Andy Tibbetts

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Portland, OR

Artist, Designer, Engineer

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Don't Go Back to School: A handbook for learning anything by Kio Stark

A how-to guide for independent learning, with concrete strategies plus stories of people who learn on their own and how they do it.
- Nonfiction
- Brooklyn, NY
- 268% funded $38,928 pledged
- 1,588 backers
- Funded Dec 15, 2011
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Passage d'Argent: Wet Plate Photography at Burning Man 2011 by Passage d'Argent

Passage d'Argent will make one of a kind wet plate photographs on the playa, using a mobile darkroom, to give out at Burning Man 2011.
- Photography
- Imlay, NV
- 101% funded $2,525 pledged
- 44 backers
- Funded Aug 15, 2011
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Steampunk Opera: Queen Victoria's Floating Garden of Secrets by Inventing Earth

Help build a show like no other: a Steampunk opera - ambition, exploration, mermaids, mutinous lasses, airship pirate, Her Majesty QV2!
- Theater
- Boston, MA
- 142% funded $4,282 pledged
- 95 backers
- Funded Jul 01, 2011
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Aurora The Willow by Charlie Gadeken

Aurora is a giant Weeping Willow tree, made from steel and copper, and illuminated by thousands of LEDs that cycle thru seasonal colors
- Sculpture
- San Francisco, CA
- 103% funded $10,395 pledged
- 103 backers
- Funded Aug 12, 2011
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Bring the Savor Cakes Cart to Life in Portland! by Elizabeth Marek

A savor cake is a savory meal that looks like a cupcake but is savory instead of sweet! All we need now is a cart!
- Food
- Portland, OR
- 101% funded $12,171 pledged
- 178 backers
- Funded Aug 11, 2011
Funded!
"FIREstarter" by Jim Bowers

A team of Pyro Professionals would like to bring the art of FIRE&LIGHT to the 1MileClock Project at Burning Man 2011!
- Public Art
- Colfax, CA
- 134% funded $4,305 pledged
- 55 backers
- Funded Aug 06, 2011
The Land Yacht by Cleveland Motley

The Land Yacht is sailing evolved. A 40' sailing truck, it will powerfully and majestically ply the sands of the Black Rock desert.
- Sculpture
- San Francisco, CA
Funding Unsuccessful (07/23/2011)
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Port of Fire - East Bay - CORE Effigy by Sarah Sevilla aka Sunburn Sarah

This is an amazing chance for East Bay Regional groups to cross pollinate with Burningman citizens.
- Sculpture
- Oakland, CA
- 103% funded $2,596 pledged
- 59 backers
- Funded Aug 07, 2011
Funded!
DIY Desktop CNC Machine by Stephen

The DIY Desktop CNC Machine - automated fabrication in your home. Your personal cutting/engraving/etching/milling machine in kit form.
- Open Hardware
- Placerville, CA
- 465% funded $69,882 pledged
- 359 backers
- Funded Jan 10, 2011

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Don't Go Back to School: A handbook for learning anything by Kio Stark

Passage d'Argent: Wet Plate Photography at Burning Man 2011 by Passage d'Argent

Steampunk Opera: Queen Victoria's Floating Garden of Secrets by Inventing Earth

Aurora The Willow by Charlie Gadeken

Bring the Savor Cakes Cart to Life in Portland! by Elizabeth Marek

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The Land Yacht by Cleveland Motley

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DIY Desktop CNC Machine by Stephen

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