Friday 9 January 2015

Incredible Mosaic Community Project







Mosaic Mural by Sandra Robertson from OzMosaics 



Project:  Taroom Walk 1926/1927  Art to depict the Aboriginal Walk from Taroom to Woorabinda
Location: Woorabinda Aboriginal Community, Central Queensland Australia
Mosaic Design:  Sandra Robertson (based on Woorabinda photographs, research and input from Aboriginal Council).
Duration:  20 days at Woorabinda
Participants:  Local community (children, families, parents, locals and elderly) and OzMosaics
Mosaic Instructor:  Sandra Robertson, Mosaic Artist, Studio OzMosaics Brisbane
Time Frame:  20 days Artist in Residence program at Woorabinda
OzMosaics Project Manager: Dave Robertson, Studio OzMosaics
Workspace:  Kangaroo Stadium, Woorabinda
Murals: - 10 mosaic murals - 5 for Taroom Walk, 2 Kangaroos, 1 snake and 2 flags
Substrate: Cement Sheeting Panels
Materials used in the mosaic panels: Laticrete Australia Cement, Grout, Epoxy Paste and Waterproof Membrane products
-Mosaic Tesserae:  Supplied by Studio OzMosaics Mosaic Store:
Glass mosaic vitreous  tiles, mOzMilli (glass mosaic beads, millefiori), Dynasty Smalti bricks and glass smalti sheets, OzMosaics glass fusings, ceramic tile, slate, mirror, gold and white gold smalti, Woorabinda red and white sand, pebbles, thinset, gloss sealer, gold/silver paint effects, china, coal, lustre and foil backed glass
Funding:  Government Art Grant/Woorabinda Council

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