64 - Cape Breton Canada - Grade 5 WG Coxheath Elementary

I photographed these paper boats at Mary-Ann's cottage hanging on the wooden frame used for drying fish. Dear Joanne, here is a fleet of paper boats from the Grade 5 WG at Coxheath Elementary School in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Nancy McLean (art teacher).
Nathan: My design has orange, red and yellow polka dots.
Mitchell B: My boat is a blend of colours, on one side it is blue orand purple and red, then on the other side, blue, yellow and green.
Starry: My design represents free living.
Brittany: My boat has rainbow swirls.
Jared: My boat has a zig zag pattern with the colours of the sea.
Christian: I made my boat to be a count general boat.
Morgan: I wond the Regional Spelling Bee so I decided to name the boat after it.
Chris: My boat has warm colours on it.
Owen: My boat design consists of triangles.
Riley: My boat represents hockey on one side and flowers on the other.
Madison: One side of my boat shows a heart pattern and the other is bubbles.
Ali: My boat shows a wavy skyline, the sun and the moon.
Sarah: My design has three triangles on each side.
Tara: My boat represents freedom and peace.
Nick: I called my boat the SS Chocolate Milk because it is healthy for you and I love it.
J.J: My boat has red, green, black and light blue lines on it.
Jason: I liked my boat because it has flames on it.
Tylisha: My boat design shows bubbles and heats.
Georgia: My boat is called the SS Peace because it brings peace wherever it goes.
Rebecca: My boat has colourful polka dots on it.

63 - New Zealand - Alf Reider

My recycled paper.

62 - Holland - Trudi Van Greenbrock

Dear Joanne, I was touched by your plan of the paper boats. Usually I was busy with the boats of my two sons. They are sailors. So I printed out some of the images on your blog, one on the other as you can probably see. And I folded two boats. Here they are. I hope the exhibition will be successful. I am a member of IAPMA. Best wishes Trudi.

www.iapma.info

Mary-Ann's Cottage

Mary-Ann's Cottage is now open for the season.

Open - daily 2pm - 4.30pm

Usually closed on Mondays .

Click on the cottage for more info and directions.

61 - Cape Breton Canada - Coxheath Elementary Grade 5 class (5LC)

Dear Joanne, here is a fleet of paper boats arriving from the Grade 5 class (5LC) from Coxheath Elementary School in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The students have included some brief notes about their designs. 2 have also consructed a paper boat with the words to a lovely Cape Breton tune – and photos of the students from both Grade 5 classes at Coxheath Elementary . Wishing you every success with your paper boat project. Nancy McLean Art teacher.

I'm holding the boats down at Brough Harbour......these rocks are a favourite place for seals.

Jessica: My boat design makes me feel happy because I love hearts and diamonds.

Lauren: My boat is called 'The Bubble' because I put bubbles all over it.

Caitlyn: This boat is designed using my favourite colours.

Jeffery: My boat is a 'hippy' boat.

Kole: The name on my boat is calle 'Fired' because of the awesome flames.

David M: My boat has a pirate theme.

Kaitlyn: My design has polkadots.

David H: My boat is a pirate ship.

Tyler: I got the name from a French project where I made up a name for a restaurant.

Lindsay: All the shapes on my boat are geometric.

Kyle: This boat is a replica of the Newfoundland ferry which goes from Cape Breton to Newfoundland.

Marissa: My boat has a repeat pattern of stripes.

Jared: My boat represents sunny and rainy days.

Daniel M : My boat has simple designs showing flames a name and an anchor.

Sean: My boat was the first boat with flames on it.

Brett: 'The Prestige' is a replica of the Titanic.

Julia: When I was making my boat I was thinking about fish scales.

Mari-jo: The colours of my boat are the colours of spring.

Callum: I called my boat 'The Pickler' because it is my nickname.

Brittany: Yellow circles and lines represent the sun, red and blue represents the rainbow colours.

Daniel V: My boat has the colours of the Cape Breton Flag.

Jason: I hope you enjoy my boat.

60 - UK - Hearing for life students North Highland college

Dear Joanne, These boats were made by the hearing for life students. We hope you like them.
Fiona Buchan course tutor at North Highland College, Thurso Campus, Caithness. www.nhcscotland.com

I'm holding the boats with the last of the day's sun over Dunnet Head. The most Northerly point on the British mainland.

