
email me at shaun (at) justseeds (dot) org
(I didn’t design the Indiana Farmers penny above, it’s just an example from my collection)
email me at shaun (at) justseeds (dot) org
(I didn’t design the Indiana Farmers penny above, it’s just an example from my collection)
Petaluma, CA, USA (full image below, thanks Kevin!) DIYDPW is a weekly blog post highlighting global examples of Do It Yourself Department of Public Works projects. These are defined as any…
“The whole story has still not been told. The agencies have gotten away with everything, a lot of people involved with the agencies have gotten away with everything, and nothing…
Polish Hill, Pittsburgh, PA
Rachel Elizabeth Jones just published an insightful article about the Fauna penny press project over at Hyperallergic! She hits on some key points about the underpinning motivations behind the project… “In…
Shaun, do you have any ballpark figures for the money necessary to make it happen?
It depends on if we built the entire thing ourselves, bought a pre-existing machine, or worked with a company that currently manages these machines in museums, etc (I’ve explored all of these to some degree). The first option is the most expensive, last time we applied for funding (3 years ago) it was for around $3000
Have you considered a Kickstarter fund for this? I bet it would be very popular. I really like the idea a lot and am very curious about that penny from Indiana (where I am from).
That Indiana penny was from a rest stop I think, at least that’s where I usually find these things. I always worry there’s too many Kickstarter projects in the world…
There are tons of Kickstarter campaigns, but it seems to be funding even more things than before. Kickstarter is aware of all the activity and how one could get lost in it and have developed some strategies for helping guide people to things they would like to support. I think your project would do well and is a lot better than so many of the crappy things on Kickstarter at the moment.
I never thought I’d suggest someone to put up a Kickstarter site, but you definitely should. Even if it’s for a bit less than you need, the exposure could potentially lead you to other funding (and I’d definitely chip into this kickstarter!)
I really think that if you were able to get some funds for a crude machine (say one image), it would be easy to get funding to elaborate on the idea.