Neo-Traditional Authentic Qayaq Kayak for the 21st Century
A project in Anchorage, AK by David Michael Karabelnikoff000days
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This project combines digital fabrication technology & Indigenous boat building techniques to prototype an authentic 21st century qayaq
Backers: 112
Average Pledge Per Backer: $62
Funded: $6,943 of $25,000
Dates: Apr 22nd -> May 17th (25 days)
Project By: David Michael Karabelnikoff
Backers: 112
Average Pledge Per Backer: $62
Funded: $6,943 of $25,000
Dates: Apr 22nd -> May 17th (25 days)
Project By: David Michael Karabelnikoff
$6,943
current pledge level
Last Updated: May 17 @ 02:30 -0400 GMT
27%
of goal
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Latest News
Qayaq Co-Op Award update 
May 4th - via: kickstarter.com
We'd like to let you know that the first backer at the ambassador level $1250 will receive the model with fabric from George Dyson Author of Baidarka. We are excited to announce this partnership and look forward to getting our first backer at $1250... (Read More)
First Friday Flyer for The Qayaq Co-Op!
May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Here is a flyer for the Qayaq Co-Op! looking to do some gorilla marketing for First Friday... (Read More)
Traditional vs Modern, Synthetic vs Authentic...
May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
There is a tendency to view Ingenuous Peoples as Ludites or anti technological - I think we have taken this on as some form of internalized oppression. However when you look at the fact that Aleuts were doing brain surgery in the 1700's that says... (Read More)
Bio Metrics and Qayaqs
May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Traditionally every qayaq was anthropometric, they were made using body parts to do the measurements and fitting. Bodies are different as are proportions, so each qayaq should be made proportional from the individuals bio-metric measurements so it... (Read More)
Neo-Traditional Qayaqs
May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Orgins of the Qayaq Co-Op
April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Since I can remember I have always build a iqyax, or bidarka as the Russians called them: the skin boats of the Aleuts, of my ancestors. The opportunity build has not been readily available for the urban Alaska Natives like myself, we wanted to do... (Read More)
Top Stories on Ch11 News
April 28th - via: kickstarter.com
We are thankful to all the help we have been getting along the way, our project was on the news on Friday and we wanted to share that info with our supporters. Thank you for being apart of this effort to revitalize traditional boat building with... (Read More)
How will funds help?
April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Some folks have been asking how the funds will be used, one of the budgeted items will be an ANSEP Internship position which will fund one of the 1000 current ANSEP students, ideally a grad student to work on the development of the G-Code and... (Read More)
What lead you to start the Qayaq Co-Op ?
April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Big Thanks to our early supporters! Here is a recording of David answering some questions about the Qayaq Co-Op, this is the first of seven. If your interested in helping us with the campaign join us on facebook at... (Read More)
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