Cairns is the most northern regional commercial centre
on the Australian eastern seaboard and is the closest
mainland city for Australia’s neighbours in the Coral
Sea. Artists Philomena Yeatman, Edna Ambrym and Valmai Pollard from the nearby Indigenous community of Yarrabah were selected by the Cairns Council to produce
artworks for a $700,000 public art mosaic project to
be featured on eight walls around landscaped gardens
in the main mall in Cairns, QLD. Don Macdonald and his Orchid Group* team were appointed as the installing contractors due to their extensive
mosaic experience and Artistic Solutions Group as the Creative Consultants to
ensure artistic integrity was maintained as the canvas paintings were
translated into mosaics and adapted to the vast expanse of the eight walls.
“It was the one thing I didn’t have to think about. All the products;
254 Platinum, 3701 Fortified Mortar Bed, 335 Premium Flexible Adhesive, HYDRO
BAN®, LATAPOXY® SP-100 and SPECTRALOCK® PRO Grout, performed exceptionally
well individually and as a complete system. Equally as important to using the
right products is the technical support. The team at LATICRETE provided me with
all of the essential background and technical understanding for each of the
products which allowed me to execute the installation with confidence knowing I
was using the very best products and industry best practice with our
methodology”, said Don Macdonald, Orchid Group.
The project was a huge success
for the entire team and the project was a significant undertaking with all of
its complexities and challenges. LATICRETE remained the undeniable constant
throughout the whole process for the reliability, dependability and superior
performance of system approach.
For more information on using LATICRETE in your
projects, product demos, samples or technical support please contact LATICRETE
on 1800 331 012, email sales@laticrete.com.au or visit www.laticrete.com.au.
*The Orchid Group is also known as Symmetry Mosaics.
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