Arts Domain
Colourful Entrance for D Block Completed
Students have collaborated in the design and creation of the final 4 glass panels for the D Block entry. These panels represent Technology subjects through images of the tools used in these classes, created in coloured glass with a subtle, clear glass mosaic background. The glass pieces were fused in a kiln, just enough to join together but not lose the wonderful texture. This project is best viewed as you exit the building and people are encouraged to touch the pieces.
Year 11 Studio Arts Glass students Beth Preston, Jayden Thorne and our Austrian exchange student Elena Dorner started this mammoth task early term 4. Using photocopies of the tools used in Wood and Metal classes, the students created a playful scattered design, and deviated from the tradition to incorporate brilliant colours into the tool handles and blades. Mrs Mackenzie and Mr Binks gave the design their approval.
VMG Creative Glass students were offered the chance to contribute to this project. Jeremy Davey (Year 10) rose to the challenge and spent the last few weeks of the semester cutting and fitting the mostly clear background around the tricky tool shapes. He has done a fantastic job!
Jeremy and Ms Gartlan also had to negotiate their wildly differing styles. Jeremy was precise and exacting. Ms Gartlan had more of an organic style and wanted to create variety and interest. Despite their differences, they worked well together to complete the project before the end of semester.
“Done is better than perfect”.
The background was made up of clear glass, cut into squares and glued down in a mosaic effect. The art elements of texture, shape, line, variety and contrast were all used to create visual interest for the eye. Students explored this earlier in the semester through their individual mosaic project. This variety creates a subtle rhythm, underpinning the tools and linking these new panels to the existing panels (completed in 2014). The play of light on the individual edges also creates illumination and sparkle. The original inspiration for this approach was to use up clear glass offcuts from previous student projects, which can prove to be difficult for students to utilse in their work.
The end result is fabulous! It is to be viewed from afar, as you exit the D Block, and depicts the awesome subjects on offer in the Visual Arts and Technology Learning Areas.
Thank you to all the students involved - wonderful team effort!
