KICKSTARTER REWARDS ARE COLLECTOR INVESTMENTS

You don't even have to like a particular Kickstarter project to find the rewards rewarding. You might want to focus on the rewards themselves. Especially, if they are LIMITED EDITION SIGNED pieces. Who knows, one day the project creator may become a famous artist, thus his or her art, especially some of the early works may shoot up in value. If they are Exclusive rewards to Kickstarter only, then you may not be able to get them from anywhere else, which makes them a bit more rare.

In another setting, like say a museum, certain rewards may demand high prices. But, how do you know what rewards to go after. That's the thing - you don't. It's like most art - if its ahead of its time, you have to guess and wait. History is full of art that once ridiculed is now a national treasure.Of course, the greatest value of donating to the project is the satisfaction of having helped someone achieve their dream. But, there are perks to one's efforts, and the rewards may just be the gift that keeps giving.

Drawing into Sculpture

From thought to image on paper to a fabrication 3-dimensionally out of hard materials. That is the basic steps of this dance of drawing into sculpture. But, time has already become an element of my drawing, before the 3-D elements were considered. So, the process did not flow in a traditional pattern of 2-D to 3-D, to the 4th dimension of time. So, how do I interpret the time element into the heavy mass-laden, sculpture? I have to model it like anything else 3-D.

The other thought is about juried art shows. Should winners be chosen at all? I mean, yes, we could all use a boost to our resume, but should the glory stop at being chosen to be in the show? Does a ribbon encourage a collector to part with his money? Does the selection of a few winners create discouragement in the many others whose work didn't win? I've won cash awards when I could barely afford shipping to the show, so it helped me greatly. Grants can have the same effect. It appears that winning anything may have similar feelings to those that didn't...even stories of someone finding something that others didn't. A career, a wallet, a voice.