3/9 made figures of school children

Class 3/9 made figures of school children

I forgot to photograph the artwork when we made it in the workshop.
But here are some photos of finished figures by the grade 3 students, on the finished sculpture.
Hopefully everyone will be able to find their artwork when they look at the sculpture.

2/17 make tecoma and erica flowers and vines

Class 2/17 made tecoma and erica flowers and vines for our petals.
They did very detailed artwork form the clay.

Here are some photos of the fired flowers on the sculpture

4/24 make history border tiles

class 4/24 put in a huge effort to get the historical phrases scratched into the history border tiles.

 It was all very complex-
Phrases and sentences were gleaned from past history and reminiscences.
These were written onto strips and numbered. Then students chose a sentence to make with tiles. They painted the tiles with ultramarine underglaze and then scratched the words through the underglaze to reveal the white clay underneath.
At the moment the tiles look pale lilac, but after they are fired, they will be dark blue.

Here I am painting the numbers on the back of all of the tiles so that it makes them easier to sort back into sentences after they are fired.

I loved that this series of tiles took two people to carry it.

The history borders all became dark blue as planned, after being fired.
Here they are on the final sculpture.

3/28 make little figures of students

3/28 make little figures of students

Here are some glimpses of figures made by the year three students on the final sculpture

2/13 Make leaves, vines and boronia

2/13 Make leaves, vines and boronia flowers

5/18 Imagery for the learn values - Aspire and Respect

Class 5/18 made imagery for the learn values - Aspire and Respect
These will be placed on the respective petals.

the finished petals

About the project

A sculpture has been designed to celebrate Mont Albert Primary School's Centenary this year.

The sculpture will include  ceramic artwork contributions from each student in the school.

The sculpture has been inspired by some designs put forward by students in 2016 and the school values plant design.

It will also be able to be used as a seat!

The sculpture will be planted into a concrete slab and built with metal armature and cement fondue.

Then the ceramic artwork (thousands of pieces) will be glued onto the surface like a mosaic and grouted.

It celebrates the 100 year history of the school as well as the current values and the current staff and students through their participation in making the artwork.

(The City of Whitehorse Artist in Residence Program 

have contributed some funding towards the project.)

two maquettes with the values flower design

Class 3/10 make figures

Class 3/10 make figures to represent students
these will be placed in the petals amongst the other artworks.

What a lively bunch they are!

5/12 make imagery for the values Learn and Respect

5/12 make imagery for the values Learn and Respect

4/29 make border tiles about history and memories

Sentences and phrases about history and memories have been placed onto slips of paper. 

Students choose one of the texts to scratch into the tiles which have been

 painted with a dark blue underglaze.

it doesnt look blue?
heres a little glimpse of some of the border tiles which have already come out of the kiln and they have already turned blue in the first firing.