Hi backers! Thanks again for funding my poetry book!! Here’s what I did today.
I printed all of the poems and contents for the inside of the books today! I chose high quality p...
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Coco
6 days ago
New Prints and Poem Prints in the Works for Fulfillment!
Hello my dearest backers! Thank you so SO much for funding this campaign and making it possible for me to create my next poetry book and learn the art of Riso printing! Let's di...
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Coco
20 days ago
Only 24 Hours Left to Get a Copy of Coco's Poetry Book!
Dearest backers, we're funded! Thank you so much for helping me fund this project. I am really looking forward to printing this poetry book that I've designed especially for you...
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Coco
about 1 month ago
Just three weeks left! Poetry book sneak peek~
Dearest friends and backers, I've been working hard on my digital version of my poetry book which I will use to print the book on the Risograph machine very soon.
It has defin...
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Coco
about 1 month ago
Only 23 Days Left to Get Coco's Latest Poetry Book!
Dearest friends and backers,
There are only 23 days left in this campaign and I appreciate you being here. I have asked for your help so that I can afford to print my poetry b...
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Coco
about 2 months ago
Poetry for Days! 30 Days left to Contribute!
Hello everyone and thanks for being part of this journey! Great news, the risograph machine has been repaired and will be up and working any day now. Yesterday (Saturday) I did ...
Hi backers! Thanks again for funding my poetry book!! Here’s what I did today.
I printed all of the poems and contents for the inside of the books today! I chose high quality paper that’s 32 lb weight so it’s nice organic paper that feels like book pages.
I chose to print in black ink in the end because it’s the easiest to read.
All of the printed insides of the books
You should all see backer surveys soon so I can get your names in my book. I’m just waiting on BackerKit to review my surveys. I’m so excited to make this for you! More news coming soon on this book and the art stickers I’m printing!
Hello my dearest backers! Thank you so SO much for funding this campaign and making it possible for me to create my next poetry book and learn the art of Riso printing! Let's dive into updates.
The Latest
Essentially I have had to wait for BackerKit to process all the payments (as I'm sure you all noticed over the last couple weeks) and then deposit the backer money into my account before I could go buy paper and get started at Pickwick printing poems, art, and the poetry book. It all happened this week so thank you all again so much. I was able to go and get some nice paper for prints and also to begin printing my poetry book.
Art Prints
If you backed the art print tier, then you will have four options to choose from when the backer surveys go out. You have already seen one of the art prints, allow me to share with you the other three!
"The Past as a Sculpture"
"Light's Wake"
"Quiet Spellcasting"
Both "Light's Wake" and "Quiet Spellcasting" are smaller prints, and "The Past as a Sculpture" is an 8.5 x 11. They are all on 65lb yardstick so the richness of the Riso ink takes nicely to the paper. I look forward to sending these out to you, art backers!
Poem Print
For my poem print I will be sending out, I chose my eclipse poem. It was a hit at the Portland Poets Society so it felt right to share it with you, my poem print backers, because you have helped me look up, up, up! As the poem says--to the sky, where my dreams are. Thank you for supporting me on this art journey. Here's a peep at your poem print in the color "Mint":
Print of the poem "Moon Eat Sun" by Coco Poley
I do like this print, but now that I know more about colors on the Riso machine, I was thinking of doing this on black paper, with bright yellow or flat gold ink. What do you think of that idea, poem print backers? Or do you like this mint-on-creme look?
Poetry Book Progress
For many of you, you are here to get a copy of my handmade poetry book. Today I was able to learn on the Riso machine how to print double-sided pages in such a way that they make sense. So I have all of the pages prepared for the book itself and will be printing all of them this Thursday, May 16th. I'm very excited to show you more progress on this book on Thursday.
In the meantime, I am on the hunt for the perfect internal paper for the pages of the poetry book. I want to do something more apropos than just craft paper or printer paper. So more to come on the paper quality of the poetry book as well.
Stickers
Sticker print day is tomorrow, woohoo! Look forward to a couple posts this week, since I'll be printing out cute stickers tomorrow for everyone who added them to their pledge or already has a tier with my art stickers on it. Yay!
Wrap up
Thank you again so much for being on this journey with me. It really means so much to me that I get to go to the studio and work on my art, my poetry, and my printing skills to create things to send to you very soon. When I go to Pickwick and I work on these things, I think of you all and how you are here with me. I think of how you have enabled me to make magic with ink and paper and ideas. There are not enough thanks in the world for that, so I shall probably continue to overwhelm you with thanks, LOL! Farewell for today, and I will write to you again Thursday about stickers and poetry books.
Dearest backers, we're funded! Thank you so much for helping me fund this project. I am really looking forward to printing this poetry book that I've designed especially for you and for this campaign. Thank you to everyone for contributing and helping me cross the finish line.
There are still 24 hours left to order a copy of this book and it's the only way to get one! There won't be another printing like this, so if you would like a copy don't hesitate to get one before tomorrow at 12pm EST.
