This is Only Earth, My Dear - Poems & Photos
A project in Philadelphia, PA by kyle cassidy003days
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Status: Active
A book of Pre-Raphaelite inspired photography along with the forgotten poems of Victorian painter Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal.
Backers: 188
Average Daily Pledges: $339
Average Pledge Per Backer: $50
Funding: $9,481 of $3,500
Dates: Apr 4th -> May 4th (30 days)
Project By: kyle cassidy
Backers: 188
Average Daily Pledges: $339
Average Pledge Per Backer: $50
Funding: $9,481 of $3,500
Dates: Apr 4th -> May 4th (30 days)
Project By: kyle cassidy
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Latest News
Book Mockup and We're #1 
April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Everybody! Thanks to you all, we were able to hire designer Madeline Carol Matz to create a Victorian-inspired cover for Elizabeth's poetry book. How far this book has come!!! From a Xeroxed chapbook, to a perfect-bound paperback, and now to a... (Read More)
Some good news and some decisions to make!
April 26th - via: kickstarter.com
First, the good news, because it's quick: Thanks to Josh O'Neill at Behive Books WE HAVE AN ISBN! Woohoo! Forever we are ISBN: 978-1-948886-47-5 -- this means our book will be easier to buy in bookstores. We have a website!! ElizabethSiddal.com is... (Read More)
Two HUGE THINGS! 1) add-on books 2) cover designs for Lizzie Siddal Chapbook
April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi folks!! Two BIG updates. One is that we now have *ADD ONS* so you can get EXTRA copies of the Elizabeth Siddal chapbook and the zine. So if your backer reward wasn't exactly what you wanted, you can add on to it. You'll find these in the rewards... (Read More)
Let's talk Endpapers!
April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
There are lots of parts to a book -- and traditionally a lot of these lesser known or maybe lesser heralded parts of a book, like the title page, the half-title page and the fronticepiece have been used to add individual style to a book. One of the... (Read More)
Are there any songs about lead type?
April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Not sure if there are, but if I knew of one, I might be singing it now. Trillian and I were on the Robin Show on YouTube Live yesterday and Robin used to work in some place that made lead type (we never actually got to that part of it) so she wanted... (Read More)
New video for you all!
April 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi folks -- We talked with Josh O'Neill from the incredibly successfull Beehive Books about creating art books, attention to detail and making something the best it can be. We ran some of our ideas for our books past Josh and got some great ideas... (Read More)
Calling all nerds: The typography of This is Only Earth, My Dear!!!
April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Typography was important to the Victorians, as it is today but it was more difficult to do because each letter had to be placed and adjusted by hand and a typeface, with all the individual letters required to make up pages of type, was incredibly... (Read More)
We're getting some attention! (aka the story so far)
April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone! Thanks for backing this project. We wanted to give you an update on where we are and some lovely attention we're getting. First, the freaking PRE-RAPHAELITE SOCIETY had us on their podcast where we were interviewed by PR scholar... (Read More)
Funded, but so much more to do!
April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello and thank you everyone! These are always nerve-wracking experiences for me, but having hit our funding goal makes a lot of the anxiety go away. The photo book is pretty well done. We're happy with the proofs, it looks beautiful, we may add a... (Read More)
Out of the gate like a thunderstorm!
April 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone! What a start! I don't know if you noticed, but we rapidly rose to become Kickstarter's most popular photography project ....... AAAAAAND, we were awarded the coveted "Project We Love" status! This is a recognition given by the staff... (Read More)
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