Boat Auction

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Do you remember many months ago I told you about Joanne B Kaar's project in Caithness? Joanne and Lynne Taylor in Dunedin New Zealand decided to collaborate on a joint exhibition in two locations to commemorate the maiden voyage of The Westland ship from Scotland to New Zealand in 1879. If you click on the link and scroll down a little you can see the fantastic exhibitions that these two enterprising and hardworking ladies have put on in their respective countries.

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As part of the exhibition Joanne asked for people to make paper boats which would be auctioned to help raise funds for MaryAnn's cottage, the inspiration for the research and exhibition. Boats flooded in from all over the world and there are some beautiful pieces of work, some by professional artists who you may know. The auction runs until 24 September and there are still plenty of boats up for grabs. You can either bid for a specific boat or, if the choice is too hard, make a bid and Joanne will send you a boat or boats at the end of the auction. Click here to see the boats, there is some wonderful work, just keep scrolling to see it all. And don't forget to make a bid. Go on! You only need to bid £2 to join in! And it's all in a good cause to preserve history and keep MaryAnn's cottage open for future generations!

Paper Boats

I came across this post a couple of days ago and thought it would be fun to join in. Joanne B Kaar is an artist living in Dunnet, the most northerly point on the UK mainland, who lives a few yards from Mary-Ann's cottage, a croft house built in 1850. Joanne has linked up with a New Zealand artist, Lynn Taylor and together they are commemorating the maiden voyage of "Westland" from Glasgow to New Zealand in 1879 which Mary-Ann's father worked on. As part of this project Joanne is making many paper boats and would like people to make their own boat from an A4 piece of paper and send it to her after 30 January. She will be mounting an exhibition of the boats in September 2009 and they will all be sold to raise funds for Mary-Ann's cottage.

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There are links on Joanne's post with instructions for making the paper boats and the base paper and/or the boat can be decorated in any way you wish, as long as it will fold flat for posting. We have until August to send the boats but I am going to try and make mine this coming week so that I don't forget. It might ease me back into creating again....