NatWest Bring it 2020 has provided £50 of match funding
don't touch! it's mine.
Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Aim
I would like the idea to combine art, my activities as a curator with business. I would like to give a job to the artist and promote them.
My idea is to combine art and my activities as a curator with a business side. The goal would be to create job positions for artists and to promote them. I intend to take the first steps by building a collection based on my own works, and then I dream of inviting other artists
My plan consists of creating a team be made up of active, thriving artists and those who, for health or random reasons, struggle with hardships or exclusion. I would like the authors' team to include disabled artists with emotional disorders and those struggling with unemployment.
From my own experience, I know that the artist often faces a choice - create - or earn? The idea for my initiative was born during my own experiences as an artist - create and earn? So many talented people have straggle to promote and sell their work. So many people can't afford to buy art and want to enjoy and appreciate the creations of others. "Don't touch! It's mine." will be a combination of these desires. It will allow regular life, with insurance for artists and amazing products for buyers!
What am I going to produce?
Notebooks, bookmarks, book covers and business card cases - this is the first collection! Every product will be paper product.
All products will be unique, hand finished, numbered. Notebooks will be a great base to create your own unique holiday diary!
Book cover size: 16cm x 20cm I 19cm x 26cm I 24cm x 33cm I 26cm x 37cm (hand sewn)
Notebook size: 15cm x 20cm I 150 pages I 30/50 images or text pages inside
Social notebook size: 15cm x 20cm I 30 / 50 pages I 10 / 15 images inside
I intend to create two product lines. The first will be available for every pocket - beautiful and affordable, the second will be a limited, more exclusivecollection, which will includebeautiful productsof high quality.
Don't touch! It's mine. will be divided into two thematic categories. First category will be beautiful utility objectfocussingon art and place. Second - object related tosocialchallenges, e.g. a homeless notebook or a survivor's notebook. These notebooks will educate and triggerthe recipient to reflect. Social notebooks will have beautiful graphics and images created by artists.
Who am I going to work with?
My desire is to promote artists and their amazing stories.I would like to find them through "open call" with focus on two important factors, an art itself, the creation of it and motivation of the artist the second equally important factor will be her/his history. This will allow a base for a creation of a team of an amazing and brave people who will be happy to share their experiences in order to inspire others. Open call will encourage the disabled, mental health needs, long-term unemployed, addiction issues, young, long-term health conditions, victims of crime artist to find us and work with us.
What will the collected funds be used for?
- first edition print
- sending sample
- participation in trade fairs
- building online shop
- creating promotional materials
What is important for me?
My business idea "Don" t touch! It's mine. " has been specifically defined from the very beginning. My ambition is not to build a large corporation, the goal is to create a medium-sized enterprise, which from the start will transfer some of the profits to social and charitable purposes. That is why I plan to support the Artist Against Abuse project. Part of the incomes will be allocated to action against Abuse. The Artist Against Abuse project will debut in June 2020, and we are planning a celebrate premiere of our first products. I invite you to visit the exhibition.
Close future:
In the future, the launchesof new product editions will be combined with upcomingpreviews of the work. This will create the opportunity to promote artists, establish relationships among colleagues and clients. Vernissages are also a unique opportunity for buyers and customers to personally meet the creators and talk to them.
Distant future:
In the future, I would like our notebooks to be printed by a social cooperative, which employs socially excluded people, people with disabilities and suffering from mental disorders. One of the dreams is to build such a cooperative, which would give people a job and make our product unique and unrepeatable.
This project successfully funded on 30th March 2020