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Title: Coast watch
Identifier: coastwatch00uncs_15 (find matches)
Year: 1979 (1970s)
Authors: UNC Sea Grant College Program
Subjects: Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology
Publisher: (Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program)
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina
Digitizing Sponsor: North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

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his death, one of his decoys brought a tidy $25,000 at a decoy festival. Poole's love for birds, especially local songbirds, is reflected in her wood carvings. She says she talks to them as she coaxes them out of wood blocks, carving, then painting lifelike details. Watermark has given her confidence to try new things, she says. She has designed, and taught others to produce, lap desks for the Georgetown Park Mall project. And another creative idea is taking form — painting on bird feathers she collects, and then mounting them in a shadowbox. She is toying with the idea of using natural bark material for the matting. Her husband, Al, also is a Watermark member. Together, they create and paint children's and doll's furniture also on display in Georgetown. BRANCHING OUT Dee Sprouse, who has been Watermark's executive director for less than a year, is leading a reorganization of the co-op. She will provide her marketing and fund-raising expertise. In her office, Sprouse flips through scrapbooks that are filled with newspaper and magazine articles telling of Watermark's milestones. Videotapes contain snippets of television feature stories on Watermark. Even Gloria Steinem visited Watermark to support the co-op's economic develop- ment work. And, Watermark was honored at the 1994 Women's World Conference for promoting economic justice. Watermark is a model craft cooperative, Sprouse says. "Watermark has helped local women find independence. And, we have provided training for women from many countries through grants from USAID." Women from several African and Latin American countries have traveled to Watermark to complete the training program in order to replicate the co-op model in their villages. There is a lot to be proud of, Sprouse reflects, closing the scrapbook. She takes a small, framed picture from her desk. "This is the federal angel, an ornament selected to adorn the Christmas tree in the White House Blue Room in 1993," Sprouse says. The ornament, made by Watermark crafter Katherine Wassink, holds a miniature basket by another member, Marie Hewitt. "We have evolved, and are still evolving," Sprouse notes. "We are building on the strength of our own history." At one time, nearly all the members were women. In recent years, more men have joined the co-op. Willie Jimerson is one. The retired carpenter used to Continued
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TOP: Santa Claus is among the array of Watermark offerings coming to the Georgetown Park Mall for the holiday season. BOTTOM: Jocelyn House puts finishing touches on hand-painted glass items featured in national mail order catalogues. COASTWATCH 9

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