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.

The School Emblem

The School Emblem is being made out of clay by the Art Captains.
The emblem will be on the back of the sculpture and be seen from the little oval.

The logo will be yellow on a dark blue background 

because it is planned that the back of the sculpture will be dark blue.

a couple of days later . . . . . .

The logo was cut into many pieces so that it can be glued onto the sculpture around the curved surface of the outside of the main petal.

It was painted with underglazes, with lemon and an ultramarine background.

After it is fired and then placed onto the sculpture, it looks like this!!!!

p/6 and p/5 decorate tiles with petal warm colours for the petals

p/6 and p/5 decorate tiles with warm colours for the petals

4/26 make border tiles

4/26 make border tiles