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<div>March 2025 : fingers crossed, this should be the last update.
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<div>Thanks again to all of you, and to the efforts that were made to empty the old shop - there are still a lot of clutter to get rid of*, which might take us to April (and an extra rent to pay). 
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<div>Good news is that the new workplace is almost ready to see some productive activity, more than the very limited tinkering I've only been able to do so far : the hydraulic press is at long last up and running, there is an air filter in the grinding room, and electrics have been rearranged in the shop. Still a few bags to empty, and the fine layout of the shop to optimise (also called "trying to remember where I store the drill bits").
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<div>So, asking again for your generosity maybe, though I also have some items for you to acquire if contributing here is not your thing, or of you want to treat yourself or a loved one with one of my products.
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<div>Thanks again, and again, from the very bottom of whatever can be called my heart.
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<div>*and we saved a cat. Poor thing fell through the false ceiling/insolation panels, and probably got stranded in the shop for two-three weeks. Doing better now.  
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<div>2025 : FINAL PUSH ?
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<div>This is still going on, dear friends - and thanks to those who remembered it (thanks also to those who donated) !
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<div>I find myself having to pay for an extra month of rent for the ex-workplace, to give us time to empty it properly. In addition to that, the new workplace isn't totally useable as it is.
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<div>Among other annoying issues.
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<div>Good news however is that the ex-appartment is now officially surrendered - it is now history.
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<div>So....
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<div>Thank you, from the very bottom of my heart, to all of you who contributed to this GoFundMe !
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<div>We're 2 months in, and things have been both extremely busy and frustratingly slow ; without drowning you under too much detail, let's just say that the apartment/former living place is now vacated and should be taken back by its landlord, and that moving stuff from the workshop has finally started - I had to keep working at the soon-to-be-former-shop up until the very last moment, preparing the Compiègne History Market !
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<div>I hope to get everything gathered at the house by the end of the month, or very early December at the latest.
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<div>I just need one final push of generosity, to help me cover the rents and unexpected expenses inevitably tied to moving both house and shop : new furniture needed both upstairs and downstairs, repairs and fixes, and renting the necessary things to move heavy equipment such as the hydraulic press, power hammer and other bulky things.
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<div>So...Thanks again ! Though you might prefer purchasing stuff from my current stock, or get in touch and discuss commission work - and I'd be happy to oblige !
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<div>En français :
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<div>Merci à tous ceux qui ont contribué, du fond du coeur !
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<div>Deux mois après le début de cette campagne, et les choses ont été à la fois très intenses et péniblement lentes ; sans vouloir vous noyer sous les détails, il me suffit de dire que l'appartement est enfin sur le point d'être restitué à sa propriétaire, et que le déménagement de l'atelier a commencé - j'ai du continuer d'y travailler jusqu'au dernier moment avant le Marché de l'Histoire de Compiègne !
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<div>J'ai donc bon espoir que tout puisse être rapatrié ici d'ici la fin du mois, ou tout début décembre au plus tard.
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<div>Je sollicite donc un dernier sursaut de votre générosité, pour m'aider à couvrir les loyers mais également les dépenses imprévues mais inévitables hélas liées à ce genre de double déménagement : mobilier et aménagements pour l'atelier et la partie lieu de vie, réparations et réarrangements, et location de matériel de levage pour la migration du gros outillage : presse hydraulique, marteau mécanique, etc...
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<div>Alors....merci encore ! Et si plutôt que de participer ici vous préférez acquérir une des pièces que j'ai en stock, ou discuter d'un projet personnel, ça me va aussi !
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<div>After all the turmoil and uncertainty of the last few months (burglary, etc), it seems that things are finally taking a brighter turn:
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<div>I will be able to move both my workshop and my living space to the same spot - a nice little house in Dijon !
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<div>This will allow me to work better, with increased serenity and a better pacing. And to basically live better as well, for obvious reasons !
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<div>The main issue was that I was only allowed to stay at the workshop I'm currently renting until this very next December, thanks to the generosity of the powers in place that agreed to extend my stay there from last March on until the end of the year. And I've been searching for solutions, and received already tremendous help in that regard, but to no avail so far.
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<div>And then believe it or not this house pops up, with landlords who seem to understand what the life of an independent worker/artist/craftsman is about !
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<div>However, the move can't and won't happen overnight. And until it's done, and even maybe some time after if I can't find someone to move in my current apartment fast enough (there's a three months notice), I'll have to pay the rent for all three places : the house, the apartment, and the workshop - the rent for the house itself being equivalent to the combined rent for the shop and the apartment.
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<div>And I can't put my work on hold for too long.
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<div>Besides, the move itself is likely to have a cost, and the new work area will certainly require a bit of rearranging.
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<div>Therefore, I'm opening this new campaign, to help me with the transition and the three rents. Of course, I would prefer that you'd get stuff directly from my current stock, if only to make me feel less guilty of asking for your generosity again - but I don't have much in stock either, and a campaign such as this one allows all those willing to contribute to participate.
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<div>I am, and will ever be, immensely grateful for all the incredible support and kindness you've provided so far.
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<div>From the very bottom of my heart (it's a dark place sometimes, but you help making it brighter).
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<div>En français maintenant :
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<div>Après les tourments et vicissitudes de ces derniers mois (cambriolage, etc), il semblerait que les choses prennent un meilleur tour :
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<div>Je vais enfin pouvoir déménager mon atelier et mon lieu de vie dans un seul et même endroit - une petite maison ici à Dijon !
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<div>Je pourrai ainsi fournir un meilleur travail, plus sereinement et avec une meilleure productivité. Sans compter une certaine amélioration en qualité de vie !
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<div>Le gros souci était en effet que l'atelier que j'occupe actuellement ne m'était alloué que jusqu'en décembre prochain, grâce à la bonne volonté des responsables locaux qui avaient très gentiment accepté de me laisser y rester après l'expiration de mon bail en avril dernier.
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<div>J'avais depuis bien avant cette date cherché des solutions, et reçu de nombreux conseils et un soutien ahurissant, mais en vain.
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<div>Et là, soudain, une maison est disponible, dont les propriétaires semblent très compréhensifs des tenants et des aboutissants de la vie de travailleur indépendant/artiste/artisan à l'ancienne.
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<div>Cependant, ce regroupement des espaces risque de prendre un certain temps. Et jusqu'à ce qu'il soit effectif, et même pendant quelque temps après (préavis de trois mois pour mon appartement etc), je vais devoir payer les trois loyers: la maison, l'appartement, l'atelier - sachant que le loyer de la maison est l'équivalent des deux autres combinés.
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<div>Et je ne peux me permettre de mettre trop longtemps mon travail sur pause.
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<div>Les déménagements eux-mêmes risquent d'avoir un coût, et le nouvel espace de travail aura besoin d'un peu d'aménagement.
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<div>C'est pourquoi j'ouvre cette campagne de financement participatif. Vous pouvez certes m'aider en acquérant directement mes produits - ça ferait de vous l'heureux possesseur d'un bel objet, et diminuerai mon sentiment de culpabilité de devoir à nouveau compter sur votre générosité ; mais je n'ai pas beaucoup de stock, et une telle campagne permet à tous de participer à la hauteur de leurs moyens et de leur bonne volonté.
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<div>Je vous témoigne à nouveau de mon éternelle gratitude pour le soutien dont vous avez déjà fait preuve à mon égard, et la fabuleuse gentillesse que vous avez montré.
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<div>Du fond du coeur (qui peut être un peu sombre parfois, mais qui grâce à vous est bien meilleur)
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