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Help Cait Build An Off-Grid Animation Studio
Hello!
I'm Cait and I'm a stop-motion animator turned wannabe farmer and builder. You can check out my animation company here: http://www.springtimejellyfish.com Over the past year and a half I've been building an off-grid animation studio out in the woods of upstate NY. The studio is located on a communal property with a spring, hiking trails, a small old graveyard and an operating permaculture farm! In parallel to this studio project, I am also working on a no-cost artist residency and retreat called Fiddlehead Ranch .
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To create the animation studio, I milled my own lumber
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Had the assistance of wonderful friends to dig, mix and pour the concrete piers
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And joined forces with more friends to frame and sheath the tiny house!
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We've made so much progress and I'm so excited with how everything is coming out.
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I've ordered the roofing and wood stove and now I need help to afford the cost of a powerful solar system so I can make animation here!
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Please consider contributing and, if you can't do it I totally get it, but please also consider sharing this project with someone you think might be interested.
Thank you so much for your time and attention! Be well!