day 7

Just filled in a bit and got all of the self portraits, names and houses squished in.
three panels completed!!!! Two more to finish.

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.

Links to Gallery Sunshine Everywhere website:

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

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.

bisque firing, glazing, firing again

Its the school holidays, and the best time for accessing kilns which might be busy during the school term. All of the artwork for the Deer Park History Mural has been bisque fired and then glazed, and now needs to be fired again. This week a kiln at the Sunbury Boilerhouse Community Arts Centre is busy firing the work and two kilns at The Huntclub Community Arts Centre are firing too.

Here are some photos of the process

Over 600 people have been involved in making this mural so far and each of their first names has been written onto a handmade clay tile, so that it can be incorporated into the mural.

Old plastic crates are the best thing for storing and carrying the ceramics in. It is very heavy. The artwork is layered between sheets of crumpled newspaper and bubblewrap. Each crate has about 10 kgs worth in it. Here are two crates full of artwork which has been glazed and it ready to be taken to a kiln.

More names!

Here the names are being glazed and also some of the artwork. The glaze is a bit like powdered glass and it makes the artwork look white, till it goes into the kiln.  When the kiln reaches the temperature of 1080 centrigrade, the glaze will be clear and the fabulous painted designs can be seen.

Here is my big bucket of glaze . .  almost empty.

Here I was this morning, painting the last of the names onto the little handmade tiles.

 Deer Park History Mural

This year a ceramic  mural is being made at the Ballarat Rd Shopping Strip in Deer Park.  
Brimbank Council, Deer Park Pharmacy and Gallery Sunshine Everywhere are joining forces to get this community made mural happening. Three local schools have been involved in making artworks for the mural; Deer park north, Deer park West, and St Peter Chanel. 
The project has also involved community participation from local community members with workshops held at the Huntclub Community Arts Centre and the opportunity to work on the installation process.
The Mural will be officially opened in December 2014

Deer Park West 2nd day of making animals for Kororoit Creek

This Friday we  made some more animals for our mural.
These are the animals that lived for many thousands of years along the Kororoit Creek. The animals were important for the environment and also some of them were food sources for the people who lived along the creek.

Have a look at our fabulous animals!

adding the low relief sculpture

Painting with the special ceramic paints called liquid underglazes. They are colours that will need a glaze over the top later, to bring out the bright colours.

 Deer Park History Mural

This year a ceramic  mural is being made at the Ballarat Rd Shopping Strip in Deer Park.  
Brimbank Council, Deer Park Pharmacy and Gallery Sunshine Everywhere are joining forces to get this community made mural happening. Three local schools have been involved in making artworks for the mural; Deer park north, Deer park West, and St Peter Chanel. 
The project has also involved community participation from local community members with workshops held at the Huntclub Community Arts Centre and the opportunity to work on the installation process.
The Mural will be officially opened in December 2014