Gift Couture Steak Wrapping Paper

A new Kickstarter Project needs your help. Sarah and Justin are in the start-up phases of a small gift wrapping company called Gift Couture. They design gift wrap sets that coordinate together into unique themes, and they wanted to share their latest set with me...

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A fresh new steak on gift wrap!

Hello! We are Sarah Fay and Justin Colt, owners and operators of Gift Couture, a small start-up wrapping paper company based out of our apartment in New York City. Our goal is to create unique, high-quality coordinated wrapping paper sets that feature original photography and designs. We were able to launch Gift Couture a year and a half ago, with the help of everyone who backed our cheeseburger paper.

Since then, we have started working with D&K Printing, a locally-owned family business in Boulder, Colorado with a focus on sustainable printing practices.  We are currently trying to raise enough funds to have them print and package our newest coordinated wrapping paper set–a steak and cutting board!

We already have the set completely designed, and if our funding goal is reached, we will be able to deliver to Kickstarter backers by the end of August, 2013.

This is a versatile set that can be combined with other elements–such as butcher paper and meat trays, for a highly unique gifting experience!  We have two different packages available to Kickstarter backers:

Thank you to all of our supporters! Everyone who contributes to our project will be featured on a special contributors section of the official Gift Couture website. Our highest backers will each receive one of our hand-made golden steak trophies as a sign of our appreciation!

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Having successfully funded, manufactured, and distributed our past Kickstarter campaign, we've built a streamlined fulfillment process in order to deliver the paper quickly and efficiently. We can assure there won't be any mis-steaks.

We fully intend on keeping in touch with and updating all of our backers if any unforeseen setbacks arise along the way.

I really hop this works out for them.

Good Luck!!!
Sean Rice,
aka MEAT ME

MEAT as Art: KickStarter Project

Being a huge fan of MEAT as well as someone who can't go a day without even thinking about it. I bring you A Dollar a Pound - MEAT as Art - February 2013 Exhibit: KickStarter Project. This is art by Gregory Dane Sabin featuring MEAT. He needs your support and donations. You can go to this LINK to check it out or see below.

Exhibit scheduled for February 2013, exhibiting my most recent series of meat themed paintings. Beauty & brutality, all in one exhibit.

I have an exhibit secured for February 2013 -  the location will be announced as soon as the date is confirmed. I'm proud to be showing my recent paintings in a premier butcher shop in Los Angeles. Yes, that's right. My exhibit will be in a butcher shop. I felt that a gallery setting was far too sterile for this body of work.

My paintings are inspired my the classic still lifes of Rembrandt, that included freshly butchered meat, fowl and the like, as well as French painter Chaim Soutine. Most recently, Francis Bacon, the master of raw brutality, has been a huge influence.

Although several paintings have been completed, there is much more to be done in the next few weeks, and I am requesting sponsorship to obtain costly additional supplies and canvas, framing materials, and general promotion of the exhibit and the opening reception, i.e., printed postcards, postage, etc.

Thank for your sponsorship consideration!

Gregory Dane Sabin

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My biggest challenge with this exhibit will be the physical display of my work. The butcher shop that is hosting this exhibit has limited wall space, so the challenge will be to design special framing so that the paintings can hang from the ceiling. After the reception, the paintings will be exhibited for several weeks, so they need to be easily viewed, but as the same time not interfere with the day to day business of this very busy retail space.

In the mean time... Hang tight and I will have more MEAT content for you in the New Year

Happy New Year,
Sean Rice
aka MEAT ME