32 - USA Judy Tobie

I was unable to stop at one boat!

Such fun, I used to make these as a child in England and we made special large ones for party hats!
I have been a papermaker for about 25 years, I guess I’m addicted.

I am a member of the Yahoo papermaking group, a great bunch of supporters.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PaperMaking/

Here then are my 3 boats:
1. This one is hopefully self explanatory, it’s made from 3 dollar bills……..sailing off to save the day in Scotland!
2. The second one, all green with stars. This is made from ornamental Millet leaves collected from a farm nearby, with a little added abaca for strength.

3. The third one is made from a photocopy of collages I make to create some of my paper jewelry.

The best of luck to you Joanne with this project, I am a great fan and follow your adventures.

PS. A bookbinder friend just gave me all her ‘off-cuts’ of hand-marbled papers, so I just had to make envelopes for the boats.
Judy.

Princeton, New Jersey USA.

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31 - USA Jacque Lynn Davis

Mississippi Tow Boat.

Title: Mississippi Tow Boat.

Mixed Media of Found and Recycled materials: Fabric from a recycled upholstery sample book, copper wire and metal pieces from a 1970’s adding machine, rusted piece of painted metal from the St. Louis river front, piece of Telegraph Envelope from 1950.

Jacque Lynn Davis
St. Louis, Missouri.
www.flickr.com/photos/jacquedavis/

http://webpages.charter.net/jlddavis

There was so much on this little boat, so I had to make sure I photographed it from every angle!

Jacque even printed out a picture of it on her letter! So I've included this too.

30 - Scotland UK - Beth, Jack, Charlie and Ivor Thomas

I have made two paper boats for you. One is made from the Tide tables we use on the ferry (sept 09 page – when the exhibition is on - Yes I got that connection !). The other is from a scottish £5 not, which you can use in the project or just un-fold and put in the funds.
My children have made a boat each.
Beth’s is from a cover of her ‘Kerang’ magazine.

Jack used a cover from his ‘Top Gear’ magazine.

Charlie used a plain piece of A4 paper.
Good luck with your project.
Ivor.

www.jogferry.co.uk

I've placed all the boats in the Pentland Firth!

29 - Germany - Karin Bauer

My kalligrafic (classic and contemporary with real gold leaf) designed boats accompany the good wishes to Mary-Ann’s cottage with “Imagine”, “Let it be” from the Beatles and the “Irish Blessing”. Sorry I didn’t find any scottish verse! May it bring the museum those who are deeply involved, good luck.

http://www.bauer-kalligrafie.de/

Karin is a member of http://www.iapma.info/

28 - Germany - Renate Schweizer

3 paper boats started their journey from Karlsruhe (Germany) to Scotland. They are made out of overbrewed, used teabagpaper, mainly from red tea. Hope, they arrive well.

Short video on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=DE&hl=de&v=UTQ6MxzN3qU

http://www.art-and-soul.de/frameset.html

Renate is a member of http://www.iapma.info/

27 - Scotland UK - Greg Michaelson

I was born in Shepherds Bush but moved to Edinburgh aged nine, where I’ve lived more or less ever since.

I my novel The Wave Singer (Argyll, 2008), I describe a post Event community which farms the dry sea bed of the Beauly and Moray Firths. Some of these people worship in Arks, which they believe will enable them to survive the Great Flood. Arkists spend their days making arkles, paper boats, both as a meditation and to fill their Arks to help them float.

My arkle is made from the cover of my novel and the pages where Arkism is first described.

http://www.thewavesinger.com/

I also have a Facebook page.

26 - Scotland UK Brenda Herrick and her 3 grandchildren.

4 boats made it through the snow and past the harbour master!

From left to right:

1 Matthew loves trains and cars.
2. Granny lives on a windy hilltop (do you know that Spike Milligan poem?)
3.Connor wanted his just covered in camouflage but this was the best I could manage so not quite as ordered!!
4.Ella loves animals, goes horse-riding every week and has a rabbit - therefore horse and rabbit pics.

We had fun making them. You seem to be getting some amazing contributions. Glad you got Billy Connolly on board!!

exhibition review - paper boats mentioned

Extract from the Otago Daily Times, Dunedin 12th Feb - by Chanelle Carick. My paper boats that I have on display to generate interest in N Z are mentioned in today's review...right at the end!

