First a bit of news: A few weeks ago I was diagnosed with a very high risk, very aggressive form of cancer. They have a scale called a Gleason score. It is like golf. The lower the score the better. The scale ranges from 0 to 10. My score was a 9.
I will be having surgery Mar 12. After I recover from the surgery, I will have chemo and radiation. I fully plan to beat this thing and I intend to keep on turning. However, if it seems that I am absent for a while, you will know why.
Second, and this is what really has me upset, is this: I have decided to listen to the Universe and what it is telling me about my turnings. My wife and I did a one day art show this past Saturday in downtown Indianapolis. Set up was friday and a reception for the museum patrons was held friday evening. Of course, Friday afternoon, we received 5.5 inches of wet snow! This undoubtedly contributed to the low turnout on Friday evening.
Saturday was better but only marginally so. We did sell 1 bowl and several of my wooden balls. Since this was our 38th anniversary (Feb 14) I decided to treat my wife to a weekend away from the house by putting us up at a nice hotel in downtown Indy and taking her out to a really REALLY nice restaurant Saturday after the show. When the dust settled the show-lodging-food-jury-booth rental exceeded sales by over $350.00! (I displayed one piece that was touched and stroked and oohed and aahed by so many people ... if they had paid $ 0.50 each to touch it, I would have made a profit!).
This has been happening for a couple of years now. I can't afford to keep doing this! So, as of now, and with my wife's heartiest concurrence, I will no longer be doing shows. I will have to find some other outlet for my turnings ... I may even be giving some away just to make room for new ones.
Of course the other lesson the Universe may be trying to teach me is that my turnings are just plain not worth anyone buying them. If that is the case, I may have to rethink this whole turning business.
I will be having surgery Mar 12. After I recover from the surgery, I will have chemo and radiation. I fully plan to beat this thing and I intend to keep on turning. However, if it seems that I am absent for a while, you will know why.
Second, and this is what really has me upset, is this: I have decided to listen to the Universe and what it is telling me about my turnings. My wife and I did a one day art show this past Saturday in downtown Indianapolis. Set up was friday and a reception for the museum patrons was held friday evening. Of course, Friday afternoon, we received 5.5 inches of wet snow! This undoubtedly contributed to the low turnout on Friday evening.
Saturday was better but only marginally so. We did sell 1 bowl and several of my wooden balls. Since this was our 38th anniversary (Feb 14) I decided to treat my wife to a weekend away from the house by putting us up at a nice hotel in downtown Indy and taking her out to a really REALLY nice restaurant Saturday after the show. When the dust settled the show-lodging-food-jury-booth rental exceeded sales by over $350.00! (I displayed one piece that was touched and stroked and oohed and aahed by so many people ... if they had paid $ 0.50 each to touch it, I would have made a profit!).
This has been happening for a couple of years now. I can't afford to keep doing this! So, as of now, and with my wife's heartiest concurrence, I will no longer be doing shows. I will have to find some other outlet for my turnings ... I may even be giving some away just to make room for new ones.
Of course the other lesson the Universe may be trying to teach me is that my turnings are just plain not worth anyone buying them. If that is the case, I may have to rethink this whole turning business.
