What the hell is going on with Taboo 2????? - General Tiki

M MM Member Joined: Feb 20, 2003 Posts: 1	M MM Posted posted on Fri, Feb 21, 2003 12:09 AM Hello Tiki Central Readers, Martin from Outre Gallery here. I felt I ought to post a message here as there seem to be quite a few people upset over "Tabu Tu" (or lack of it). In a nutshell - I bit off more than I could chew when I initially announced the book. It was originally announced after our Shag publication "Supersonic Swingers" came out. It was at that stage that the gallery (www.outregallery.com) really took off. I work on books in my spare time, outside of gallery hours. The increase is business has meant a huge increase in work load (and hence virtually no "free time" - I work 7 days a week). Since then I have put on three staff at the gallery to help with the workload, but it is still not enough ot create all the time I desire. The good news - yes, it is my sincere hope to get "Tabu Tu" out. We do however have another few books (including "Tiki Modern" and "Beatsville") scheduled to come out before "Tabu Tu" and I thus do not want to set a specific date for it's release. I have made the mistake in the past of setting a date that I couldn't stick to, and grew over ambitious. Let me state for the record I am incredibly grateful for all the artist's contributions - their time, their interest, their money spent (having transparencies and the like done), and their dedication to all things Tiki. Certainly without all this there would be a book full of empty pages. I try and check Tiki Central every few months and am alwasy very impressed at the level of enthusiasm and dedication. This is my first post, but I'll post updates to Tiki Central on progress in future. mahalo, Martin

Hello Tiki Central Readers,
Martin from Outre Gallery here.
I felt I ought to post a message here as there seem to be quite a few people upset over "Tabu Tu" (or lack of it).

In a nutshell - I bit off more than I could chew when I initially announced the book. It was originally announced after our Shag publication "Supersonic Swingers" came out. It was at that stage that the gallery (www.outregallery.com) really took off. I work on books in my spare time, outside of gallery hours. The increase is business has meant a huge increase in work load (and hence virtually no "free time" - I work 7 days a week). Since then I have put on three staff at the gallery to help with the workload, but it is still not enough ot create all the time I desire.

The good news - yes, it is my sincere hope to get "Tabu Tu" out. We do however have another few books (including "Tiki Modern" and "Beatsville") scheduled to come out before "Tabu Tu" and I thus do not want to set a specific date for it's release. I have made the mistake in the past of setting a date that I couldn't stick to, and grew over ambitious.

Let me state for the record I am incredibly grateful for all the artist's contributions - their time, their interest, their money spent (having transparencies and the like done), and their dedication to all things Tiki. Certainly without all this there would be a book full of empty pages.

I try and check Tiki Central every few months and am alwasy very impressed at the level of enthusiasm and dedication. This is my first post, but I'll post updates to Tiki Central on progress in future.
mahalo,
Martin

Post #23826 by MM on Fri, Feb 21, 2003 12:09 AM