Paper Boats: 63 - New Zealand

My recycled paper.

Paper boat fundraiser for Mary-Ann's Cottage - Caithness Scotland UK.

On the 30th January 2009, Joanne B Kaar and Lynn Taylor launched their paper boat project - a fundraiser for Mary-Ann's cottage,a living history museum in Caithness Scotland run by volunteers from The Caithness Heritage Trust (a registered Charity no: SCO 19998). As paper boats are sent to Joanne from around the globe, she will document them on this blog. The launch date and theme were inspired by the maiden voyage of the Westland Ship - 30th January 1879 (130 years ago) from Scotland to New Zealand. Mary-Ann's father, William Young was a member of the crew.

Boat Sale!
Caithness Horizons
Sat 5th September - Thursday 24th September 09.
All boats will be exhibited in Caithness Horizons. They will be for sale by secret silent auction. Caithness Horizons will also take bids by e-mail! So if you have your eye on a boat, but live far away........you can still join in the fun! Details of how to place your bid later..........
All money from sale of boats will go to the Caithness Heritage trust to help keep Mary-Ann's cottage open for future generations.

EXHIBITIONS

Scotland - Caithness Horizons, Thurso - Saturday 5th Sept - Thursday 24th Sept 09

New Zealand - Anchorage Gallery, Port Chalmers - Sunday 6th Sept - Sunday 27th Sept 09

"The Westland"

In 1879, the 'Westland' set sail on its maiden voyage from Tail o' the Bank in Scotland, to Port Chalmers in New Zealand. Navigating through the filtered lens of 130 years artists Joanne B Kaar (Scotland) and Lynn Taylor (NewZealand) respond to the way of the Westland in creating parallel 84 day log books, prints and artefacts. Inspired by the sea-chest of crew member William Young and Jonathan Moscrop's onboard ship diary Kaar and Taylor have become like sailors, spinning sea stories of this passage through their daily log entries of fragmentary discoveries, narratives, weather observations, histories, memories,objects and images. They bring two sides of the story together, Kaar relating to William Young's family croft-house (Mary-Ann's cottage) in Dunnet, Caithness Scotland, where his sea-chest is to be found, and Taylor to Port Chalmers and the Otago Harbour surrounds, New Zealand, where the Westland first docked and the immigrants started their new lives.

You can follow the progress of our research and artwork in Scotland and New Zealand on our Mary-Ann's cottage blog: http://joannebkaar-mary-anns-cottage.blogspot.com/