59 - Australia - Barb Adams

Dear Joanne, I am sending you my boat from Melbourne in Australia. It set sail in my rocky creek in my garden.

Having participated in a workshop with Amanda Degner, I had some indigo dyed Belgian Flax paper to hand, so it was perfect for a ship taking a long sea voyage. Being a book artist, I also had to include a cargo of books. Some of these have blank pages for the new owner to write in.
I am a member of Papermakers of Victoria and IAPMA and have just experienced my first IAPMA congress at Burnie in Tasmania.

To see more of Barb’s work, visit her website:
www.barbadams.com

This is what Barb has written in the tiny book:

This boat is made with paper I made from Belgian flax in a workshop with Amanda Degener. The blue is indigo dye. The paper is strong and could withstand the stitching. I have waxed the paper but I don’t think it could withstand a long sea voyage. I love making books so my boat needed to carry my small books. I like the thought that the voyage of th eWestland passed by Australia on the final stages of her journey. Barb Adams Australia 100% handmade.

58 - UK - Anne Hawkins

Click on the photos to see the detail.

My boat is made from felted Blue Faced Leister Fleece and was folded just like the paper boat ones. I am a Kentish lamb from the garden of England, looking forward to an adventure in the northern regions of Scotland, such a long way from home.

Anne, have a look at the Scaplay Linen blog int the Western Isles .....photos of their sheep being tranported by boat to an uninhabited island to graze for the summer: http://scalpaylinen.blogspot.com/

I see your sheep has brought a packed lunch!

57 - UK - Bill Macpherson

Old maps of Caithness. Bill was involved in the designing of Caithness Horizons.

http://www.mkwdesign.co.uk/

56 - UK- Caithness - Ruan Peat

I launched Ruan's boat down at Brough Harbour.......it was a bit windy.

55 - Cape Breton Canada - Grade 5B Mountainview

This is Christine Russell, at the front door of Caithness Horizons!

Christine is their education officer, she was delighted to be asked to model todays paper boats!

Outside is the original stonework, but inside has been transformed. This is where the paper boats will be exhibited and for sale in September 09. They will be for sale by secret silent auction. Centre manager, Beki Pope will also be taking bids by e-mail...........so if you live far away, you can still place a bid for your favouite boat! Details on what to do nearer the time.

http://www.caithnesshorizons.co.uk/

Dear Joanne, The Grade 5b class at Mountainview Elementary enjoyed working on this project very much. Please find enclosed a comments list for their boats and some photos of them as well. (It happened to be sports day at the school, hence the team shirts!) Their home room teacher, Mr Ron Martin, has included some information on one of Nova Scotia’s famous sailing schooners, the Bluenose, which is featured on the Canadian dime. This is our school website:

www.cbv.ns.ca/mountainview
Wishing you every success with your project, Nancy McLean (art teacher).

History of the Bluenose:
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/bluenose/include/history.htm

Merissa: My boat is very colourful and bright and has an 'M' to represent Merissa.
Chrissy: My boat has primary colours in the design an a C which is my initial.

Katie: My boat is colourful because it reminds me of the flowers in spring.

Mary Ann: The M on my boat stands for 'Mary Ann'.

Danielle: My boat represents the colours of the rainbow.

Hannah: On my boat I have my initials.

Emily: The skull on my boat has a favouite colours.

Frankie: I like my boat because it is blue, my favouite colour.

Tyree: The T on my design stands for 'Tyree'.

Ben: The big B stands for 'Big Ben'.

Tyler: My boat has the letters MVB which stands for 'Most Valuable Boat!'

Rachel: The R on my boat stands for 'Rachel'.

Sara: S is for 'Sara' andI had fun doing this project.

Matthew: Blue represents the ocean and the stripes represent many places it will go to. I had fun doing this project.

Lauren: The L represents 'Lauren'.

Allan: The designs on my boat represents red eye.

David: My boat is unique because of the waves on the side.

Brandon: This boat is hard to sink because it is very tough.

Liam: I used my initial as part of the desing and the colours blue, yellow, and white.

Colin: My boat is 'Small but Mighty!'

