How is it that the US government hasn't kidnapped you and held you in 
an undisclosed location until you solve the global economic crisis, John Leeke?

Seriously, fantastic ideas, John, as usual; I'm forwarding your email 
to Henrika.

Deborah

At 09:49 AM 11/14/2008, you wrote:
>Deborah:
>
>I was very impressed with the few pieces of the collection I saw in 
>Boston, but didn't even have time to make sketches. It's a shame 
>it's hidden away for lack of funding.
>
>Here's a fund-raising idea for you to pass along. They could make 
>plaster castings of the carvings and sell them. I'd put in an order 
>for a couple hundred bucks right off. To get fund raising and 
>marketing of the castings off to a quick start they could mount an 
>"exploration" of the carvings in the crates, shooting video of 
>opening the crate, telling the story of the collection, taking up a 
>layer of carvings, announcing the availability of the castings, with 
>a knowledgeable carver like yourself spontaneously exclaiming on 
>their value, uniqueness of the collection, etc. Distributing the 
>video on the internet would capture the "long-tail market" we talked 
>about in Barre. Then every one or two months do another layer, 
>another video, more castings available, etc. A series like this 
>would promote the original intent of the collection (study for 
>learning woodcarvers) and could develop quite a following of the 
>collection, perhaps even "subscribers" who would pay in advance for 
>castings from future unveilings of the layers.
>
>The market for the castings would be carvers, and those who teach 
>carving of course, but they might also be marketed as objets d'art 
>in the decorative accessories trade and to consumers. This could 
>generate some real piles of money.
>
>John Buckets-o-Money Leeke
>www.HistoricHomeWorks.com
>
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