The Ichthyosaur Puppet Project, or Dr. Camp's Holy Bones

A project in Reno, NV by Jerry Snyder
000days 
:
00hours 
:
00minutes 

Funding Successful

A full-scale, 50-foot ichthyosaur-skeleton marionette forms the basis for an exploration of the improbablity of belief.
Public Art
Backers: 175
Average Pledge Per Backer: $51

Funded: $8,895 of $8,000
Dates: Apr 23rd -> Jun 2nd (40 days)
Project By: Jerry Snyder
Tags:
Aw shucks, no tags yet. +Suggest

Suggest Tags

Begin typing to search or pick from a list. You can add multiple tags at the same time!
  • 2-player
  • 3d
  • 3d printing
  • action
  • action rpg
  • adventure
  • africa
  • african american
  • aircraft
  • aliens
  • android
  • animals
  • animation
  • anime
  • anthology
  • apparel
  • arduino
  • art
  • audio
  • bedding
  • beer
  • bees
  • big band
  • bluetooth
  • board game
  • books
  • camping
  • candy
  • card game
  • casual
  • cats
  • chocolate
  • classical music
  • clothing
  • cnc
  • coffee
  • comedy
  • comics
  • community project
  • component
  • conservation
  • console
  • cooperative game
  • country
  • craft
  • craft beer
  • creative commons
  • cyberpunk
  • cycling
  • dance
  • dice
  • dice game
  • diy
  • documentary
  • dogs
  • dragons
  • drm-free
  • dungeon crawler
  • dystopian
  • e-reader
  • eco
  • educational
  • ergonomics
  • expansion
  • fantasy
  • fashion
  • festival
  • fiction
  • film
  • first person shooter
  • folk music
  • food
  • furniture
  • gadget
  • game design
  • gardening
  • geocaching
  • gizmos
  • graphic design
  • graphic novel
  • handcrafted
  • headphones
  • health and fitness
  • hip hop
  • historic
  • home automation
  • horror
  • housewares
  • illustration
  • indie
  • indie rock
  • indigenous
  • instrument
  • ios
  • ipad
  • iphone
  • irish music
  • jazz
  • jewelry
  • kids
  • knit
  • lgbt
  • lighting
  • linux
  • locally sourced
  • lovecraft
  • mac
  • machining
  • magic
  • magnetic
  • maps
  • miniatures
  • minimalist
  • mmo
  • monsters
  • music
  • music video
  • native american
  • nature
  • ninjas
  • noir
  • non-fiction
  • oculus rift
  • open source
  • opera
  • organic
  • outdoors
  • ouya
  • painting
  • parody
  • party game
  • pc
  • pens
  • perceptual computing
  • periodical
  • pets
  • photography
  • pin-up
  • pinball
  • pirates
  • platformer
  • playing cards
  • podcast
  • point and click
  • pop music
  • post-apocalyptic
  • prehistoric
  • present-day theme
  • prints
  • programming
  • ps4
  • psvita
  • pulp
  • puppets
  • puzzle
  • racing
  • rap
  • raspberry pi
  • real time strategy
  • repurposed
  • retro
  • robots
  • roguelike
  • romance
  • rpg
  • sandbox game
  • scandinavian
  • science
  • science fiction
  • simulation
  • single-player
  • sleep
  • smartwatch
  • soccer
  • software
  • space
  • speakers
  • spiritual
  • sports
  • steampunk
  • stop motion
  • strategy game
  • stylus
  • superhero
  • survival
  • suspense
  • tabletop game
  • tarot
  • television
  • terrain
  • theatre
  • tile placement
  • timepiece
  • tower defense
  • toy
  • trading cards
  • travel
  • turn-based
  • uspcc
  • utopian
  • vehicle
  • video game
  • voxel
  • wallet
  • war game
  • watch
  • web series
  • wifi
  • wii u
  • wireless charging
  • world music
  • ww1
  • ww2
  • xbla
  • zombies
SubmitCancel

What is tagging? || Have a new tag we should add?
Saving your suggestions...
Suggestion Saved Successfully
Thank you for your help! The Kicktraq gnomes will get to work on your suggestions very soon.

Please keep in mind not all suggestions may be used, and repeated re-submissions may result in being rejected automatically (and we don't want that to happen).

If you have any questions, have a good idea for a tag, or a more in-depth suggestion - please feel free to let us know!

Ok
Hrm... something went wrong.
Hey, bad things happen to the best of us. Don't worry, the gnomes have been dispatched. Maybe try again in a little while.

Ok

$8,895

current pledge level
Last Updated: June 2 @ 03:30 -0400 GMT

111%

of goal
funding period ended

$0

trending toward
Trends are not projections. Read More >>

0%

of goal

(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
Latest News

Wow. We made it.

May 24th - via: kickstarter.com
With eight days to go. Thank you all so much. This is a little overwhelming and incredible.  We aren't done with fundraising. We have a couple more events planned, so stay tuned. And if you have friends that want to contribute, we would still really... (Read More)

Less than two weeks left!

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
OK. First things first. A few weeks ago we had a fundraiser, and we sent the 1/5th scale model puppet along to represent. He shook it and shook it hard. It turns out that the little guy really likes to get his groove on. So if you are thinking about... (Read More)

Progress

May 14th - via: kickstarter.com
So, we have 9 of 40 ribs started. Some of these are mostly finished, some still need to be trimmed, shaped, and sanded. but this picture, of the ribs on a temporary storage rack, gives you some idea of the scale of the project:   (Read More)

Nineteen Days More

May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
So we are into the second half of our Kickstarter Campaign, and a little over halfway to our goal. Thank all of you so much for your support!! We still have about $3,500.00 to raise. Most of that will come in chunks from $10-$50. So if you could... (Read More)

Halfway point!

May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank all of you so much for getting us to the halfway point. Lets stop for a moment and enjoy how the air feels here. Lets smell the lilacs. Deep breaths. All right. Everyone good? Because now we charge down the other side!!! We are enlisting all of... (Read More)

Recent Press on the Project

May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
There is a great article about our project in Ignite.me today: check it out! http://ignite.me/articles/burning-man/2013-burning-man-installation-the-ichthyosaur-puppet-project/ Also, the Reno News & Review published an article about our build... (Read More)

Tutu video

May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Ok, so we at the Ichthyosaur project promised that if we reached our goal of $2500.00 on Monday night, Jerry Snyder would cavort and/or frolic in a tutu in downtown Reno for your amusement. We have no idea why this idea drove people to contribute... (Read More)

Our first week on Kickstarter!

April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
So our first week is almost done and it has been AMAZING! Thank you to everyone who contributed. We got a great start, but we still have a long way to go to reach our Kickstarter goal. If you have already contributed thank you!! If you want to help... (Read More)

If you have additional news that doesn't appear here, shoot us a link!