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Owyn Ruck

Brooklyn, NY

Textile Arts Center is located in Gowanus, Brooklyn, and has the mission to provide support to fiber artists, and everyday people interested in working with fiber, by acting as a resource facility and creative meeting place. The Center provi... view more

  1. on February 25
    Funded!

    Sewings Seeds: A dye plant CSA by Owyn Ruck

    The CSA of Natural Dyes will be growing in Gowanus this Summer, making our neighborhood more colorful and eco-friendly!

    • 116% funded $2,555 pledged
    • 56 backers
    • Funded Feb 25, 2012
  2. on February 22
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    Owyn Ruck
    Posted project update #1

    We've made it!

    Thank you so much to all the backers for making the CSA of Natural Dyes a possibility! We'll be blogging about the progression of the CSA garden and the Sewing Seeds programs at our blog: http://textileartscenterblog.com/

    It's going to be an exciting Spring!

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  3. on February 22
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    Owyn Ruck
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    Thank you so much to all the backers for making the CSA of Natural Dyes a possibility! We'll be blogging about the progression of the CSA garden and the Sewing Seeds programs at our blog: http://textileartscenterblog.com/ It's going to be an exciting Spring!
  4. on January 24
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    Owyn Ruck launched a project

    Sewings Seeds: A dye plant CSA by Owyn Ruck

    The CSA of Natural Dyes will be growing in Gowanus this Summer, making our neighborhood more colorful and eco-friendly!

    • $2,200 funding goal
    • 02/25/2012 Funding Ended
  5. on October 4, 2010
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    Owyn Ruck launched a project

    Textile Arts Center: A Lab to Dye For! by Owyn Ruck

    Natural dyeing is awesome and there are “some costs” associated with having a state-of-the-art dye lab, so here comes our second kickstarter campaign!

    Funding Unsuccessful (11/03/2010)
  6. on June 30, 2010
    Funded!
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    Textile Arts Center : The Jump Start by Owyn Ruck

    To show support from our community, Textile Arts Center must raise $1000 before we can reap the benefits of Fiscal Sponsorship.

    • 107% funded $1,075 pledged
    • 19 backers
    • Funded Jun 30, 2010
  7. on June 2, 2010
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    Owyn Ruck
    backed a project

    2 Quechua Girls, 8000 Miles, Cusco to Santa Fe by Awamaki

    Help two indigenous Quechua women weavers fly to Santa Fe (NM) to participate in the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market.

    • 100% funded $2,000 pledged
    • 47 backers
    • Funded Jun 27, 2010
  8. on May 25, 2010
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    Owyn Ruck launched a project

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    Textile Arts Center : The Jump Start by Owyn Ruck

    To show support from our community, Textile Arts Center must raise $1000 before we can reap the benefits of Fiscal Sponsorship.

    • $1,000 funding goal
    • 06/30/2010 Funding Ended