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Fenandina Beach Middle School

March 4th, 2012

Doug

This in from Rachel, our Super Messenger:

“I received these messages from a friend of mine. Thought I’d put them together and get a picture for you.  I’ll be placing these messages in empty bottles today!”

These super cool messages are from Mrs. Janzens American History 7th Grade Gifted Class at Fernandina Beach Middle School. Thanks everyone!

Starting on The Wall

March 3rd, 2012

Doug

It’s time to start building the wall. The bottles are in and we have less than 2 months to get things done. More later on the design. I’ve been working on a few different ideas and finally settled on one that incorporates a 66″ x 66″ wrap-around frame for each wall segment. This will make it easier to build, setup, and install. My art partner-in-crime Dolf James let me use his table saw to rip some 2x4s, but as you can see he took control. Maybe he didn’t want to risk having me lose a body part. Thanks Dolf, we’ve got about 25 more of these to make. It’s going to be cool!

  

Bolles High School

March 3rd, 2012

Doug

Here is Jim Smith, fellow artist and longtime teacher of the arts at Bolles. Jim arranged to have several clubs collaborate to collect bottles with messages. This was totally done by the students…no teacher prodding here. A great effort and welcome addition to the wall. Thanks Jim and all the students who participated.

 

125th Fighter Wing

March 2nd, 2012

Doug

My friend Rachel has been busy collecting from neighbors, schools, churches and her husband Brian’s 125th Fighter Wing squadron at the Jacksonville airport. We appreciate this kind of participation and your heroic service! Keep the bottles coming…please!

Emails we LOVE

March 1st, 2012

Doug

Received this today from the great students at Wolfson High (my alma matter, a long long time ago)

From: Tinsley, Jacquelyn G.
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 3:27 PM
To: D Eng
Subject: Re: Help from Wolfson High

Our collection wraps up this week and I wanted to give you update. As of today we have over 2000 bottles. Once we collect the rest on Monday we will start getting messages in them. Do we bring them to you or do you have a truck that can pick them up? 

Ms Tinsley
Wolfson High School

Looks like we may need a truck for this one!

Today must have been “Bottle Day”

March 1st, 2012

Doug

We had 2 deliveries at the studio today, one from Mike who has been collecting from work and his neighbors, the other from Amy and her 2 girls whose husband was a Marine. She saw the project on First Coast Living and decided to save bottles at home. Nice going everyone, the wall is growing everyday!

  

A super cool thank you card

February 28th, 2012

Doug

Today we received a very special card…wow, we are so grateful!

    

Bolles Middle School

February 22nd, 2012

Doug

Ms. Klein and her science class at Bolles Middle School presented us with over 300 completed bottles. James was one of the leaders who collected, cleaned, de-labeled and had students write their messages. A great addition to the wall. Many thanks to all the students at Bolles Middle School who participated, we’re glad you enjoyed the project.

 

Martin J. Gottlieb Day School

February 22nd, 2012

Doug

Dorian had a fun afternoon with the students at the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School’s Kaleidoscope Day. From kindergarten to fifth grade, they created their own messages and built a wall! The students even decorated the table with drawings and messages. Thank you, Claudia for organizing the event and preparing all the bottles for the children.

  

  

The Gate Fellowship

February 17th, 2012

Doug

I was happy to receive a bag of completed bottles from Kim Dupont of the Gate Fellowship. Kim is my financial advisor at Wells Fargo and became interested in our project after she visited my studio. Kim quickly realized the challenge of drying out the bottles, which she collected at home and left around the house. Yes, preparing bottles is a labor of love! Thanks Kim for your efforts to grow our wall and message.