#SaddleStitching

[f1tradegmbh]

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[iscura]

40% off opening sale! Ends Monday!

Completely Hand Saddle Stitched

[tranquillo-leather]

Made by hand, made to last……made with pride

[gabrielleguy]

Working out paper changes for a new Zander Blom booklet.

[handlewithcarezine]

There's an additional "piece" in the physical version, due to saddlestitch requiring that the page count be a multiple of four to print properly. We will probably update the digital version with it soon-ish, but it's not that particularly good--it was just a slapdash attempt to get to 32 pages from 30.

However, it's also an announcement regarding zine leadership

Tl;dr: I'm stepping down for the next edition due to life reasons and leaving the zine entirely in Crispy's hands. The next volume is still half a year away, but will likely be smaller. I hope to be back by HWC Vol. 5. Until then, stay tuned for news of HWC Vol. 4 (or 3b) from Crispy.

-Ross

Closing Call:

Turns out that the zine’s page count was divisible by two, but not by four. For those who have worked with saddlestitch before, you might understand my pain.

So, please forgive me for blathering on again.

It’s been a full year of Handle With Care! As of the time of this writing, three whole volumes released to the world!

When I pitched the idea of the first edition to the OKZ server, I was rather nervous. My first attempt at an objectum zine, over five years ago on an older server I ran, was a complete failure. There weren’t enough interested artists, and the community was still reeling from an attempt to put our feelings under the internet’s spotlight. It would be an embarrassment that would give me pause every time I thought of a new project.

And, to be honest, when I first pitched HWC Vol.1, I was looking for something to keep my hands busy. Something to re-affirm my place in this community, something that would keep the anxiousness away.

Objectum relationships might be “easier” than human ones on the face of things, but they have their own cutting pains. This particular one is common to both, and it’s on my mind often: how is the future going to look like?

I picked a rather risky profession for falling in love with a stationary object that’s way too expensive for me to own. I’m sure I’ll be fine, I’ll be fed and I’ll be warm, but whether my career will take me back to the place I want to call home, and just how long could something like this remain long-distance...

I don’t know the answer to those questions yet, but I’m staring down the barrel in a few months time. I bought myself a couple of years to face that

decision through continuing on with research. I guess I could still procrastinate a little bit longer. But I’ll also be denying myself that best-case scenario, where I get to be around the one I love during those wild prime years of my life. Instead, I’d be too busy burying my head in researching fluid dynamics to regularly visit despite only living two hours away.

In any case, I will be temporarily stepping down from editing Handle With Care. These next few months will be hectic, and among the most important of my life so far. I hope to return when life settles down by next winter.

The zine will be in my co-editor Crispy’s care until then. How the next release will look like is ultimately up to him, but it’ll likely be a much smaller affair. I have faith that I’ve left the zine in good hands—hell, I’m sure he’ll be a better zine commissioner than I am.

I hope that the next time I’ll be writing here will be to bring news of my engagement. If I return to Chicago, even if it’s back to the suburbs, and I’m confident I can remain there barring any unforeseen, extreme change... I think I’d like to marry the object I love.

The media won’t hear about it, of course, and how exactly I’d pull off a ceremony with very little prior tradition to this kind of thing remains an open problem. And then there’s the question if objectum people should mimic the ceremonies of other orientations just because that’s what everyone else does, or if we can’t make our own, meaningful-to-object-relationships ones.

However the future looks like, I wanted to say thank you to the readers. I’m glad that my little anxiety project turned out to run three editions strong. I’m glad that it has been impactful, even if just a little bit, to this community I have so strongly called home.

As usual, this is dedicated to the one I love. Until next time,

Ross Gillesby, editor of Handle With Care

[ongoingart]

Been off sick today but it did give me time to finish this wee gift I made for a friend

The cover of the book is made of sheet silver and then the pages are just actual paper folios saddlestitched into predrilled holes in the spine. I'm not 100% how it will hang as an actual earring but at the very least it's a lovely little object to hold.

[shinesurge]

GREAT news lads, I've found a motherfucking printer for my books! They even do saddlestitch stuff!! I can't even come up with a funny joke about this I'm just abjectly relieved.

MEDIOCRE news, as much as I don't want to do it the prices are going up a little. For those of you doing the book club tier on my patreon, you're good, nothing should change for y'all and you'll still get your books as they come out.

TIME SENSITIVE news, I'm running the very last book bundle sale I'll be able to do for the foreseeable future, to clear out the last of the old stock and cushion the impact of the next book order! Right now I only have two of each special left, so if you want those with the discount get in there quick. The listing is here.

