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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · 2d

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Are We All Frankenstein Now? | Binding My Own Edition & Reviewing Mary Shelley's Classic

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · 2d

I bound and reviewed Frankenstein - and it wasn’t what I expected. It’s less about science and more about morality, creation, and selfishness. Two centuries later, it still feels uncomfortably relevant. Easily five stars ⭐📚

Full review + custom binding on YouTube: Phil’s in a Bind

A custom-bound edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, created by Phil’s in a Bind, is held open on a candlelit table. The pages are printed with white text on a black background, and an illustration in green ink shows the moment Victor Frankenstein’s creature comes to life. Around the book are brass candlesticks with burning candles, small glass vials of coloured liquids, a spool of waxed thread with a large curved needle, decorative thread scissors, scraps of leather, and a glass terrarium. The scene evokes the atmosphere of a gothic laboratory.

A custom-bound edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, made by Phil’s in a Bind, stands upright on a table lit by two burning candles in brass holders. The leather cover is pieced together from stitched patches of brown, green, cream, and grey leather, echoing the creature’s assembled body. The title and author’s name are embossed in gold, with “1818”, signifying the version of the text that the book uses on the spine and front cover. Around the book are scraps of leather, a spool of waxed thread, small glass vials filled with coloured liquids, a pair of scissors, and a glass terrarium. The warm, dim light casts soft shadows, giving the scene the mood of a gothic study.

A custom-bound edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, made by Phil’s in a Bind, stands upright on a table slightly open to reveal the golden gilded edge of the text block peeking out between the patchwork leather cover.
The set around the book is lit by candlelight. It's dressed with scraps of leather and other instruments that you'd find in the kind of 19th century laboratory that Dr Frankenstein might have worked in.

A custom-bound edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, made by Phil’s in a Bind, sits posed on scraps of leather to emphasize the foil stamped title on the spine and the faux metal 3D-printed letters on the cover that sit within embossed recesses on the patchwork leather cover. There's a single candle visible on a brass candlestick casting a warm glow onto the cover. The sewing implements and potion vials are visible scattered around the table to enhance the dark academia vibes of the image.

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · 20d

It really feels like canva randomly alternates text colours between black and white just to create friction that pushes you towards their subscription to enable the premium "brand kit" feature 🙄

To make your content look consistent you have to manually change it to what you use. It sucks!

Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · 27d

Immune system being a buzzword is really frustrating when you've got an autoimmune condition. It makes finding stuff out really difficult because every supplement seller under the sun talks about how X thing they sell "strengthens the immune system"

Do I even want a stronger immune system? 🤷🏻‍♂️😅

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Sep 8

I can't seem to predict what content will do well where. I'd assumed this would do best on Instagram because it's just the kind of place I expect to find my coffee loving book worms... But YouTube? Very odd. And nothing on tiktok? Lots of people like coffee and books there 😅

Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Sep 8

Shorts/reels views seem to be a random number generator.

Yesterday I put out a video about pumpkin spice coffee to accompany my legends & lattes Rebind and Review & overnight it became my most liked video on YouTube, it did about average on Instagram, and only 2 people viewed it at all on twitter 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Sep 6

On here at least until these systems improve. As my content is mostly video that means I can't upload as often but I'll try to use this place as a little BTS of what I'm thinking about and I'll post stills of any projects I complete.

I'll try to be more active in the coming days.

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Sep 6

Above issues even worse because the extra information conveyed in a video means longer sections of alt text are needed and it just became such a point of friction for me that I stopped posting altogether!

I want to do better going forward but I think that means not posting video content...

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Sep 6

Implementation here just kind of sucks? The intention is great but the execution for how the content uploader has to input the text is so frustrating! It's hard to scroll to see the full text. It'll randomly close half the time. The option to add alt text to video is also great but it makes the...

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Sep 6

Sooo... I may have dropped the ball on my bluesky account... Sorry 😅

I'm very introverted in real life and juggling all these accounts is overwhelming.

One thing I'm finding difficult with bluesky is alt text. I really want to do the best job I can with accessibility but something about the...

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Jul 25

Rebinding Disability Visibility (part 2/4) #BookBinding #Rebind #Books #BookSky

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Jul 25

Ooo. I should definitely make a *nice* medical notes binder for myself 😂 maybe that would encourage me to actually keep it up to date 🤔

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Jul 24

Rebinding Disability Visibility (part 1/4)

#BookBinding #Rebind #Books #BookSky

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Jul 24

This is how I feel about a lot of the things I make. Chronic illness means I can't work a normal job. I can make things but I don't feel comfortable charging what I'd need for it to be viable. I'm hoping I can build enough of a following doing videos to maybe attract sponsors but we'll see 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Jul 23

ASMR moments from my rebind of Disability Visibility

#ASMR #BookBinding #BookASMR #BookSky #OddlySatisfying

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Jul 22

The moment I screwed up on my rebind of Disability Visibility.

#bookBinding #Books #Paper #BookSky

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Jul 22

Talila! I'm so honoured that you've seen this. Your eulogy for Ki'Tay was beautiful and moved me deeply. Thank you.

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thanks so much! ☺️ I was so nervous hitting publish but I've not received a single negative comment yet 🥹

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Jul 20

When you're ready I'd love to do a hand bound version - but no pressure, it sounds like an immense task to pull everything together!

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Jul 20

You should! Your essay on dynamic disability was revolutionary for me and gave me a language framework that helped me explain and advocate for myself and my disability. I'd definitely buy that book! ☺️

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Jul 20

Thank you! ☺️

Cancer is really tough. I'm waiting for Hank green to release his cancer book before I put my experience with cancer in a video but know you're not alone 🥲

Weirdly he got his about 2-3 months before me so it felt like he was helping me navigate everything.

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Angela White @crankyapricot.bsky.social · Jul 20

This is incredible. Not only is it beautiful work, it's a reminder that there is no shame in being increasingly disabled as multiple cancers slowly take my health and my life. This, too, is a process. Thank you @philsinabind.bsky.social and @sfdirewolf.bsky.social.

Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Jul 19

In this video I reflect on the importance of the book on helping me accept my disabled identity whilst showing the process of rebinding the paperback book.

Thank you Alice ( @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ) for creating such an impactful book!

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Disability Visibility

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Jul 20

It's made my day knowing my project has reached you! ☺️

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Jul 20

Thankyou! ☺️

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Phil's In A Bind @philsinabind.bsky.social · Jul 19

How I hot foil stamped the cover for my rebind of Disability Visibility using a foilquill in my cricut.

#BookBinding #BookSky #DisabilityPride #DisabilityVisibility #ReBind #Books

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