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Amuletos: Cecilia Elguero's Hotfire Ceramic Jewelry
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Artist and clay-enthusiast Cecilia Elguero developed a jewelry line of black and white porcelain finished with metallic glaze. The collection is minimal, sleek, and affordable—Mod meets Bedford Ave. She offers limited edition totes and collection pieces at half price.

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Amuletos by cecilia elguero

Cecilia needs your help to set up her own ceramic studio to make the production of her new jewelry line, Amuletos, a reality.

  • 100% funded
  • $5,540 pledged
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Short Film

Ever had a dream someone told you would never come true? The film collective Handsome Experts have. And so, they are working on a new short film, I Am Root Beer, about a man whose dream it is to be real, liquidy Root Beer. The moral of the story — you can be whatever you want. 

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"I Am Root Beer" A New Film by Handsome Experts by Casey Donahue

A short film about one surgeon who gives up his life in the O.R. to pursue his dreams of becoming actual, liquidy root beer.

  • 77% funded
  • $3,856 pledged
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Indie Rock

Ezra Furman is still kickin' it with The Harpoons, but he'll record a solo album this summer, and promises to include songs about getting into fistfights with strangers and himself. Since Paste Magazine says Furman goes "for the jugular every time," we're inclined to believe it.

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Be a part of the new Ezra Furman record. (It will be good.) by ezramfurman

It's time for me to make a solo album. I've been fighting with strangers and writing songs about it. This one's going to be a good one.

  • 169% funded
  • $6,789 pledged
  • 37
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Video Games

In this new game for the iPad, you'll play as an ice cream truck driver tasked with saving the world from robots. Deploy weaponized frozen treats like the "Brain Freeze" to defend the galaxy from an alien invasion. The combo of treats, robots, and fun gameplay is irresistible!

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Robots Love Ice Cream game for the iPad by Burton Posey

Play the role of an ice cream truck driver defending the galaxy from robotic invaders in this fun, fast-paced, beautiful iPad game.

  • 68% funded
  • $12,300 pledged
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Theater

James Lantz's The Bus makes its Off-B'way debut in NYC this fall. Then it's Off-Off-Broadway—i.e. as close as possible to Topeka, KS's Westboro Baptist Church. Dramatizing the forbidden love of two teen boys, Lantz hopes to stage The Bus next to the infamously homophobic church.

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THE BUS: Off Broadway & Westboro Baptist Church by Jim Lantz

Our play about small-town homophobia is headed Off Broadway AND to one of the most anti-gay places in the U.S.

  • 69% funded
  • $34,761 pledged
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Fashion

Megan and Katie's passions for painting and textiles birthed Cairo, their debut collection of scarves inspired by male tailoring. Each uniquely hand-painted silk boy scout-meets-tuxedo scarf features an invisible magnetic closure you can fasten in a variety of ways.

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Cairo: 100% silk scarves with a magnetic closure by Cairo

Cairo is a line of silk scarves that feature our innovative invisible magnetic closure, sleek design & one of a kind painted textiles.

  • 73% funded
  • $3,681 pledged
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Open Hardware

Two design professors have created a small, wearable Arduino-compatible heart-rate sensor, perfect for students, makers, game developers, athletes, and anyone interested in playing with bio-feedback or data visualization. Now you can wear your heart on your sleeve -- literally!

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Pulse Sensor: an Open Source Heart-rate Sensor that Rocks by Yury Gitman

A well-designed plug-and-play heart-rate sensor for Arduino. Put live heartbeats into your project lickety-split.

  • 267% funded
  • $8,010 pledged
  • 39
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Sculpture

Danielle O'Malley obsessively doodles fantastical creatures in strange and charming scenarios, like voodoo twins knitting your insides and black magic witches sacrificing pop culture. In her upcoming exhibit, she's filling a room with giant paper dolls of these characters.

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Danielle's Paper Wonderland! by Danielle O'Malley

Larger than life, interactive paper installation. 7 foot tall paper dolls, in mixed media environments resembling a layered tunnel book

  • 315% funded
  • $1,579 pledged
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