Clearing Her Name, 12×12 inch encaustic collage by Crystal Marie
To all you amazing supporters, we are hosting one final raffle of a piece of Crystal’s art and you already have a raffle ticket as a thank you for you beautiful generosity.
“Clearing Her Name”, 12×12 inch encaustic collage by Crystal Marie will be raffled and announced on Monday, September 19 because what a perfect way to start the week.
All supporters are automatically entered with one raffle ticket unless you choose to Opt Out. If you’d like to buy more raffle tickets at $10/ticket, you can make that selection through the Donate & Tickets button. It is the only ticket item available right now, so very easy to see. Additional ticket sales will be closed on Sunday, September 18 at 10pm Central.
This is a no judgment zone. There are many reasons to opt out such as you are downsizing, your life is too full for one more thing right now, etc, etc. So if you’d prefer to not be entered in the raffle, click this link: https://forms.gle/n6XUN2LMopp7BCHf8
Thank you all so much for your generosity in community support.
-Team CRAM
And now a note from our beloved Crystal Marie:
Hello friends,
If you are reading my words today, chances are you’ve already read the campaign description of why and how this fundraiser came about.
If you have viewed the video announcement of the past raffle winners, then you also heard me share a bit about the two steps forward and one step back health challenges I’ve faced since the time this fundraiser began and how deeply aware of how these events would have caused me to lose the stability of the home that I rent had it not be for the generous support of all who have rallied around me during this season.
Here in this place, three months out from the launch of this campaign, I’m relieved to share that the gift of rest you have given me during this season was the margin I needed to feel my cognitive functioning begin to return. For anyone who has suffered the effects of brain fog, burnout, and the shutdown of their mental capacities, you know this is no small thing. So many of you have shared that having COVID was an eye opener to understanding the exhaustion and mental burnout that so many with chronic illness deal with on an ongoing basis. It is not the kind of enlightenment I would wish on anyone.
As this campaign comes to an end, I am keenly aware of my need to recalibrate. This word has captured my imagination this morning and I’m still rolling around what it looks like for me to recalibrate and carve out a career and a life that is more sustainable for my own health, and also embodies the ideas that have been percolating through this season – the need for community, connection, and sustainable cultures that are inclusive of all abilities and people groups. This too, is a gift your generous support has given me.
With so much love and gratitude, thank you.
Crystal Marie
Initial Fundraiser Announcements – Items Closed:
The fundraising site, GiveButter/CrystalMarie, is a necessity for collecting funds for Crystal without jeopardizing her Disability application. We are grateful for the site while acknowledging it can be difficult to scroll through the items. Listed in separate galleries below are all the items that have been donated by our artist community in support of Crystal. We’ve added this here for easier viewability, but the items will need to be selected and paid for on the Give Butter site.
Many of the offerings shown here have already been purchased outright. Please see the fundraising site, GiveButter/CrystalMarie, for an up-to-date view of what remains. Raffle tickets will be accepted until mid-August with the raffle announcement on Aug 18.
And a reminder that ALL the funds go directly to support Crystal, even the entirety of raffle ticket funds, so get those raffle tickets!
For best viewing, click on the first image in the gallery category and scroll through the items with the side arrows.
For more information about the items, click the information icon the bottom right corner (a small circle or square with a lower case i).
To exit the gallery, click in the UPPER RIGHT corner. This is another imperfect system as the little ‘x’ to exit that view doesn’t always appear.
Note: you may notice some of Crystal’s work has been included. All her work represented here is part of the CRAM Collaboration as part of our Transcend:Distance project.
List of contributing artists with website links. Go check out their amazing work!
Art Books Artwork* Videos/Supplies Spiritual Direction Raffle* (Items include Artwork, Website Audit, and Video Courses)
*Encaustic artwork will be shipped once it can be insulated against temperatures under 40°F and over 80°F. We are estimating mid September.
Art Books
Title: Momento Mori
Photography: Melissa Hall
Poetry: Missy Brownson
Cost: $30
This art book is a collaboration between Poet, Missy Brownson, and Artist, Melissa T. Hall. Melissa says, “Memento Mori, Latin for remember you will die, is the third series of work fueled by my substantial brush with mortality.[This series] is not a meditation on death, but an encouragement or reminder to embrace your mortality and allow that knowledge to motivate you to fully live each day”. Missy wrote ekphrastic poetry in response to Melissa’s images and says.”My process for writing these entailed what I refer to as “internalizing the image,” in which I connect with the image, relating it either to my own experiences and/or the experiences of other women. It is from this empathetic perspective that I have written these poems.”
US Shipping is included in this price. International shipping will be calculated and invoiced separately.Title: Pandemia
Photography: Melissa Hall
Poetry: Missy Brownson
Cost: $30
This art book is a collaboration between Poet, Missy Brownson, and Artist, Melissa T. Hall. Melissa produced the photos as a response to the global pandemic and Missy wrote ekphrastic poetry in response to Melissa’s images.
Melissa’s common denominator in this series is the use of a a giant acrylic globe with her models as an outward expression of what many of us felt during the pandemic. Missy responded to the images using the tanka form which features five lines and a 5/7/5/7/7 syllable count. She used the tanka to mimic the containment and limitations expressed by the bubble in Melissa’s work, as well as the containment and limitations we have all experienced over the past year.
