Day 6 of Mural installation

Here we are on day six,
Only Alessandra and I worked today on the mural as we are carefully trying to fit in the remaining pieces of artworks. I have been working on the ladder along the top and putting in the history pictures and text. Alessandra is finishing all of the lower areas off. At this stage we are still waiting for the pictures to be fired for the Indigenous Australian history part so that wall is still fairly empty.

The deer park mural is a collaborative effort of 

Brimbank Council

Deer park Pharmacy,

Gallery Sunshine Everywhere

St Peter Chanel School,

Deer Park North Primary School

and 

Deer park West Primary School

The mural is made of ceramic features made by 640 community members, set in a background of mosaic.

The mural celebrates the history of Deer Park and was officially opened on December 9, 2014

Links to Gallery Sunshine Everywhere website:

http://www.gallerysunshine.com/Gallery_Sunshine/Home.html

day five - beginning the grouting

Grouting the mural, is the process where you cover it with a cement like substance and rub it into all of the cracks, Then you spend a considerable amount of time cleaning the cement off the artworks and tiles.

The deer park mural is a collaborative effort of 

Brimbank Council

Deer park Pharmacy,

Gallery Sunshine Everywhere

St Peter Chanel School,

Deer Park North Primary School

and 

Deer park West Primary School

The mural is made of ceramic features made by 640 community members, set in a background of mosaic.

The mural celebrates the history of Deer Park and was officially opened on December 9, 2014

The mural is located in the arcade next to Deer Park Pharmacy, in the Deer Park shopping strip on Ballarat Rd.

day four - making the mural with special guests

on Saturday we were joined by community members, Tina, Franca and Kiara.
Lea and Alessandra also assisted

 Above, Tina puts the broken tiles into the river,
Below: Kiara points to her name in the mural.

Above: Kiara points to the Deer that she made in the Huntclub Community Arts Centre Mural.

Above: Kiara works with her mum Franca

 Two sections almost done!!!!!

The deer park mural is a collaborative effort of 

Brimbank Council

Deer park Pharmacy,

Gallery Sunshine Everywhere

St Peter Chanel School,

Deer Park North Primary School

and 

Deer park West Primary School

The mural is made of ceramic features made by 640 community members, set in a background of mosaic.

The mural celebrates the history of Deer Park and was officially opened on December 9, 2014

The mural is located in the arcade next to Deer Park Pharmacy, in the Deer Park shopping strip on Ballarat Rd.

Day three - installing the Deer Park History Mural

Day three was Monday 13th October.
Lea, Alessandra  and Debbie worked on the mural.

The deer park mural is a collaborative effort of 

Brimbank Council

Deer park Pharmacy,

Gallery Sunshine Everywhere

St Peter Chanel School,

Deer Park North Primary School

and 

Deer park West Primary School

The mural is made of ceramic features made by 640 community members, set in a background of mosaic.

The mural celebrates the history of Deer Park and was officially opened on December 9, 2014

The mural is located in the arcade next to Deer Park Pharmacy, in the Deer Park shopping strip on Ballarat Rd.

Wednesday 13th August a 3/4 and a prep class made Houses for the DeerPark History Mural.
These houses will fill in the end of the mural which shows how Deer Park is filled up with houses now, and with people who have come from all over the world.

After we finished making houses out of clay, some students made houses out of blocks.

 or drew a house on a little whiteboard

After we rolled the clay we drew the outline of our house and then the shape was cut out.  An important job was to smooth the edges before doing the rest of the painting

The picture above shows someone carefully smoothing the edges of their house.

we very carefully painted our house with the special paints called underglazes.