The next steps are for me to continue production on these extra special handmade clothbound poetry books and the stickers, send out some backer surveys for various reasons, and send out more updates. I hope you enjoy some pictures of the draft preview clothbound copy I made at home.
A page from a clothbound poetry book draft
I appreciate your contributions to this campaign and to those who reached out over the last few weeks regarding my grandfather's memorial, and extra special thank you. Your kindness, support, and empathy has helped me in some dark moments during April.
One of the unique clothbound fabric poetry books I drafted
I am here, this campaign is funded, and I will be able to print these poetry books and stickers because of the funds you are giving. So thank you again. I was unsure if we would make it for a moment, but we did. The next step is the creation phase, and that is the best part. You have made that phase possible.
Dearest friends and backers, I've been working hard on my digital version of my poetry book which I will use to print the book on the Risograph machine very soon.
It has definitely been something of a process, more of which I will dive into for my backers. But for everyone I want to give a little sneak preview of some of the pages that are looking pretty good.
Draft page while I work on designing the book
For this poetry book, I am using old vintage plate illustrations that are copyright free and some are over one hundred years old. I like the look of them and I think they'll look great printed with the Riso machine!
If you haven't had a chance to back this project, now is the time to donate! It's the only way to get my upcoming poetry book printed. Thank you for being here.
There are only 23 days left in this campaign and I appreciate you being here. I have asked for your help so that I can afford to print my poetry book and my poems. Though I am a little more than 50% past my goal, there is still $364 to raise in the next 23 days or I won't be able to print my book.
Please help me by sharing my campaign so I can make my goal. Many of you have already kindly shared your hard-earned dollars and I deeply appreciate that.
You can help me by:
Telling people on social media about my campaign
Forwarding this email to anyone you know who loves art and poetry
Backing my campaign for as little as $5 if you haven't already
To my backers who have already backed this campaign, thank you again. Please keep reading for updates on my poetry book design.
Hello everyone and thanks for being part of this journey! Great news, the risograph machine has been repaired and will be up and working any day now. Yesterday (Saturday) I did a work day at Pickwick and it was great to meet other print artists and learn about letterpress and screen printing while I helped clean equipment and organize cupboards.
This last week I began incorporating some of my poems into my new book design for my upcoming poetry book printing! This is the book that will have my $45 tier backers' names in it, and I am planning on putting in 20 poems. So far, 11 of the poems that I have chosen are:
There are nine left to choose and I would love to get my backers' thoughts on which poems they'd like to see in this second printed poetry book of my poems. Keep reading to help me decide!
[ To help me decide which poems to add to my poetry book, please contribute to my campaign to keep reading. It means the world to me!!! ]
Hello everyone and welcome back to my campaign! Thank you for being here and for supporting my journey to become a printer. The Pickwick Riso machine is still under repairs as I write this, though I did get some great updates about their efforts with the Riso technician that is there fixing things up this week. Big hopes that next week I'll be back in the shop and printing. In the meantime, there are two important updates for my awesome backers, including a POLL just for you! You get to help me choose which art stickers get printed this week, since I can luckily do those here at home!
[ To vote on Coco's art sticker designs that get printed this week and read more updates, back this campaign! ]
Hello everyone and welcome back to my campaign. Sadly, this week's studio time was a "womp womp..." moment because the Risograph machine was not working quite right. Thankfully there will be a repairman early next week who is coming to Pickwick to fix her up and I may have an opportunity to learn about how to help fix up the Riso machine myself. Which would be quite handy! I have another fun update though, inspired by you and Pickwick, so keep reading to find out what that is!
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Wow! I am so thankful to share that last night this campaign crossed the 50% mark because of you, my wonderful supporters. This is a note to say Thank You for your support and your backing. It means so much to me to be able to create and share what is on my heart and mind. You are making this possible. Happy weekend and sending you all much love!
Hi everyone, and welcome back to my printing journey! Thank you for being here, it really means so much to have more backers every week who are here supporting my journey to learn risograph printing. Let's dive in to this week's studio time!
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Hello everyone and welcome back to my campaign! Thank you SO much to my latest backers and to everyone here supporting my journey to print my creations and be a part of an awesome press. So far everyone at Pickwick Independent Press has been so welcoming, kind, and inclusive as I slowly get used to being a member in a small creative community.
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Thank you so much for being here today and backing my journey to become a printer. Today was my first day working in the printing studio on my own work.
WOW gang, we are 48 hours in and already more than 30% of the project goal has been reached!
I know everyone in the world is going through hard times financially and I didn't expect this much support so early on so I just wanted to say an extra big THANK YOU! so much to my early backers. You are making a huge difference in my life and I can't wait to share more about printing with you, this week!
This is the week I get my keys and storage cubby at Pickwick, and will be able to book my first studio session with the risograph machine. So get ready to see some fun exclusive videos of what I'll be doing in the studio and how the printing process works, which colors are available for printing, and more. I can't wait to share this journey with you!