54 - Cape Breton Canada - Grade 5A Mountainview

Dear Joanne, Enclosed please find paper boats made by Grade 5A Class at Mountain View Elementary. The class was most eager to participate in your project and will be following the blog in the coming months. There are also some photos and a write up comment from each student. You may be interested to know that Grade 5A class’s home room teacher teaches bagpipes as well. There are lots of connections with Cape Breton Island and Scotland. A local photographer, Warren Gordon, donated one of his calendars so that the class could share the beauty of our island with you. (will send this separately).
Good luck with your project
Nancy McLean (art teacher).

I'm on Dunnet Beach with Chip. She just can't resist showing off in front of the camera!

These boats were posted on the 6th April!

They came here by slow boat!

Kristen: My boat has a line pattern of purle, green and pink.

Rebecca: My boat is pink and orange-sunny colours!

Brandon: My boat's design consists of traingle patterns of orange and green.

David: My boat brings unity an dis colourful.

Erin: My boat's design represents how teams get along to win.

Hannah: The bright colours on my boat represent spring and summer.

Tyler: My boat reminds me of a fishing boat.

Julia: My boat describes different feelings.

Jenny: The theme for my boat is 'underwater'.

Kayla: Notice the turquoise water and orange fish on my boat.

Dillon: I called this boat after myself and used warm colours in the design.

Cameron: My boat is the bet fisher in town!

Peter: 'SMURPH' is the name of my boat. I have labels and crew and captain.

Aida: I decorated this boat with a pattern of fish and stars.

Ryan: My boat design contains 6 blue triangles and 2 stars.

Ciaron: The design on my boat reminds be of a flag.

Nowell: My boat had colourful triangles.

Sarah: The message on my boat says that recucling will change the earth.

Lynn: My boat represents being healthy and eating lots of fruit.

Avery: This makes me feel like I was on a boat.

53 - UK - Frances Passmore

I was constructed by Frances Passmore in Nantwich Cheshire from part of OS Landranger 117 (a worn-out one). I sailed from Parkgate on the Wirral. If you look at me closely you will see that it was no small effort from there……… Nantwich is right in the centre of England and very un-maritime. Parkgate used to be a port with big wild seas but is now silted up and more used for birdwatching than fishing.

Click on the images to see the map and text detail...........

Frances wrote the letter on the sail and contact details were on the anchor!

52 - Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Canada - Grade 5B Sydney River Elementary

Schools in Cape Breton are joining in the paper boat fun!

Paper boats from Grade 5B with a little help from Nancy McLean the art teacher!
Sydney River Elementary School

Here's their school website:

http://www.cbv.ns.ca/elemweb/sriver/

That's me holding the boats in front of Dunnet Head Lightouse with Orkney in the distance.

Dunnet Head is the most northely point on the British mainland.

Latitude 58° 40.3’N

Longitude 03° 22.4’W

Click on the lighthouse to read more about Dunnet Head!

Grade 5B also wrote about their boats: click the text to read.

51 - UK - Freida Henderson

From Freida Henderson, born Wick.

My boaties come by Flower Power from the south of England to the north of Scotland. I’ve used paper, card, wool and felt pens from my grandson’s art box!

50 - Australia - Ann Baxter

Dear Joanne, Please find enclosed a contribution to your paper boat project. My name is Ann Baxter and I am a member of “Papermakers of Victoria Inc” (Ann is the President ). My home is in the historic central Goldfields area of Victoria, Australia, in a community with may working artists. Much of the surrounding land is made up of dry, hungry Australian bush, but the area also has many apple orchards and olive groves.

The blue boat is made from 100% cotton jeans paper, printed using cyanotype, with cotton rope made from gauze.

The brown boat (and rope) is made from Iris leaves, and printed with eucalypt leaves from my front yard.

The coloured boat is made of reclaimed paper, printed with doors from my hometown of Castlemaine. ( hinges on the sails!)

I would also like to say how much I enjoyed your work ‘Peat Stack’ at the Burnie (In Tasmania) ‘New Paper Old Land’ exhibition. I was just longing to touch it, but of course could not. I loved the ‘feeling ‘ that the book must have held many age-old secrets in it’s folds.

Good luck with your project.
Warm regards Ann.
http://www.papermakers.org.au/index.html

Ann is also a member of the The International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA)