PHOTOBOOTH EXPEDITION in 3, 2, 1

Yes, that’s right, I leave for my photobooth expedition in just 3 short days and there’s much left to do. Mainly I’m finishing up the props for the animation I’ll be shooting in a photobooth at the Auto Photo warehouse.

I’ve neglected my blog as I’ve been tackling a tidal wave of work, mostly of the illustration sort. I’m so excited to go on this trip, I feel kinda stupid dizzy thinking about it. I feel so fortunate for this experience!

I’ve started sending out the perks from my IndieGoGo campaign, I’ve mailed 18 of 80 so I’ll have lots of stuff to attend to when I get back from my trip at the very end of May.

Here’s Hank helping me with a stack of mail ready to go out.

Animation Preparation

I leave on my Photobooth Expedition in 17 days, on top of getting things ready for the convention and mailing out the donor’s perks, I’m also finishing the props for the stop motion animation I’ll be shooting in the Auto Photo warehouse. (For more info about this you can see this blog post.)

Yesterday I made three paper masks and I tested them out in a booth today. I’m happy with how they turned out. These paper masks are secondary characters in the storyline, with the silkscreened fabric and crocheted heads below as the central characters. Those mask photos were taken by Lindsay Duncan.

I still have many smaller puppets to make. I've been doing a lot of illustrations lately so having something physical to work on has been a nice break.

So Many Thank Yous!

My campaign ended last night, it was extremely successful and a very positive experience. So many people donated; family, close friends, old friends, teachers, photobooth fans and complete strangers. The dollars raised will fund my research trips and more and the supportive comments I received will be good fuel for the long days when I'm working on the book.

For the curious, here are my final numbers. In 23 days I had 80 donors, my goal was $2,550 and I raised $3,737, which is 147% of my goal.

I can't say thank you enough, but I'll start to trying by thanking the donors from the last two days of the campaign.

Now it's time for me to switch gears! I leave in 22 days. I have to get everything ready for the trips and finish up the last of the perks so they're ready to be mailed out when I get back.

Photobooth Expedition Campaign Countdown

There are only 11 hours left of the Photobooth Expedition campaign. If you've been thinking about contributing or had your eye on a perk, now's the time to act! Here's a recap on some of the perks. http://www.indiegogo.com/photobooth-expedition

 

Photobooth Expedition Portrait Update

There are less than two days left in my campaign! This morning I worked on a Photobooth Portrait of an active booth in the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. This booth as a lot of style. I'm making limited edition prints of three Photobooth Portraits as perks. The drawings will also be in the finished graphic novel, along with a handful of other Photobooth Portraits from around the globe.

If you've been meaning to donate to receive any one of the perks, tomorrow will be your last chance!

Photobooth Expedition Mail Art Update

My campaign ends in 2 and half days so I’ve been prepping all my perks! I made these tiny fabric envelopes out of colourful cottons that I test printed my airmail pattern on. I’ve addressed the first letter to myself because I’m curious how the envelope will hold up after going through the postal system. To seal the envelope I’m going to baste stitch a seam in a matching colour of embroidery thread that the recipient will have to snip to open. I’ve also crazy-glued the stamp on so it doesn’t fall off along the way.

The $200 perk for my campaign is to receive mail art for every month for the year. I think I will send out the first month’s letters in these fabric envelopes. As an extra incentive to new donors, I will also send a letter in a fabric envelope to the first 3 people who donate $15 or more. They’ll receive this in addition to their regular perk! Go here to donate http://www.indiegogo.com/photobooth-expedition

Thinking about the Mail Art for One Year perk, I also started to organize my airmail collection and thinking about the envelopes I’ll be using.

Capacity of Home at Habourfront Centre

Jubilee: The View From Here, a group show at Toronto’s Habourfront Centre opened last night. I made a new piece for the show and haven’t shared it with anyone until now (with the exception of all my friends who witnessed me crocheting madly for last four months.) My piece is titled Capacity of Home, if you’re curious about my thought process you can read my artist statement and see the other artists' work on the gallery's website, http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/visualarts/2012/jubilee-the-view-from-here/

Friend and photographer Lindsay Duncan was kind enough to spend a morning in the studio with me, documenting how the piece is meant to be utilized. Here are some of my favourite photos taken by Lindsay.

Donor Thank You's for start of April

I got behind in posting my donor thank you's here. Here are the names of the last two weeks worth of amazing people! I really appreciate all the support! I currently have 67 donors, comprised of family, friends and strangers.