shouldn't even be allowed to own property let alone run for office Imao

The Right really is in disarray because they cannot seem to figure out if they should push “Zohran Mamdani is going to bring Sharia Law” or “Zohran Mamdani treats his wife with too much equality” as a smear campaign, so they are doing both.

Babel by R.F. Kuang
Front cover is the English title of the book in gold. Around it are Bible verses in Cantonese (Genesis 11:8-9) in silver. The back has the Cantonese title in gold with the English translation of the verses around it.

#babel #rfkuang #bookbinding #rebind #bibleverses #cantonese