US Shipping is included in this price. International shipping will be calculated and invoiced separately.Title: a small life
Poet/Artist: Jan Avellana Hongo
Cost: $45
An absolutely exquisite book of poetry about life, love and grief written by jan avellana hongo. This note is on the title page: “To the odd ducks, the misfits, the anxious and depressed–to anyone who has ever needed light, I’ll hold a candle for you.”
Jan is creating a one of a kind hand wrapped cover for this offering.
US shipping is included in the price. International shipping will be calculated and any excess invoiced separately.Title: Tree Book Five, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches, 30 handmade pages (60 including both sides)
Artist: Bridgette Guerzon Mills
Cost: $130
Bridgette Guerzon Mills’ one-of-a-kind handbound Tree Books are especially made for those who have an affinity for trees. The covers are made from the bark of trees that fell in her neighborhood during a crazy wind storm. For two years they have been drying out, waiting to be transformed into a book, a vessel for mixed media creations on its pages, a sculpture to sit on your mantel? The pages are made from handmade natural fiber paper.
US shipping is included in the cost. International shipping will be calculated and invoiced separately.
Artist: Michelle Belto
This Learning package includes the book, Wax and Paper Workshop, Northlight Press, 2012, 128 pgs. and the DVD In the Encaustic Studio, Advanced Mixed Media Techniques, North Light DVD, 2013 by Michelle Belto.
Price includes shipping within the US. International shipping will be calculated and invoiced separately.
Artwork
Title: Friends Come Together, 7.5×12 inch fragment fabric collage
Artist: Lesley Riley
Cost: $55
This gorgeous fabric collage is such a beautiful depiction of what is happening with this fundraiser. We are coming together.
US shipping is included. International shipping will be calculated and invoiced separately.
Videos/Online Courses & Supplies
Title: Cold Wax Online Workshop
Instructor: Judy Wise
If you’ve been curious about trying cold wax, this is your opportunity to explore the medium online. In addition to demonstrations of collage, transfering, texturing, and more there will be a discussion of composition, non-representation and abstraction. Judy will demonstrate her favorite recipe for making your own cold wax (which will save you lots of money), along with suggesting various additives and will compare the home made product to several commercial varieties. The class will consist of daily video demos, written instructions and examples of paintings to study. All the class lessons and videos beautifully presented for immediate access.
1 workshop will be raffled here and 1 spot is available for direct purchase for the value of $100 on a separate ticket.
Spiritual Direction
Facilitator: Michelle Hayden
Come and explore the healing power of a therapeutic process that is grounded in safety, using your body to make intuitive fluid marks as you are supported and guided towards embodiment, expression, and empowerment. Strengthen your innate ability to heal as your hands find voice for your inner experience and feeling. This transformative process is rooted in your nervous system feeling connected and safe so that you can release what may be “stuck”– bonus is that the process is gentle, freeing, and even fun :). Self love tarot spread – get a 5 card tarot reading checking in with your current energy and trajectory in life. You’ll receive an email with pictures of your draw, a 10-15 minute voice recording of Dominique translating said cards and written key words to highlight each card.
Raffle items
including Artwork, website audit, and online courses
Title: Consecrated, 12×12 inch encaustic
Artist: Crystal Marie
Created as part of the CRAM Collective Transcend:Distance collaboration. Value $400Title: Walking in Shadow, 12×12 inch cold wax
Artist: Rebecca Stahr
Created as part of the CRAM Collective Transcend:Distance collaboration. Value $400
Title: Birthing Change, 12×12 inch cold wax
Artist: Rebecca Stahr
Created as part of the CRAM Collective Transcend:Distance collaboration. Value $400Title: Maybe This Cage Has Been a Cocoon, 12×12 inch cold wax
Artist: Rebecca Stahr
Created as part of the CRAM Collective Transcend:Distance collaboration. Value $400
Title: Dissonance, 12×12 inch cold wax
Artist: Rebecca Stahr
Created as part of the CRAM Collective Transcend:Distance collaboration. Value $400Title: Turbulent Dreamer, 12×12 inch photo encaustic
Artist: Melissa T. Hall
Created as part of the CRAM Collective Transcend:Distance collaboration. Value $400Title: Reverie, 12×12 inch photo encaustic
Artist: Melissa T. Hall
Created as part of the CRAM Collective Transcend:Distance collaboration. Value $400Title: Not All Corsets are Created Equal
Artist: Michelle Belto
Size: 20 x 16 x 1.5”
Materials: Photo encaustic, collage, cast forms on artist created handmade paper support
“I love the title of this piece and the image from my grandmother’s scrapbook that inspired it. During the process of creating this work, I had a lot of time to reflect on the use of “corsets” in my life and in the lives of women I know. Restrictions on our power, creativity and ability to be ourselves come in many forms–unfortunately, most are self-inflicted.”
(repeated phrase on the twined paper) Conformity is painfully boring. Not all corsets area created equal.
Value $525
Facilitator: Michelle Hayden
Come and explore the healing power of a therapeutic process that is grounded in safety, using your body to make intuitive fluid marks as you are supported and guided towards embodiment, expression, and empowerment. Strengthen your innate ability to heal as your hands find voice for your inner experience and feeling. This transformative process is rooted in your nervous system feeling connected and safe so that you can release what may be “stuck”– bonus is that the process is gentle, freeing, and even fun :).
CRAM Collective 