Bellevue Hill Preschool half-way there!

The mosaic is half-way there. It has most of the animals on it except for a few birds and two new animals that I made last weekend.
The rain has been wonderful but it has made progress slow.


Above: A green tree frog made by a parent.


Above: close-up of the snake and platypus that were made by parents.


The kangaroo and the emu are now up on the wall.


Here are some tree animals close-up. The wall has not been grouted yet, and they will be easier to see after its completed.

Bellevue Hill Preschool Mosaic

This mosaic is currently in process
we have just completed all of the workshops
Details can be seen on the Bellevue Hill Preschool Mosaic Blog: http://bellevuehillpreschoolmosaic.blogspot.com/

THe kids made hands and leaves out of clay.
The kids also helped Debbie make life size trees and a kangaroo.
The parents made creatures.
Here are some photos of the work done so far.

finishing touches of giant baby blue bunny mailbox

The finished rabbit after it has been mosaiced and grouted.

designs for the Overnewton Artist in Residence Project

Here are some designs in process by groups of students. They are making actual size designs for their mosaic panels.
The first picture is an example design made by Debbie Qadri. It has the rabbit template on it. The template is a piece of paper cut out the same shape and size as the rabbit in the design. It will be used as a pattern when Debbie makes the rabbit out of clay, so that she can be sure it will fit into the actual mosaic.

To see the blog dedicated to this project go to:
http://yr8overnewtonmosaics.blogspot.com/
or click on: view my complete profile ( below right) and go to the blog from there



below are more designs in process, by the yr 8 students at Overnewton who are doing the mosic project.

Overnewton College artist in residence project

Debbie Qadri is undertaking an Artist in Residence Project at Overnewton College.
The project is to assist students make six 1X1 metre panels of mosaics with ceramic features based on the theme:Alice in Wonderland.
The first part of the mosaic process is to work with students on their designs. The theme is Alice in wonderland and the students are working in groups of four to design their mosaic. The detailed parts of their mosaic will be made out of clay as low relief sculpture. In their groups they have drawn pictures and cut them out. As a team they must arrange their pictures to compose their design. here are some designs in progress.

Have a look at the blog dedicated to this project:
http://yr8overnewtonmosaics.blogspot.com/








Here is a link to the overnewton college newsletter with a description of the project:
http://www.overnewton.vic.edu.au/whispers/_download/www.overnewton.vic.edu.au/whispers/_pub/wizard_newsletter/Whispers100907web.pdf

mosaic sculpture by other people

please note this is a post about other people's artwork
I use it for reference

for example here is a blog by two artists in USA who make public artworks and on their blog there is some great information about the technical side of their work and the processes they go through:
http://www.deepcraft.org/deep/archives/category/current-projects/abundance



Nikki also has made a tarot garden
http://www.nikidesaintphalle.com/


this is by NIkki st.de phalle. who is french, but this sculpture is in the USA




This sculpture is by a person called jyna, below is a link to their website
http://www.jynja.com/mosaicsGallery.htm




Fred Smith is an american guy who made a sculpture park

Nek Chand

2nd steps of making the giant baby blue bunny mailbox

Here is a detail of the ears. I have put a piece of wire across the ear to hold it in place while I add the concrete. I will snip the wire off after I have added enough concrete to hold it in place and it is dry.


You can only add a little bit of concrete at a time. So I built up half the rabbits ears on saturday and then on sunday I can add some more. Patience. What is that? What you mean I have to stop and wait till tomorrow!
I have been putting in two or three hours a day. This blog shows what I have accomplished by the third day.





By the second day I was able to put the top coat onto some parts of the rabbit, which is a mixture of mortar mix with a little bit of cement thrown in for strength.

The whiskers of my rabbit were made at the Blacksmithing barn in Bundoora park. They are pieces of iron, heated up in the forge and bent into shape by using a hammer on the anvil. The other ends are bent to so that they stay locked in the cement and can't be pulled out. However well I planned to have them locked in place, it didn't work out that way, so they are a bit wobbley. I put too many little bits of foam above them and the concrete never made it down to lock them into place as well as I would have liked. So it is definitley think and plan all you like but learn as you go, by your mistakes.