ARTIST RESIDENCE – CAREY BAPTIST GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUR OAKS
During the second semester of 2018, I am working at the Kew Junior School with art teachers Loz Verde, Mikl Longstaff and Libby Russell, and four groups of Grade 6 students to create a large wall-panel artwork out of cortensteel. The students will design their own oak leaf stencil that will make up the four oak trees. These leaf stencils will be transferred onto weathering steel and cut-out using a handheld plasma-cutter in my workshop.
Lunch after morning at Carey Baptist Grammar School – Kew Campus discussing the Artist in Residence project.
Rainy Tuesday…good day to clean-up and sort out workshop.
Drafting, drawing oak leaves…
In the workshop cutting out oak leaves…
Site drawing for FOUR OAKS installation
First week of Grade 6 project FOUR OAKS…introduction to how l make cortensteel artwork and the design process for making their own oak leaf.
Four sessions with Grade 6 and 110 oak leaves designs…Now to hand cut the leaves in cortensteel.
How a handheld plasma-cutter works…
At Surdex Steel buying sheets of corten-steel then unloading at home.
Arranging student’s oak leaf designs on the steel then cutting-out…
Final reflective classes with 6F & 6P discussing the importance of The Oak Foundation & what it means to them & the wider community as well as exploring the elements of drawing through zen-tangles.
This is the site where the final artwork will be installed…
