a bit of a mega catchup with the ark project – where we are at
quicklink | feasibility report, oak tables and mailing list
looks fantastic right? – that’s the kind of size the ark will be – the table and chairs next too it are going to be a gift from livingARK. we are super pleased and chuffed by this offer as it gives me and bella somewhere to sit and play, talk and eat and just enjoy each others company. i’m actually thinking of taking up lessons for an instrument (guitar or something maybe) – yes yes, i know it sounds uber hippy but i do need the polar opposite of my super fast existance balanced somehow! 
it’s been a bit quite on the ark front over the last four weeks.
a waiting game, sitting waiting for someone to tell us if we have the signoff for the ark project or not. behind the scenes livingARKs are gearing up for the go and they are scrabbling around making the process as sustainable as possible for it to happen. that sort of planning i find out costs additional admin (seems most things in the world have costs that don’t get factored in i guess) so we are trying to resolve those small hiccups with offsetting of products, services and ramping up our output and services here in the fibrecamp studios – slowly things seem to be aiming in the right direction. with a few clients under our belts for pcmprojects with me working as a volenteer in the space it’s time i sorta had a job position again. that’s looking like it might be a possibility after getting the studio to this position.
i’m not actually sure how i would have coped if the ark was built now adapting to the proposition of a partner in fibrecamp and being true to the ark so i’m starting to the think the timing of things is actually better. i have two crucial stages right now and that’s a regular income and transport. the transport more than anything in at least i can be visiting conkers twice a week and at the same time picking up my daughter and getting her familiar with the site. she’s been before but we need to be going very regular. i’m still super excited about what this project can bring and i’m hoping that unofficial cradlepoint group will pull a lot of my thoughts together about people on the move, on the grid and in the clouds but actually disconnected from other things. i’m hoping cradlepoint see it and get behind it.
gerry from conkers (the ranger – go follow him on twitter he’s awesome) put together a fantastic detailed feasibility study for the area/land/space where we want to locate the ark – i still have to re-read it but give it a blast it’s brilliant. i do hope very much that i’ll be able to work with gerry on his bushcraft skills work that he does at conkers – that guy has so much passion, he’s the next web tv celebrity when we up the quality and output. very keen to get started and tell gerry’s story.
another thing i quickly wanted to talk to you about was these oak table sets i’ve included in this post. they are normally a tablet set that goes along with every ark that is sold but at the moment as they are building a variety of prototypes they really need the space and they have about thirty sets of tables to sell. we have managed to get an agreement sorted with livingarks where 15% of every sale of a oak set will go towards the arks admin fund i was discussing at the top of this email. i’ll have more details about this soon but if your interested they normally retail at £1500 (pure oak remember) but we can get a much better price than that on them.
Picnic Oak Set 1.7m price: 540.00; RRP (recommended retail price: 999.00+)
Picnic Oak Set 1.5m price: 490.00; RRP (recommended retail price: 999.00+)
Delivery & Assembly price: 150.00
Crafted with passion and the utmost respect for nature, this truly individual furniture is made using seasonal oak – rustic, natural and gloriously unadorned, it looks almost as much a part of the landscape as when still a tree. Custom-made to order exclusively at livingARKs LTD.
drop me a line if interested – remember 15% of your purchase will go towards helping our admin costs for the ark project.
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