Beginning the garden mural at Gardenvale Primary School

On tuesday I began the garden mural at the junior campus of Gardenvale Primary school. The children have made all of the ceramic artwork in classes last term with myself and their art teacher Michele Jones.

Completed butterflies at St Marks Primary School, Fawkner.

Here are our fabulous butterflies that we made. The school students made the ceramic parts and a group of parents assembled and mosaiced them. Not all of the butterflies are in these photos. I will need to photograph the rest when they are installed at the school.

This one was photographed just after the grouting!

grouting the butterflies at St Mark's Primary School

At St Marks Primary School, the parents have been working on these mosaic butterflies which have ceramic features on them made by the children. We are making ten of them to place around the school.

st John's the three final panels completed

for the whole show go to reflectionsofstjohns.blogspot.com.au

St John's mural - reflections about the history of the school

Here are some photographs of the St John's Murals in progress. They are being constructed on pieces of blueboard and when finished they will be taken to the school to be installed. see the full story at http://reflectionsofstjohns.blogspot.com.au/

Moonee Ponds Creek Mural - St Vincent de Paul Primary School, Strathmore

Here are some photos from the Moonee Ponds Creek Mural that we made at St Vincent De Paul Primary School in Strathmore. Students at St Vincent de Paul Primary School in Strathmore are making a ceramic mural about Moonee Ponds Creek. Their art teacher Ms Williams and artist Debbie Qadri will be working with them to make the parts of the mural out of clay. We are learning about the history of Moonee Ponds Creek as we make the mural. A lot of the indigenous animals and plants have gone from the creek because of the development of the City of Melbourne. What animals and plants were around the creek when the Wurundjeri People lived here? Why are they not there now? When you go down to the creek, have you noticed how the friends of Moonee Ponds Creek and the local councils are beginning to replant the native plants and grasses that used to be there? We are hoping that in the future some of the animals and creatures will also return. When we finish the mural at the school, it will remind us about the animals and plants that belong to the creek and how important it is to take care of them. Click here to go to the full blog about this project

grade prep/1 at St John's Primary school make plaques

A late posting but I just found these great photos on my camera. The prep/1 students from St Johns made ceramic plaques. They are just once fired (bisque) and decorated with coloured slips and alice blue underglaze. Most children made them in low relief by adding clay with slip. Pretty cool work kids!