
© irene waters 2014

© irene waters 2014
Cardboard houses. A work in progress. Children who come to the gallery have the option of making a cardboard house. The makings are supplied and the child creates. The artist then adds these houses to the ever growing sculpture which extends over two rooms in the Tweed River Regional Gallery.
These photos are in response to Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge.
About Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
I began my working career as a reluctant potato peeler whilst waiting to commence my training as a student nurse. On completion I worked mainly in intensive care/coronary care; finishing my hospital career as clinical nurse educator in intensive care. A life changing period as a resort owner/manager on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu was followed by recovery time as a farmer at Bucca Wauka. Having discovered I was no farmer and vowing never again to own an animal bigger than myself I took on the Barrington General Store. Here we also ran a five star restaurant. Working the shop of a day 7am - 6pm followed by the restaurant until late was surprisingly more stressful than Tanna. On the sale we decided to retire and renovate our house with the help of a builder friend. Now believing we knew everything about building we set to constructing our own house. Just finished a coal mine decided to set up in our backyard. Definitely time to retire we moved to Queensland. I had been writing a manuscript for some time. In the desire to complete this I enrolled in a post grad certificate in creative Industries which I completed 2013. I followed this by doing a Master of Arts by research graduating in 2017. Now I live to write and write to live.
That is a very cool idea. And looks impressive (if not a bit wonky). Fun. 🙂
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Just wish I was a kid. Loads of fun. 🙂
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I think I did more things like this before I had kids. 😉 I’m a bit of a geek and don’t mind looking foolish.
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I thought having kids would give you an excuse to join in. 🙂
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WOW! Such a great idea for kids. Wonderful entry for this week.
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They are making art galleries so interactive these days I don’t think kids could have anything other than a good experience. I can remember being so bored as a kid when my parents visited art galleries. Thanks
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This is a great idea and so much fun for the kids.
janet
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Absolutely. Oh to be a child again. I’d love to do all the activities they have for the kids.
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These are WONDERFUL, Irene ! – how joyous !!!
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Aren’t they. I loved them. Puts a new take on ticky tacky but they certainly aren’t all the same.
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Wondrous! and how much fun for the children. It’s like a storybook city with high rises.
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Absolutely. The stories you could make from this city would fill a storybook.
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Amazing!
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Such a wonderful project for the kids.
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How utterly fascinating, kids must love this 🙂
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Fantastic all right. This big kid loved it and wanted to play but I wouldn’t fit on the tiny chairs they had for the kids to make their houses. 🙂
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Haha…actually, I was thinking of the big kids 😀
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A great idea. It looks so interesting and I suppose is always changing. 😀
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Yes always changing. I don’t know how long they will do it for. 🙂
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This is a bit different, Irene, and unique. I like the way it encourages kids to be creative. 🙂
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Yes I haven’t seen it anywhere else. I think that you have hit the nail on the head Pat. Creativity fostering is so important.
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Sure is, Irene. You’re so right about that. 🙂
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