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Help Jonathan Find Shelter and Rebuild His Art

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Hello there! My name is Jonathan, I am a jeweler and CAD designer and have been supporting myself out of highschool since 2017. I used to go by Blissful Abundance, now my jewelry title is Kundalini Jewelry. I am recently homeless without a place to sleep and have been sleeping outside the last week or so. I'm 25 and I am too old to not have it together in my opinion, but it's where I'm at right now. I am really scared because winter is just about here in New England and there are no local jobs here that are prioritizing my employment. I have worked jobs here and there amidst my journey, but a lot of my time I have been able to live off of my art! The last couple years my self employment work slowed down because I was fighting a really severe case of Lyme disease, and began working odd jobs locally and then some, just trying to afford the hospital bills and medicine. I recently gave my 2 weeks at my local Full Time job, supposed to start a new job upon professionally leaving, but instead I was tricked, and the new job lead me on for over a month about starting me and finally just announced that they would rather someone else have the job. In this time I have not been approved for unemployment since I was not fired, and my jewelry has only been selling enough to help me eat for a day or so. My time away from my jewelry lost me a lot of internet engagement, and I have gone from hundreds of daily views and 20-40 custom inquiries each month to 10 or 20 views each day and 0-2 custom inquiries per month. CAD design for random companies and shipping out 3D prints has been helpful and has saved me this past month from not eating, but those gigs are also not consistent, and my print orders only keep up with my slow production rate with 1 beginners printer. I am in the middle of some print orders right now that I have been unable to finish due to this.

I am asking for any financial help that is realistic, as I do not have a place to focus and create and I am always in public, so I can't support myself properly. I have been completing 1-2 okay-ish pieces per week, since I cant saw metal and fabricate shapes and torch and solder. I can only wire wrap crystals in a cafe somewhere, and I have to keep getting up and hiking 3 hours to some other place when they close, etc. (I don't have a car.) My chances of finding a job now are slim since every day I hike the highway I appear more exhausted and disheveled to the possible employer. Any assistance I receive will be put towards:
  • a place to sleep, whether it's a vehicle or an apt/room. both would be nice
($1000-2000 at most, will settle for beater)
  • workspace for art and design
($500-1000/month + last down-payment)
  • upgrade 3D printer for better faster quality
($650)
  • reinvest in sterling silver wire and sheet metal
($200-300)
  • storage
($68/month)
  • phone bill
  • food
  • hygiene
  • clothes

To anyone who assists, thank you from the bottom of my heart, and I would like to create a jewelry piece or something else to your liking as a token of my gratitude, assuming I have a place to create again at some point soon. Thanks for reading this.

Instagram Link - Here is my full portfolio as far as Jewelry goes, it dates back to 2017 if you care to scroll that far
Etsy Shop - Here is my new Etsy shop, if you can't donate but would like to at least support my business! My inventory is very limited right now due to my lack of space to really lock in and create, but everything on there is made with love!

















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    Jonathan Twomey
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    Westborough, MA

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