Platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have enabled artists to produce some amazing crowdfunded artwork. These fund-generating tools accumulate around the best proposed ideas. As a result, only the projects with the most potential get produced. The resulting quality of artwork is very high.
Before these funding sources were established, many artists struggled to get capital to back their work. This means that a lot of great ideas went to the grave. With established crowdfunding streams quickly becoming available, money will become easier to come by. Artists can test their ideas in a public forum and receive funding for projects that pass muster. This new reality for artists means that great ideas can still come to fruition without a wealthy patron.
17 Cultural Crowdfunded Artworks
From Metropolis-Merging Photography to Magnetic Liquid Sculptures:
Alexander Lam — May 16, 2013 — Art & Design
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Patterned Paper Necklaces
The Logical Art 'Air Tattoos' are Delicate and Stylish
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Macabre Natural Accessories
The Kat-E Specimen Line Uses Animal Parts to Create Fashion
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Woodcut Playing Cards
The Very Artistic Polaris Wooden Card Deck Will Jazz Up Casino Nights
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Bamboo Billboard Gardens
Urban Air by Stephen Glassman Aims to Beautify and Clean Cities
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Cartoon Epic Fail Posters
Acme Corporation Poster is Dedicated to Wile E. Coyote's Countless Tries
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Remixed Web Browsing Platforms
The FarFromHomePage Project Seeks to Transform Internet Surfing
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Rotationally Symmetric Decks
Vanda Playing Cards Upgrade Traditional Design
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Magnetic Liquid Sculptures
Ferrite by David Markus is an Interactive Art Piece
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Artistic Poker Decks
The Pedale Playing Cards Contain Beautiful Illustrations
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Intensely Detailed Toy Cities
The LEGO City of Odan is a Marvel of Building Block Ingenuity
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Humble Recycled Time-Tellers
The Chip Clock by Capital Craft is Made from Eco-Friendly Chipboard
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Bomber Jet Playing Cards
These Stealth Playing Cards Make Poker a Deadly Competition
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Otherworldy Orbs
Sodium Stalagmite Sculptures by Daniel MacDonald
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Intuitively Layered Sketchbooks
KLINE is a Layered Sketchbook Made to Ease the Creative Process
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Lit Wooden Turntables
This Product from woodpluslight.com Has a Vintage Feel
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Authentic Arctic Flicks
'On the Ice' is a New Film with an All-Inuit Cast
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Fictionalized Disaster Narratives
The Circus and the Cyclone Romantizes Natural Disaster
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