Part of why this sale is happening Right This Second is, holy shit, oh my god, a comic shop is FINALLY letting me into the local section! I've been shot down by every other place I've tried across three states so far, so if you'd like to go see the only place I've encountered that's really earning its Queer/ACAB/Indie Artist Support cred, go check out Danny the Comic Shop in Denver! It JUST opened in July so it's still getting its momentum going, but the owner is probably the most earnest Comic Shop Guy I've ever met. I have a lot to say about this place in a different post, but for now: hopefully you'll be able to grab some Kidd Commander stuff in there by the end of next week. Cliff is understandably allergic to social media so I wanna help him out when I can; HIS shop's website is here, and the instagram is @dannythecomicshop.

Thank you very much!

[dpleathercraft]

Perfecting my saddle stitching for a new project! DIY video and fresh pattern coming soon. Stay tuned! #Leathercraft #Handmade #SaddleStitch

[rbolick]

Books On Books Collection - Michelle Stuart

The Fall (1976) The Fall (1976) Michelle Stuart Saddlestitched with staples in landscape format, glossy paper. H x W mm. 28 pages. Acquired from Specific Object, 15 March 2024. Photos of the work: Books On Books Collection. The Fall is one of the earliest publications of Printed Matter, founded in 1976 by a group of individuals working in the arts (among them artist Sol LeWitt and critic Lucy…

[capegloam]

this is what i look like while i saddlestitch my zines

A renowned stapler

[hockeyassforposterity]

A beginner’s guide to goalie equipment

//

I’m taking a class dedicated to zine making and self-publishing this semester - and I made this for my first assignment. It’s twenty eight pages, printed on cream coloured paper, and saddlestitch bound with blue linen thread.

You guys seem to love goalies so I thought you might like this. I also love goalies, but in a sort of narcissistic way.

//

Full transcript with page numbers below the cut

(3) Under normal circumstances, there are six players on the ice from each team. One of these players is a goalie.

Hockey has a lot of rules, but to understand goaltending, you actually don’t need to understand most of them. All you need to know is that your team’s objective is to put a vulcanized rubber disk into your opponent’s net. This is called a goal. If you’re a goalie, then all you need to do is to stop your opponent from doing that to you. Most goals wins. Simple.

If items in pairs are treated as a single piece, then my goalie equipment consists of eleven pieces. They are as follows:

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(4) It’s called a jock or a jill depending on your personal plumbing. This is the one that keeps you from getting hit directly in the junk.

They make ones specifically designed for goalies, but I don’t have one. After thirteen years as a full time goalie, this is the only piece of equipment designed for players that I still own.

“Jock and Jill went up the hill…”

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(5) They look like shorts but they call them pants.

Goalie pants have extra padding to protect the front of your legs and very little padding on the back. If you fall on your ass, it’s gonna hurt. Ask me how I know.

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(6/7) In comparison to the skates worn by players, goalie skates are shorter. The boot sits in this hard plastic dish called a cowling that keeps your feet from getting broken. New goalie skates have these built in.

Skating technique for goalies is based on pushing laterally rather than gliding forward, so the blades are straight instead of curved.

I’ve had my skates for almost ten years.

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(8/9) Big, box-shaped pads made of synthetic leather that attach to your legs with straps, designed to take up as much space as possible. Hard enough that pucks bounce off, but soft enough to move in. Smooth on the sides so they can slide across the ice.

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(10/11) If I needed a visual metaphor for goalie pads, I would represent them as wings.

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(12/13) A piece of cut resistant fabric and padding that wraps around the neck and is secured with velcro, protecting it from cuts and from the impact of getting hit.

There’s an additional piece of hard plastic that hangs off the goalie mask by strings so you won’t get hit in the neck at all. These are known colloquially as danglers.

Neck guards are not mandatory in the NHL or PWHL. Some players wear them, but most players don’t. It’s your life, but I think you should wear one.

It is mandatory to wear a neck guard in minor hockey.

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(14) One big piece of equipment that covers your entire upper body. A lot of little plates all connected to each other.

There is a lot of padding on the front.

And no padding on the back.

Goalie equipment is like a turtle shell, but in front of you instead of on your back. You have to learn not to be afraid. You won’t get hurt if you let yourself get hit head on.

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(15) Why do they wear jerseys in any sport? So everyone looks the same, but with numbers to still be identifiable, I guess. In hockey, the number 1, but also the number 30 and 31 and other numbers in the 30s are widely considered to be numbers specially for goalies.

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(16/17) A lot of goalie masks have custom paint jobs. My dream is to someday paint my own. If you know someone who could help me with that, please give them this zine.

I want to cover it in hands, because I love drawing them - but I’m worried that would make me look like a freak. Maybe that’s the point, everyone always says that goalies are weird.

