history
The history of formation
from INDI.KETTLE
Indi.kettle is a sole proprietorship which I founded in January 2019.
Partying / self-employment and creating something sustainable for the carp-scene germinated as an idea for quite some time. I wanted to do something cool and really valuable. Not like a post in the social media, which is forgotten faster than the time it takes to write it.
I have always been affine in art. Everything started with the good old graffiti. As a teenager, I slipped into a project and began spraying my first walls. Over the years, my skills have improved and I have been asked about the first commissioned work. I sprayed cans with the can. There were no limits in the motives, from the good old "style" so verzrkkelten bush characters, to birds, landscapes, trucks, motorcycles and even fruit baskets, I have immortalized everything there.
However, this phase of my life ended with the move to the capital, Berlin.
Here I lived for a while, went to work and just go fishing.
But something was missing.
About 2 years ago, at a team meeting I saw something cool with a fishing friend. He is a dental technician and has engraved a carp in his teaspoon at work. Of course everyone wanted a spoon. My friend did not have enough capacity to make me own and the boss did not like to say that was a warning.
For a while I rested the seen until I thought for myself, how can I get that?
It's no use. I had to get myself machines. Obsessed with the engraving mania, I now engraved all my cookware. But should that have been all right now? More and more people asked me about unique items and so I discussed in 2018 in the show season with more experienced founders than me, my idea of engraving cookware for fishing. Here the decision consolidated.
But all beginnings are difficult, I had to think about investment volume, business registration, taxation and product ranges to the hardest, the name finding, make.
This is how indi.kettle came to be.
Here I lived for a while, went to work and just go fishing.
But something was missing.
About 2 years ago, at a team meeting I saw something cool with a fishing friend. He is a dental technician and has engraved a carp in his teaspoon at work. Of course everyone wanted a spoon. My friend did not have enough capacity to make me own and the boss did not like to say that was a warning.
For a while I rested the seen until I thought for myself, how can I get that?
It's no use. I had to get myself machines. Obsessed with the engraving mania, I now engraved all my cookware. But should that have been all right now? More and more people asked me about unique items and so I discussed in 2018 in the show season with more experienced founders than me, my idea of engraving cookware for fishing. Here the decision consolidated.
But all beginnings are difficult, I had to think about investment volume, business registration, taxation and product ranges to the hardest, the name finding, make.
This is how indi.kettle came to be.
What is indi.kettle?
In short, it is individual, hand-engraved kettle art that I want to make accessible to everyone. We have enough mass products in the carp scene, so with my know-how I feel called to put individual wishes into action or into metal.
I would like that everyone has the opportunity in the morning with coffee or tea to put a smile on his face. Most of the images we immediately remember when it comes to carp fishing have an emotional meaning for us. For example, you could have your staff best on the cauldron, or maybe a nice Zeiler or Fully. I could also engrave your own car, a company logo or even a camp including nature is no limit of feasible dar. Even for me bizarre things I have engraved for ages in a kettle, for example, wanted Alan Blair Nash Nike Air sneaker to have on his kettle.
In short, it is individual, hand-engraved kettle art that I want to make accessible to everyone. We have enough mass products in the carp scene, so with my know-how I feel called to put individual wishes into action or into metal.
I would like that everyone has the opportunity in the morning with coffee or tea to put a smile on his face. Most of the images we immediately remember when it comes to carp fishing have an emotional meaning for us. For example, you could have your staff best on the cauldron, or maybe a nice Zeiler or Fully. I could also engrave your own car, a company logo or even a camp including nature is no limit of feasible dar. Even for me bizarre things I have engraved for ages in a kettle, for example, wanted Alan Blair Nash Nike Air sneaker to have on his kettle.
And that is my wish behind the whole. Imagine that you are out there with friends, family, girlfriend or alone. The sun is setting slowly, the load of the journey slowly drops off. You were able to overcome and solve some of the hardships and problems. Slowly the horizon turns red-pink and co., Suddenly a tail whistles like nothing. The scenery is breathtaking and just perfect. You, with a crooked tail, bent into the hand part in this natural spectacle. And then he comes up, that thick fish, your personal best or target fish. Heart racing pure until it slides over the edge of your nets.
For example, I engraved this personal event on my own indi.kettle. The frequency of being reminded of this significant moment can not give me a video, photo or social media post. This kettle is always there, always present when I'm on the water.
For example, I engraved this personal event on my own indi.kettle. The frequency of being reminded of this significant moment can not give me a video, photo or social media post. This kettle is always there, always present when I'm on the water.
What is possible?
Everything!
To the hardware, the boiler itself. If you want you can send me your beloved cauldron and I individualize it for you, but it is also possible to buy a cauldron from me. This is then included in the basic price as well as the winding on the handle. It not only serves the look but also makes the handle more grip and protects against combustion.
The pictures, how they come to the kettle, I will not reveal here, but it has to do with a little bit of magic.
No seriously, it's easy for you. All you have to do is send me your favorite pictures, preferably in good quality. Then we discuss what is the best way for you to present your picture.
I'm looking forward to your pictures and I'm curious to hear the stories behind them.
Martin Höpfel aka indi.kettle
Everything!
To the hardware, the boiler itself. If you want you can send me your beloved cauldron and I individualize it for you, but it is also possible to buy a cauldron from me. This is then included in the basic price as well as the winding on the handle. It not only serves the look but also makes the handle more grip and protects against combustion.
The pictures, how they come to the kettle, I will not reveal here, but it has to do with a little bit of magic.
No seriously, it's easy for you. All you have to do is send me your favorite pictures, preferably in good quality. Then we discuss what is the best way for you to present your picture.
I'm looking forward to your pictures and I'm curious to hear the stories behind them.
Martin Höpfel aka indi.kettle