Good Night, PaperKuts
Bad news travels fast, but in case some of my readers haven’t already heard: PaperKuts magazine has suspended publication after the January issue that is currently in stores. Their offices are closed down and their phones disconnected, as are those of their publisher. Although as of this afternoon there had been no bankruptcy court filing in the magazine’s hometown, it has rapidly become apparent that the magazine’s presence in the industry is over.
It’s a very sad thing for everyone involved with the magazine and for the industry. Designers and staff lose out financially. Readers lose a source of inspiration for their artistic endeavors. PaperKuts had an excellent creative team and hopefully scrapbookers will soon be able to appreciate their work, especially that of the talented 2006 Power Team, elsewhere.
Because the magazine’s sudden closure left many designers owed either compensation or the return of original materials that are in the company’s possession, several coordinated efforts are underway by designers involved to compile lists of those who are owed materials or payments and determine the possibility of securing settlement of those claims. Special efforts are being made in particular to achieve the return of the original artworks since many of those pieces are irreplaceable.
If you are one of the designers who are still owed the return of a project by PaperKuts, designer Tiffani Smith is compiling a list of the items and the owner’s names in hopes of being able to secure their return. She is asking that information to please be supplied to her through postings on a thread at Two Peas In A Bucket on the Pub board: Getting PK Layouts Returned
If you are owed payment for work you completed for PaperKuts, designer Margert Ann Kruljac is compiling a list of those claims. She is asking that information regarding the claimant’s name, amount and purpose of the payment be provided to her at margertann@gmail.com.
Perhaps as a group the claimants can achieve a better outcome than might be possible as individuals, is the hope in compiling the above lists. It’s a sad day for our industry when we see the collapse of a publication such as PaperKuts. Perhaps we can make it a little less sad for a few people by at the very least securing the return of their treasured original creations.
