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This project successfully raised its funding goal on December 1.
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You will receive a hand printed Thank You card from us for being such an amazing person! We will write the note on a separate piece of paper so you will be able to reuse the card and thank another awesome person in your life. It's like recycling but better!
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This buys you ONE golden ticket the the Etchpop kickstarter kickoff party. It will be taking place at a fine establishment in Portland, Or. upon the successful completion of our kicksarter project. We will have many woodblocks of all styles and sizes. Everything from artwork to cards to magical mystery surprises! We will have an array of colorful inks and enough paper for everyone to make prints. The ticket also includes plenty of complementary adult beverages for your consumption. Piles of prints and unlimited beverages for only $10, how could you say no? Help us make our goal and come party and print with us! We are fun people, I swear. (This will most likely be a 21+ event. More details after we reach our goal.)
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You are pre-ordering ONE 4" x 6" etchpop woodblock. You will be able to order your custom woodblock once the website goes live. Canada shipping add $15. International shipping add $20
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You are pre-ordering TWO 4" x 6" etchpop woodblocks. You will be able to order your custom woodblocks once the website goes live.
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You are pre-ordering a 4" x 6" Starter's kit. Kit includes: ONE 4"x 6" etchpop woodblock, TWO 1.25 oz. tubes of printer's ink, ONE roller, ONE acrylic rolling surface and TEN 4"x6" blank greeting cards or TEN 4"x6" blank card stock. You will be able to order your custom woodblock once the website goes live.
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You are pre-ordering ONE 8" x 10" etchpop woodblock. You will be able to order your custom woodblock once the website goes live.
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You are pre-ordering ONE 11" x 17" etchpop woodblock. You will be able to order your custom woodblock once the website goes live.
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Marshall loves spending time with his wife and three year old daughter, writing rock ballads, and playing with lasers. He is bald. Chester is currently building a 100% electric Mini Cooper and studying engineering so he can take over the world. He also enjoys road racing motorcycles and going off sweet jumps.
Bill,
Thanks for contacting us. It is not unrealistic to get your 11"x17" (not 11"x14".. :) by the middle of May. We have been telling folks that they will be able to redeem their woodblock rewards after the site is live in April, but if you already have a design ready we can do it sooner. We could also make you a second block before then. The thickness of the blocks are 3/8". Will you be using it in a letterpress? Images should be at least 300dpi or larger. The golden rule of laser engraving is: quality in = quality out. A higher quality image makes a higher quality woodblock. Your design needs to be purely black and white with no grayscales! A PDF or a PNG would work best for us. We will have all kinds of image and file tips and requirements once the site is live. Please contact us at: etchpop(at)gmail.com and we can continue the discussion of your blocks over email. Thanks again Bill!
-Chester
Marshall & Chester,
Congratulations on reaching (and exceeding) your goal. Now I see you're going to be VERY busy cutting over 519 blocks. My question involves the timing. Is it too unrealistic to expect my 11" x 14" block by the middle of May? I'm planning for it to be part of an exhibition in early June. Also, would it be possible to buy a second block at this time or would I need to wait until all the pledges are filled. Also, I don't see an answer to Candice Kim's question about the thickness of the block itself - is it "type high" (industry standard of 0.918") or are they 3/4" thick or something other? And Mustard's question about image requirements is also something that I would like to know. What kind of image files will you be needing? If this works out like I think it will, I would become a regular customer. Wishing you all the best of success, I am
yours truly,
Bill Evaul
Jessica,
The backer survey's have only been sent out to the $2 Thank you card backers. We'll be sending out backer survey's to other pledging levels soon! :)
-Chester
I never received a backer survey!
Andee,
Our web development team is working away on our website as we speak! We will be posting an update introducing you all to them soon. We are still on track to having the site go live at the end of February/beginning of March, and you'll be able to order your custom woodblock then! Thanks for the support and stay tuned for more updates!
Keep us all posted...can't wait for my ONE 4" x 6" etchpop woodblock. Will we still be able to order the custom woodblock once the website goes live?
MORE THAN DOUBLE! Sweet! Congratulations!
Woohoo! Successfully funded.... Congrats to Marshall and Chester!
Any idea what the dpi requirements will be on the images that are submitted? I have already started working on my two blocks.
$13, 610 this morning!!! Great! You rocked it Guys! Congrats!
Will these be type-high (the height of a piece of lead type, standardized as 0.918 inches)?
If you would like, I can volunteer my services as a professional graphic designer for fliers. You just give me the information you want on it and I'll get to work! I could supply the finished product as a pdf that you could sent to people to print out. I think this is a fantastic idea and believe you will do well. I just want to help out. You can see my portfolio at www.erinknolan.com
Marshall - I want to help you with fund-raising. Do you have an informational flyer for distribution?! Talking to people about your project works SO much better if you have an informational flyer to give them that references them back to here and etchpop.com. If you don't already have one, please make one, and I want a large handful of them. Getting them this week would be VERY good. I'll be seeing a lot of people this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday and I'm sure I can get some bites if I have flyers. (You can give them to Tricia and I'll pick them up from her.) Thanks and love you!
This is a pretty neat idea! I have a lot of ideas to make some cool prints, but don't have the means to make the blocks myself. This would be great for me! Good luck!