![***Special Request is a poetry book of receipt paper print outs. The project examines service industry labor meets self published art.](https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/014/181/937/5ea96975dc7adb9233996c103759ee40_original.jpg?w=1024&h=576&fit=fill&bg=000000&v=1476922865&auto=format&q=92&s=c9f36c7ee8f54d7f883cf81b7c2bdc08)
***Special Request, before it was even thought out to be a final finished project of a poetry book, was a way for me to make restaurant work more material, more fulfilling. On the job, I take customer orders using an iPad-based POS, their coffee orders and my poems are sent to an Epson TM-U220 two-color printer for preparation. The result is an object that resembles the image below. The first poem of the series was written on August 14, 2016.
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After months of working, writing, and printing, I now have a collection of receipt paper poems, of which I would like to turn into a self-published art and poetry book. The costs of printing and shipping, as well as the prices for rewards, are: $173.11 for printing 45 copies, $34.99 for shipping the books to me, $46.20 for purchasing and mailing the rewards, and $25 to compensate for Kickstarter fees.
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Risks and challenges
Given the moderate scope of the project and funding goal, there is little to no risk involved, lest the postal service loses my package.
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