When I was at Ballarat on the weekend we visited the Botanical Gardens and I got lots of little clips of the sculptures and statues there. I was really saddened by the ones that had to be housed in the greenhouse building and had been vandalised. I don’t understand why people would destroy public property that is so beautiful and a gift for everyone. This photo may need to be enlarged to read the history of the statues. I will be adding to the revver collection of Ballarat Sculptures so if you are interested check back.
Triumph!
I have actually finished my mosaic. Well I am not really finished, I still have to put the grout in, but I feel finished because I have broken up and stuck down all those tiles!
I should have been working on my web quest all weekend and as my rebellious nature often does, I got involved in finishing my mosaic. I feel naughty that I didn’t do my work and will be up until goodness knows when tonight making amends for that but it doesn’t stop me celebrating the fact that I have completed this and I am really very happy with it.
I love the way it looks and I love that I have managed to see the project through. I ‘failed’ art at school and have never been very crafty but I think I am not as bad as I thought at being creative. I love the things I have made in the past few years and it inspires me to want to do more. That is good.
Mosaic and mobiles
I am really enjoying working on the mosaic table I started 2 years ago. Two of our great art teachers at school ran a workshop for a group of teachers in their own time. It was really generous and helpful, but although they prepared me with the technique, until I had decided or worked out what I wanted to do, it was stuck.
I have also got a new mobile phone with a camera that I have been using to take the last couple of photo’s I have taken. I know they aren’t as good quality, but they are good enough for these purposes. I have worked out how to synchronise my mobile with my laptop via infrared and it is quicker and simpler.