Mosaics at Debbie Qadri's Home

(Above) This is the Alice in Wonderland wall. Alice and the other characters were made out of clay. I did this one in earthernware to keep the colours brighter. It has been joined to the wall using ceramacrete and mosaiced around in dark blue and black with red slithers. Some of the cups flying in the air have quotes on them form Lewis Caroll's famous story.



This is the ground below the Alice wall. On the left side there is a mural.

Mosaics at Debbie Qadri's Home

(Above) This is a table made by mosaicing onto a scrap of cement sheet.


Back steps


A path made of old bricks and concret has been mosaiced with tiles, broken crockery and some earthenware tiles made by the artist.





(Above) a three dimensional fairy has been made out of clay and then mounted onto the wall.

Strathmore Kindergarten Logo Mosaic

Strathmore Kindergarten's Logo was mosaiced onto the wall at the entrance to the building.

Keilor Heights Primary School Mosaic

The Mosaic at keilor Heights was made with all the children of the school. In Art Classes children made clay features about the four seasons. Some poetry in Italian about the four seasons was painted onto clay to make tiles for the mosaic. The mosaic featured four trees, each representing a different season.A Parent and child workshop was held so that parents could contribute to the mosaic. They made mosaic insects. We used a transfer method to move them from the art room to the mosaic wall. The broken tile pieces are arranged to make the picture and then paper is glued over the top of the arrangement using watered down PVA, to hold it together. Later when it is dry, glue is placed on the mosaic wall, and the mosaic picture is pressed into it. Then when the glue is dry the paper is removed from the front by wetting it repeatedly and peeling it off.

This mosaic is fifteen metres long and three metres high. It was completed by the children, Staff, parents and artist in residence Debbie Qadri.

Moonambel Recreation Reserve Men's Changerooms

At the Moonambel Recreation Reserve the old football players changerooms have also been decorated to celebrate the Community's participation in Football. Ceramic football boots were made and members of the community could have one made to celebrate a particular football player and the years that they played for the Moonambel Football Club. These boots have been mounted onto the wall.


The Club was affiliated with the Demons, so their logo was made from clay and mounted on the wall.



The football club's shield celebrating the premiership they won, was mosaiced onto another side of the building.
This project was organised by Pat Murrell, Deborah Wood, Sanne Malkaer and Debbie Qadri with a lot of help from other members of the community. The Recreation Reserve Committee supported both projects with funds and practical assistance.

The Moonambel Recreation Reserve Ladies Toilets

The first wall was made to celebrate "Ladies, bring a plate", which was what Ladies were asked to do at community get togethers. The wall was divided into diamonds and the community of Moonambel were invited to come and fill in a diamond with broken pieces of tiles and plates. Donations of tiles and ceramic plates etc were given by the community to the project.


Many people learnt about the process of mosaicing, through participating in the project. The project was organised by Deborah Wood, Sanne Malkaer and Debbie Qadri.


(Above) This is the second side of the building that was mosaiced, again by a group of about ten people from the community. It was completed in one day. A very hot day. It has the ubiquitous teapot and the word 'Ladies' on it to signify that this building contains the "Ladies" restrooms.



The third wall has two tea cup and saucers on it and the words 'Ladies, bring a plate'.
You can find these mosaics at the recreation reserve which is on the left side of the road as you drive towards Moonambel from the Sunraysia Highway.

The scarlet bar, Burnely street ,Richmond

This mosaic is in red, indigo, black and mirror and used handpainted ceramic tiles as the features.