Kickstarter launch: Cyano 🌊 Postcard
Hello! A friend and I made [Cyano 🌊 Postcard] to introduce a photographic print processing call Cyanotype to more people.
Cyanotype was a popular and easy method to reproduce notes and diagrams, aka blueprints (!!) in the 19th and 20th century.
With this kickstarter, you will receive dark blue postcards in the mail. Only after you've poured water over it, the postcards will reveal its patterns on it.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/weiweihsu/break-kickstarter-cyano-postcard?ref=project_build
This is fairly different from the general indie hackers projects you might see within this community. We wanted to take a break from the digital and work on something physical. As a result, we made this simple but fun project for everyone to experience the magic of cyanotype and postcard!
Does cyanotype always need to be put in water?
There are a few different approaches, but you generally need to rinse the print with water to wash off the chemicals and preserve the print.
I've seen artists that create cyanotype prints by the beach where they use ocean water to wash the print, this results in less predictable outcome, which is what they were hoping for.
Hey, this is neat!
I think I am slow, but I didn't realize that I would be the one to reveal the print when I received them. I think it's because you show the revealed prints in the envelope at the end? Also you mention in your 4th tier to specify which pattern series you want, but I didn't notice the generative vs wavy distinction between the other tiers until I looked at it multiple times.
Anyways, good luck on the launch, looks like you are on track to hit your goal. :-)
Hi Amanda! Thank you for your thoughtful feedback, we will be making some changes soon.
I think this experiment with all-emoji is proving to be not as effective as we thought it would be. Having no text in the campaign is cute but it also causes quite a bit of confusion 😅
This is super cool. I love seeing traditional printing methods like this resurface and take on new forms. Are you planning on continuing to sell more of them after kickstarter? And have you considered taking custom print orders for things like company events, weddings, etc?
Thanks! Yes, I'm considering setting up gumgroad, typeform, or Webflow to sell more after Kickstarter.
I would also love to help people to make custom prints. I think my main obstacle right now is getting the words out. If there's more traction, I would definitely go on to experiment with more custom orders. :)
That would be cool, maybe you could also look at selling kits to make it easier to make custom ones?