Thanks for your patience, to those who still have any, and my apologies for the impatience some of you have expressed.
I took on more than I could handle with this show. That's the long and short of it. I've never hosted a show like this before, and I'm afraid I learned the hard way certain unexpected factors. The responsibility of it all, the long hours involved, and the expense of it were huge.
Thank you for sending your work to help legitimize our stuffed toy genre in a new (booming) town. We accomplished that.
For the record, none of my own work, nor any of my books, were shown at this event. This show was for you guys and for our industry at large. The show drew tremendous crowds, and all of your stickers, business cards, pins and other freebies were taken away by viewers. All of you now have new fans and onlookers, and hopefully in time, clients.
I will start packing and shipping your work back to you this week.
I won't be doing an online leg of this show. Sorry to those of you whom this news disappoints. I tried to get it done, but it was more complex a task than I could handle with my fledgeling web programming skills and my scant time reserves. I should have foreseen these shortcomings, but alas, I had the moon in my eyes. Other factors now come into play, most recent being the death of my venerable computer. And anyway, only about five of you said you were interested.
Still, I said I'd do it, I didn't and I am sorry for keeping your work weeks after the end of the show. It is great work, and I'm sure you'll find a buyer for it.
It was an honor to work with all of you on this project. Visitors from all over the state came to see your work, and the show drew a continuous crowd throughout its display. Rob, the gallery manager and owner of PUSH said it was probably the most well-attended show he'd ever hosted.
People here in town are still asking me about the show, and wondering when another will come along. Heh.. One day, surely. Once I've adequately learned the processes.
Trust me, if I ever ask any of you to do a show with me again, I WON'T be organizing the whole thing myself, and I will have much different procedures in place. I will schedule the submission deadline amply before the opening so I can shoot the work and prepare for online sales. And I will launch the online portion the night of the opening. I will make sure the venue hosting it has its own pay pal account, or has handled paying out of state and international artists before.
And I will make myself more available over email and myspace for your legitimate questions. I have a tendency to go into hiding when I suspect disappointment. One of my most inconvenient character traits. Professionalism aside, I am truly human.
At any rate, great show, all of you, and I'm honored to have worked with you.
If I have damaged my reputation in the plush field, then I accept that. I'll work on restoring it. If any of you have anything mean or ugly to say, please email me directly.
Thanks..
John
PS: For their intolerable rudeness, two individuals have been blocked and removed. Sorry, you two. I don't know who you think you are to be so atrocious, and this profile is not the forum for such exchanges. I worked hard on that show, gave you exposure, made a sale for one of you, and all I got was bickering in return.
I admitted my shortcomings and those who cared to respond did so favorably. So that's that.
Are you ever planning to send my artwork back to me? I have been very patient... you can't deny that. So how about doing the right thing and send me my work? I know artists in the US have recieved theirs so why not send my work back to me? I was even willing to pay the shipping costs but you didn't even took the time to reply...
Thanks for the return of my own sold piece and the extra token included. Maybe if any of the others who took part in the show actually still check this out we could post pictures of our stuff here since the online show didn't work out.
Hey John Hang in there! Organising a show is a terrible pain in the butt for one person, so for many...I can only imagine it being many times more painful. Thanks for all your hard work!
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I know this sounds really shallow, but I am considering ordering eight packs from the website at RICSE.COM for yours trully.. he does not have a web page, so he is not gonna see this. They guarentee that the jells will work on any man, or they give you your money back,Im living proof that they do work on any guy, see for your self.RICSE.COM
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Just wondering if there has been any progress on the website thing.
i thought that by now things would be up.
but i checked the stupid creatures site and the lastest news update was in december. i thought i'd try to leave a comment since the last 3 or 4 emails to john have been ignored.
