© irene waters 2015
© irene waters 2015
The first is in the Coramandel Peninsula in the North Island of New Zealand. This joint community project created a mosaic of self-portraits of the school children in the area or other art work as done by the kids. It was placed on the wall of the public toilets and certainly beautified this spot.
© irene waters 2015
This large mosaic is found at the National Park information centre at Dorrigo in NSW. It is of the aboriginal dreaming and aboriginal stories. Just superb and this is only part of the long wall.
© irene waters 2015
Created for the weekly photo 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.
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
I just love the aboriginal dreaming stories. Very unique. I also love the idea of children doing self portraits. Great photos.
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Thanks Raewyn. I think that towns who display their children’s art in this way must make the child feel very connected to the place and as such will probably be proud and take ownership and responsibilty for the town. I think it is a great thing.
The aboriginal mural was just superb. It was long and told the stories of people who do own/belong with the land which is still wilderness as it is a National Park. Cheers Irene
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How special is the mural of the school children.. Thanks for sharing it with us. Sue
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Very special I think Sue. I think those kids will be so proud of themselves and their town. A wonderful idea.
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It’s amazing what kids can come up with. I really like all these. Thanks for posting them.
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Glad you like them Kayti. I have been pondering lately about innocent art i.e. art by children with no formal training and what it is that some children have that make their work better than other kids of the same age. Is it that they have the vision to see the extras such as shadows and light or is it a mathematical bent that makes the arrangement perfect. As an artist have you any thoughts on this. I imagine it is passion combined with whatever that something is that makes a great artist.
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Those are walls I like! 🙂
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I thought you would like them Norah. 🙂
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I love mosaics. Love them–on the walls, the ceiling, the ground. Gorgeous. (The one of the children’s self-portraits is awesome.)
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Yes, mosaics add a certain brightness and give you a perspective of the characters and history of places.
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What beautiful and historical mosiacs, love how these tell such a powerful story…
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It is such a perfect way to honour the local people.
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