Year 9 unplugged at Marian - mosaic workshop

Oh dear we packed up in such a hurry that most of the mosaics were wrapped up and on their way home when I took photographs so we have only a few of the ones made.
well done girls, you did very well. what a lovely day!

Footprints of the Planet - Glen Katherine Primary School

Footprints of the Planet
A project of 52 circular murals that explore our relationship to the planet and how we affect the health of our natural environment. This project is currently underway. The 5/6 students at Glen Katherine Primary School have designed their circular murals and then made the ceramic artworks for them. Now my job is to put them together onto cement sheet boards with a mosaic background. There are going to be 52 murals which will be installed on two walls. Here are some of them being made or completed.

2014 Mosaics from the year 9 art day at Marian

Here are the mosaic projects that we did at the art day at Marian College
We make and grout mosaics in the space of one day.
pretty cool!

Avondale Heights Pre-school Project - Some of the final artworks ready for installation

At Avondale Heights Pre-School we made a ceramic and mosaic project to honour and acknowledge the original owners of the land. The original people who lived in Avondale Heights were the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. The Wurundjeri people used the natural things they found around them to make their artwork. We have used clay and other earth materials to make the creatures that lived in this place when the Wurundjeri People lived here.The children made the creatures in workshops with Debbie. After being fired in a kiln the creatures were glued to boards and parents filled in the background with mosaic. The mosaics were designed to match the Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islander Flags. This community made artwork also includes acknowledgement of the Wurundjeri people as the Traditional Custodians of the land, and expresses our respect for all Indigenous Australians. It also celebrates the many animals who lived alongside the Wurrundjeri People in this place. Here are some of the final artworks ready for installation at the new centre!