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on May 4, 2010
Kate Pokorny
commented on a projectI donated for both myself and Charlotte as she's out of town! Yay for Nest!
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on May 3, 2010
Kate Pokorny
backed a project
Build a Nest: Rebuilding for Rachida by Nest
In January, the home of Rachida, a Nest loan recipient in Morocco, burned down. We must help to rebuild her life and we can't do it without you!
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217% funded $2,177 pledged
- 54 backers
- Funded May 17, 2010
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on March 28, 2010
Kate Pokorny
commented on a projectWay to go, Sari! Congrats!
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on March 28, 2010
Kate Pokorny
backed a project
Cakestarter by Royally Iced Cakes
We're a team of young, enthusiastic pastry chefs who have an exciting vision for artistic cakes. We want to bring our delicious creations to life.
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101% funded $7,609 pledged
- 163 backers
- Funded May 02, 2010
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on January 16, 2010
Kate Pokorny
commented on a projectThanks everyone for your support!!!!!
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on January 1, 2010Funded!
Yurt Alert: Let's Crochet a Home! by Kate Pokorny
Let's crochet a yurt out of one continuous strand of oversized, hand-felted yarn to reinvigorate a heritage tradition with a unique twist!
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103% funded $5,680 pledged
- 101 backers
- Funded Jan 01, 2010
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on December 22, 2009
Kate Pokorny
commented on a projectThanks so much Toru and Akiko -- I hope you got all the footage you needed!
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on December 13, 2009
Kate Pokorny
Posted project update #24Slow and Steady + Rewards
Post CommentToday I was humbled by my largest donation to date that brought the yurt to 70% completion on Kickstarter — so we’re getting there! 18 days to go. It’s interesting — I’ve watched countless other projects on the site grow over time — especially those that launched around the same time mine did. Some have been recommended by the site itself, others have gotten similarly amazing press, others are being conducted by previously established artists, authors, etc. who have online followings already — each one grows with its own style and pattern: really fast and successful off the bat, all at once and then ultimately unsuccessful, slow and steady and successful, or gradual without success. I like to think that my project will be slow and steady AND successful. I have 18 days left to raise just under $1,800 and I’m hopeful that the spirit of the holidays will motivate lovers of the yurt to pledge their support. By far the best thing I’m doing, which is actually motivating a lot of great conversations, is writing people one at a time and seeing what they think of the project and if they’d be willing to support, impressing upon everyone that every dollar helps, no donation is too small. That said, I wanted to post a little picture of one of the rewards, a little mini yurt that I made this afternoon in the monsoon that was New York :) When they're all sewn together they look like the grey and white one also included!
I know the solo min yurt sort of looks like a medieval helmet in this picture — I’ve been asking for a nicer camera for Christmas every year for 3 years…but it’s a crochet little house — with a door! Imagine this guy 10 feet tall — how could anyone resist supporting the yurt :) Tell your friends — lets make it a reality! Also, check out a great article on the project from Dornob Design today!
http://dornob.com/modern-nomadic-diy-wild-woolly-crochet-a-yurt-project/
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on December 7, 2009
Kate Pokorny
Posted project update #23Inside Outside Yurt USA
Post CommentI’ve been looking at various ways of being able to light the inside and outside of the yurt when it’s complete (yes, I know I’m getting a little ahead of myself). I’ve reached out to a few companies, groups, and artists that work with solar and electro-luminescent materials. One option that I find intriguing is the solar harvesting textiles of KVA’s Soft House.
This fabric would act as a solar panel for the yurt and could power things on the inside with ease! The other material I recently discovered was electro-luminescent wire, which is flexible and, unlike neon, doesn’t get hot while it’s on. One of the women involved in the Institute of Figuring’s crochet coral reef project, Eleanor Kent, uses it to crochet jewelry and coral pieces so I’m thinking I can weave it into the inside of the yurt and have a few rows of light towards the oculus on the inside! A few of Eleanor’s works are below.
Thoughts? Suggestions on how to make this work? Ways to light up the outside?
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on December 2, 2009
Kate Pokorny
commented on a projectThank you, Monica!!!! Yipee!!!
Kate Pokorny
New York, NY
I'm a longtime felter but I didn’t have the space to make the soapy mess required for the process after I moved to New York City in 2006. I experimented with needle felting and came upon crochet, which, to me, seemed like something you could make anyth... view more