HeARTbeat, group exhibition (Community Gallery Dunedin)

The current exhibition at the community gallery brings together the work of local artists with an interest in sustainability, both in everyday life and the production of art.

Recycled materials, from mirrors to blankets, along with sustainably-produced wool and low-toxicity printing inks among other unconventional materials, are given a new life in the hands of these artists.

The resulting objects are both beautiful and in several cases functionally practical, while containing an underlying message of reuse, reinvention and environmental awareness.

Some artists, such as Jacque Ruston and Katie Whitefield, have utilised found objects as grounds on which to develop their own distinct and personal means of expression.

Simone Montgomery draws on the tradition of "waste not, want not," transforming hand-me-down blankets into unique satchels and bags.

Lynn Taylor's intricately folded and delicate paper boats float gracefully in the window. They are part of an artistic project which documents the journey of the ship Westland from Scotland to Dunedin in 1879, created out of materials relating to the New Zealand context of that journey.

Captain Chip!

Keeping a look out on deck.

Land Ahoy!

Not quite a chip-off-the-old-block!

It was captain Thomas Wood who sailed the Westland from Scotland to New Zealand in 1879.

He was from Montrose.

Captain Ozzie

My friend's cat Ozzie got half way through making his paper boat and decided it looked better on him! He is sure the Westland would have not been going in the wrong direction if he had been at the helm.

On this day in 1879

Diarist and passenger on the Westland, Jonathan Moscrop reports that they have been sailing in the wrong direction during the night!

Make sure your boats sail to me!

click on the paper boat to down load a PDF file with full details.

25 - Scotland UK - Halkirk Youth Club

Made by Halkik Youth Club last night.
Ruan and Rochelle Peat delivered this fleet of boats to my studio this morning.

24 - Tasmania - Elsa Schwan (nee Manson)

Elsa Schwan (nee Manson)And oliver Millington-Schwan.

Oliver and I wish you every success with the paper boats project and I send my love to Caithness and to Wick. The photo is the beach at Tarooona – Not a bit like the Trinkie!!

The post mark in this one was the 30th Jan - the same day the Westland set sail in the opposite direction.

23 - England UK - Susan Cutts

Susan has used her own handmade papers made from Gampi fibre, then coated with kakishibu (fermented persimmon juice) to make it waterproof.

http://www.susancutts.com/

Susan is a member of http://www.iapma.info/

Paper boat launch fun!

We made it into yesterdays Caithness Courier with our paper capers at Mary-Ann's cottage on launch day! We gathered the cottage volunteers to join in the fun.
There's a pic too. Click on the boats below to see us in action!

You'll see Betty Cunningham on the left, me in the middle and Angela Lewis on the right.

Scotsman in New Zealand

A little fleet of paper boats attracted Billy Connolly into the Community Gallery in Dunedin today - I dont know if he will make us a paper boat but perhaps I could sell this one for more because he has touched it!  I gave him a little paper boat with instructions on how to get to this blog so maybe he will suprise us- keep an eye out! Unfortunately I could only get a photo on my phone as my camera was in the car but I rattled on about Mary-Ann's cottage so maybe one day when he puts his hand in his jacket pocket the paper boat will give him a little poke and he might be encouraged to do the folding thing. Thanks Billy - we loved your visit.

22. UK England - Janet Bolton

The heaviest snow fall in the south of England in 18 years, but these boats still made it north!

A couple of quirky boats for you (with their moorings)!. The ’Ragged Boat’ is antique french fabric. Then there is a boat sailing down the Thames. Also a few groatie buckies collected with you many many years ago. The cargo of shells are inside the boats!
http://www.janetbolton.com/

21 England UK - Margaret Goodchild

Margaret is from Ipswich. Her paper boat is inspired by Postcrossing.

www.postcrossing.com

20. Scotland UK - Liz O'Donnell

An Australian $5 dollar bill.

From our travels.

Don’t get excited, the £10 note is only to show how small the boat is!!

19 - England UK - Ann Clare

A few boats and a lovely embroidery!

Thank you.Good luck with the boats! I’ve been to Dunnet and have happy memories of the area.

Ann Clare - Durham.