ROSHANAI ("Illuminate") for Burning Man 2016

A project in San Francisco, CA by Charlie Gadeken
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Join us in bringing the beauty of Islamic art to Burning Man and make a permanent home for this light sculpture in the American desert.
Backers: 250
Average Pledge Per Backer: $85

Funded: $21,272 of $20,000
Dates: Jun 29th -> Aug 1st (33 days)
Project By: Charlie Gadeken
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Latest News

Campaign ends THIS Sunday!!

July 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We still need YOUR help to be successfully funded!Do you have some awesome weekend plans for the end of July? We sure do - working in the shop on our masterpiece and getting our campaign funded! We still need some help on the latter, and only 57... (Read More)

New limited release of more ROSHANAI mosaic wall art - $75 pledge

July 28th - via: kickstarter.com
We have released a limited number of ROSHANAI mosaic wall art rewards, since the last ones went like hotcakes. ROSHANAI mosaic wall art in white These ones will be painted bronze. Get yours today by pledging $75 or managing your pledge. Tell your... (Read More)

4 days, 4 grand

July 27th - via: kickstarter.com
With 4 days to go on our Kickstarter campaign, we are 83% funded and $4K away from our goal. The ROSHANAI build is proceeding well with 3.5 weeks until playa departure.  Won't you help us make our $20K goal today? Here are some ways that you can... (Read More)

$5000 to go in 5 days! New $75 backer reward

July 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Do you know Rumi? He knows you... بیا تا قدر یک دیگر بدانیمکه تا ناگه ز یک دیگر نمانیم"Come, let’s appreciate each other,  Before we suddenly miss each other." -Rumi Rumi was a 13th century Persian poet and... (Read More)

$15K pledge goal achieved! Thank YOU!!!

July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Wear gratitude like a cloak  and it will feed every corner of your life.  ~ Rumi (13th century Persian poet and theologian) A new reward has been unlocked! We will post an update on that this afternoon.    (Read More)

New rewards unlocked! $20 level

July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Help us get to $15,000 by Monday!Let's push this Kickstarter to the limit! We are waiting for another stack of metal to arrive on Monday, so painting panels, soldering boards, and generating new backer rewards is on the agenda today. Shop Sunday We... (Read More)

$1000/day???!!

July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Please help us make $1000/day this week!This is what we need to reach our funding goal and start cranking out rewards for you. We know that it is possible! Want to know what else we have done in a week on this project? shot and edited a Kickstarter... (Read More)

New exclusive reward added at $250 level!

July 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Bring a piece of ROSHANAI into your home!Charlie is at it again! He has crafted 10 unique heart sculptures using drop metal from ROSHANAI. These are the pieces of metal that were cut out from the panels to make the mosaic motifs of the sculpture.... (Read More)

Woohoo! 50% Funded!!

July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
We just passed the 50% funded mark!!Thank you dear backers. With only 12 days to go, we are coming down the home stretch. We had been feeling a bit nervous, but this is an important milestone achievement. We have some awesome new exclusive rewards... (Read More)

New Reward added at $75 level!

July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Bring a piece of ROSHANAI into your home!Charlie has created 20 custom steel wall hangings for backers of the ROSHANAI Kickstarter. These are mosaic panel motifs featured in the actual sculpture for Burning Man and beyond. 10 are painted white like... (Read More)

The Sound of Illumination

July 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Well the first round of metal has been cut and cleaned and is in the hands of the CNC bender. Huge shout-out to Vander-Bend of San Jose - so cool! mosaic detail for ROSHANAI Meanwhile, our sound engineers and instrumental junkies have been working on... (Read More)

Shop Update - Over 50% of panels cut!

July 8th - via: kickstarter.com
A huge stack of metal arrived at the Box Shop in June for Roshanai. How much metal, you ask? Well, Roshanai is 100-ft long. That's 25 sheets of metal per wall, x4 walls, and then the top and bottom pieces that connect them too! 200 panels to be cut... (Read More)

Social Media PUSH!

July 6th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

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