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Two hand bound copies of The Process Of Elimination, a fanfiction by Zoicite. The book is plain white, with gold lettering.ALT
Two hand bound copies of The Process Of Elimination, a fanfiction by Zoicite. The book is plain white, with gold lettering. This shot shows both books from a 3/4 viewALT
Two hand bound copies of The Process Of Elimination, a fanfiction by Zoicite. The book is plain white, with gold lettering. This photo focuses on the spinesALT
A hand bound book open to the endpaper, which is light yellow with a wavy pattern on it in orangeALT
Table of contents of the ficALT
Cropped photo showing the title of chapter 1, 1: Get the ball rollingALT
cropped photo showing a small drawing of a skull key used as a line breakALT

The Process Of Elimination, by zoicite/ @enechelon

The Emperor calls for eligible heirs to compete for a chance to marry his treasured progeny, Her Divine Highness, First Born of the First Reborn. Each week one House will be sent home until only one remains and the winning heir shall ascend to stand beside Her Divine Highness, hand in hand, with House replenished and legacy secured.

Harrow does not intend to compete.

or: THE bachelor AU!! This has been a longtime favorite fic of mine and it was such an honor to be able to bind it!! Sending out a massive thank you to the Zoicite for writing and sharing it with the world

Progress pictures/process under the cut!

For the cover/title I went directly to the Bachelor logo for inspiration, replacing the classic wedding band with, of course, the ring of keys used in the fic!

logo for the tv show the bachelor, where the o in the bachelor is a wedding ringALT
the process of elimination rendered in the same style, the last o in elimination replaced with a ring of keysALT

The cover is heat embossed by hand, in the same way as my previous bind of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. For that bind I went pretty maximalist, and for THIS one I wanted to aim for a really clean looking, simple but elegant look. I think it turned out pretty good! I ended up going for the white and gold look to match First House Gideon vibes

work in progress of the empty case of this bind, you can see the foil used for embossing the front and the spineALT

I also tried rounding and backing here again, which turned out somewhat mixed. I’m still working on my technique for that, but peep the nice yellow headbands to match the endpapers!

An unfinished book held in a bookpress, getting its spine glued in a curveALT
A close up shot of the headband of a book, it is yellowALT

Overall, this was SO fun to do, and a great excuse to revisit & spend good time with a fic I love.