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Astral Escape

Created by Starr of vipi.ink

An enamel pin and patch collection for people who love the stars, cosmic wonders, and the future of space exploration.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Stellar Systems FULLY FUNDED, ALL DESIGNS UNLOCKED!
almost 2 years ago – Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 12:02:56 PM

Thank you to everyone who followed the Stellar Systems campaign! If you haven't seen my latest campaign update, I've been sponsored by a local college professor to produce these designs. This will fully pay for production, making all the designs unlocked! Pick up your favorite system here at the Kickstarter discount:

Stellar Systems pins and stickers fully funded! Tap here to pledge

Thank you again for supporting my projects,

Starr Vipi

NEW Space Kickstarter: Stellar Systems
almost 2 years ago – Sat, Oct 08, 2022 at 01:59:21 PM

Hello!

Thank you once again for supporting this space inspired kickstarter project. Launching Tuesday October 11th at 6am Mountain Time, is my latest space project: Stellar Systems

The new JWST images and data inspired me to look into star systems with exoplanets. I was so curious about potentially habitable planets, systems with many planets, systems with unusual planets, and I wanted to visually capture how fascinating they are. Eventually I decided to select several systems and research the relative sizes of the planets and their stars. In this series, exoplanets are represented to scale in multiple ways. First, the planets in the system are printed in the center of the design to scale with each other. They are also to scale with the largest circle in the design, which represents the scale of the printed planets to their star. Finally, the largest circle also represents the size of the largest planet in that system, with the other circles representing the remaining planets. In addition, the background of each pin will have mid-raised details of the constellation it is found in from our perspective here on Earth. 

Here is an example with our Solar System and Sun in relation to the planets:

Design breakdown: Solar System

I put a lot of time into researching this project, I think exoplanets are so interesting and exciting. Browsing through this project I hope you come out of it more curious about space, and back the campaign for your new favorite systems! 

Follow the project to be notified on launch HERE!

Thank you for supporting my work, 

Starr

ALL REWARDS SHIPPED! THANK YOU!
almost 2 years ago – Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 02:31:42 PM

The final few rewards have gone out, thank you everyone who supported this project!

The last rewards I needed address changes for have been sent out, thus bringing this project to a close. The remaining Astrobotany Enthusiast pins will be listed on my website and Etsy tomorrow, 8/12! I am working on my next space series which will come to Kickstarter later this year. If you would like to stay up to date with that project, you can follow my social media accounts, or sign up for my email newsletter.


Thank you again for your support,

Starr

Remakes are here! Address changes and separate invoice info:
about 2 years ago – Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 06:53:19 PM

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REMAKES COMPLETE!
about 2 years ago – Tue, May 31, 2022 at 01:29:00 AM

Hello everyone,

Since my last update, my manufacturer has worked very hard, and very quickly, to finish the remakes for this campaign. Here are the photos they sent me:

Telescope pins now have correct metal fill
Astrobiology Optimist pins now include all printed areas
Mars Docks now include all text

The Astrobotany Enthusiast pins are currently printing, and will be shipping to me separately. The remakes are shipping to me this week and as soon as they are in hand, they will be going out to backers! Thank you everyone who replied and have been waiting patiently for these pins! I am hoping the final pin will ship to me next month, so all rewards can be fulfilled the end of June at the latest. If you have opted to add on to your pledge via separate invoice, I will be sending you a Kickstarter message this week. 


In other news, my current Kickstarter is nearly unlocking the next tier, and I am in the final 24 hours of my flash sale on my website. You can check out the Contain Your Collection Kickstarter here! Take 20% off orders over $25 in my shop here! I regularly post updates on projects I'm working on via social media, or you can subscribe to my email newsletter as well. Of course all Kickstarter related updates will be shared in the project updates first.

Thank you once again for all your support! 

Starr