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The Bifrost Incident

2026-03-01 14:54:01

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First posted on Tumblr in September 2024

I've typeset and bound the Bifrost Incident by the Mechanisms. Courtesy of two fellow bookbinders I've got fancy corners and apple leather. And courtesy of Mum and her sewing machine, getting the leather and cloth together was easy (for me 🤭). I didn't quite think through when cutting the edges and so they're not really pointed. (Which is mostly hidden by the corrners now.)

I entertained various ideas for the cover. Would've liked to create a mock tape, complete with a ribbon acting as magnetic tape on the spine. But that was two narrow for me to really feel like doing. Another idea was creating a file, which we might see in the typeset as well.

In the end, I didn't have cloth or paper in a colour I would've like, so a vegan leather notebook it became.

Also, I've found two spellings for the narrator. Everyone seems to be using Lyfrassir, and only on the band's bandcamp I've found Lifrassir. Decided to go with the Lyf spelling, but as we see… the cover had different ideas, which I only noticed after reaching the first or second s…

I don't think the leather will like being bent and unbent a lot…

It's basically a pamphlet stitch.

Style-Pamphlet Bookbinding