STEVE MINICH HAS THE STORY IN THIS WEEK'S MADE IN MAINE.. (15-45-28) "BUT I THINK I KIND OF LIKE THE JAM ON THIS,,, YEA." ARTIST CINDY PEASE ROE ADMITS SHE'S NOT ALWAYS QUITE SURE HOW ... (15-54-20) "I GET A LITTLE NERVOUS USUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF ANY PROJECT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHICH DIRECTION IT'S GOING TO GO IN" BUT ,, EVENTUALLY FROM EACH LITTLE PIECE OF PLASTIC OR SOME SORT OF OCEAN DEBRIS -- SHE ASSEMBLES A WHALE. "I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THE OCEAN AND WHEN I STARTED FINDING PLASTIC ON THE BEACHES I WAS APPAULED,,AND I AS AN ARTIST JUST GOT THIS VISION." (16-12- 30)(CATHERINE MCLETCHIE) "ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT CINDY'S ARTWORK IS THAT SHE'S USING PLASTICS THAT ARE PICKED UP OFF THE COAST LINE." CATHERINE MCLETCHIE OWNS THE MAINE ARTS AND GOODS STORE ,, GOOD SUPPLY,,, WHICH, TO HELP CELEBRATE IT'S 10 YEARS IN BUSINESS, INVITED PEASE ROE FROM HER HOME IN NEW YORK TO PEMAQUID TO CONSTRUCT A COMMEMORATIVE 'MAINE' WHALE, (16-10-16) SO WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? "IT CAME FROM THE BEACHES AROUND HERE,, MID COAST." TO KICK START THE PROJECT,,,, PILES OF TRASH FOR PEASE ROE TO PICK THROUGH --- COLLECTED FROM LOCAL BEACHES,,, THE RELATED CLEAN UP EFFORT DUBBED 'BREECH THE BEACH' ORGANIZED BY CATHERINE AND HER PARTNERS AT GOOD SUPPLY.. (16-13-20)(MCLETCHIE) "AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SOLUTION, TAKING WHAT WE FIND AND LIKE CINDY SAYS, UPCYCLING IT, TURNING IT INTO SOMETHING VALUABLE." CINDY HAS SPENT THE LAST 12-YEARS TRAVELING THE WORLD TO PUBLICIZE HER MISSION CREATING THE NON PROFIT, UPSCULPT,,, AND WHILE SHE CREATES AN ARRAY OF OCEAN RELATED SCULPTURES --- ALL MADE FROM OCEAN TRASH -- WHALES ARE HER SPECIALTY - HER PASSION (16-08-53) "I LIKE TO SAY THAT THE THING ABOUT WHALES THAT I DO IS THAT THEY'RE IN ALL OCEANS ,, THEY NEED THE SAME THINGS WE NEED, IT'S A BIG PROBLEM (BUTT TO 16-09- 07) I THINK THAT THEY JUST HELP ME TELL THAT MESSAGE." --NATS-- ONCE FINISHED,,,, (15-51-15) 'I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SOLUTION' PEASE ROE HOPES PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT,,, YES IT IS THE SHAPE OF WHALE ,,, BUT EVEN MORE SO SHE WANTS FOLKS TO FOCUS ON ALL THE LITTLE PIECES --- ALL THAT MAN-MADE WASTE TIED AND GLUED TOGETHER --- AND JUST THINK ABOUT WHERE IT ALL CAME FROM --- (16-08-01) (PEASE ROE) "THE IMPORTANCE OF IT IS THAT ITS TELLING A STORY OF WHAT WE ARE DOING AS A SPECIES TO THE OCEAN (BUTT TO 16- 08-16) OUR HABITS ARE AFFECTING THE OCEAN ON A VERY DEEP LEVEL." (NATS WAVES)