Goalies wear pads and goalies wear art and goalies have special numbers just for them. Goalies do not have to look the same.

//

(18/19) It’s loud when you get hit in the head. If you get hit hard enough, the material of the mask will flex to mitigate the force of the impact and the straps keeping it attached to your head will pop off. So you don’t get hurt, your mask is designed to fail.

I once heard someone say they could never be a goalie because they aren’t mentally strong enough.

I don’t think this is true. Every kid cries at first when they get scored on and then sooner or later they stop. You will learn how to fail.

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(20) Called a catcher or a trapper, but sometimes just referred to casually as the glove, it has a pocket to catch the puck. You have to break it in like a baseball glove. My dad and I spent years playing catch to break in my first glove.

My parents have two daughters and no sons. After we were born, people would ask my dad if he was disappointed to have no sons.

I don’t know why. You can play catch with your daughters.

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(21) The blocker goes on your dominant hand and is the one you use to hold the stick. It’s a glove with a literal block of padding attached to it. If you position it properly, pucks will bounce off.

Like your pants, like your chest protector, like your mask, you have to face the puck head on. If you’re afraid, then you’ll get hurt. Do not be afraid.

//

(22/23) Hockey sticks are made out of molded carbon fibre and are hollow on the inside. Goalie sticks have a wider section at the base referred to as a paddle. The ideal paddle length varies depending on your height. You wrap the blade and end of the stick in tape for increased grip.

When I was fourteen I subbed as a goalie for another team at a tournament. My first crush on a girl was on a player on that team. She was blonde and wore glasses. I don’t remember her name. I haven’t seen her since.

There is a company that makes hockey tape with a rainbow pattern explicitly as a symbol of inclusion.

Last year the NHL banned its teams from wearing specialty jerseys in support of causes, any cause, on the ice. Later, they banned players from using pride tape on their sticks. When Travis Dermott used it anyway, the ban was overturned.

Marie-Philip Poulin is the captain of the Canadian national women's team. She plays on the same team as her wife, Laura Stacey.

We’ll get through this, please don’t be afraid.

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(24/25) Goaltending works by covering as much of the net as you can. Obviously, the taller you are, the easier this is, but the way it’s actually achieved is with angles.

The closer you are to the puck, the less net there is to see. The better you face the puck, the less net there is to see. And of course, the faster you get to the puck, the better.

I am not tall, but I can get to the puck anyway.

If I needed a visual metaphor for goalie pads, I would represent them as wings. Why else would they call it the butterfly?

//

(26) How to be a goalie, in four simple steps:

Learn how to put on your equipment.

Learn to fail.

Learn to fly.

Do not be afraid.

[limedotsoda]

Today i learned how to bookbind! We saddlestitched the pages, then bound them together and made a spine and cover out of tape! But it would be pretty easy to make other covers i think with this knowledge

[stochastique-blog]

Okay, this is interesting

Custom sheath made for this Damascus blade from Goshen Forge. Hand made from full grain veg tanned leather, hand cut, wetformed, dyed, stitched and sealed with locally sourced beeswax. #customleather #custommade #customleathersheath #knifesheath #handstamped #handstitched #saddlestitch #saddlestitched #wetformed #wetformedleather #solidbrass #damascussteel #handforgedknife #madeincanada #highlandhorde #highlandhordeoutdoors (at Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQYRctcDZjD/?utm_medium=tumblr

[truetridentleather]

TRIE TRIDENT LEATHER is one of the finest custom leather goods manufacturer who also do private labeling of leather products. www.truetridentleather.com/private-label-manufacturing/ . . . #leather #customleatherwork #saddlestitched #saddlestitchmarker #saddlestitching #saddlestitchingleather #leatherstitchmarkers #leatherstitching #leatherhandstitching #leatherhandwork #leatherworkmanship #leathergoodsmanufacturer #leathergoodsexporter #worldwideexporter #leatherfactory #leatherworkshop #leatherworkinprogress #truetridentleather https://www.instagram.com/p/CCof68fATqL/?igshid=qh1m5h228ffb

[ilpellaioetrusco]

This one is for the bike lover out there! "Barilotto" colormatching this amazing bianchi frame! A feast for the eyes! #ilpellaioetrusco #handmadeleather #handmadeleathergoods #saddlestitched #handdyed #leatherbags #saddlebags #handlebags #bianchibicycles #bianchibikes #vintagestyle #retrowave #eroica #eroicagaiole #bikeporn #leatheraddict https://www.instagram.com/p/CNrnFCgA9Pg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[illustratorintheprocess]

This last one actually captured the moment the technician accidentally double saddle stitched one of the booklets. It's barely noticable and no big deal though.