beginning the mural - week one of gluing the artworks on to the wall

This week was the beginning of glueing the mural pieces onto the wall. Debbie drew up a quick sketch of where the creek will wind through the mural. Then she began to glue on the creatures, plants, rocks and grasses with mosaiced areas in between. On wednesday morning she grouted over some of the mural, so that the mirrored areas are not dangerous to touch. Students at St Vincent de Paul Primary School in Strathmore are making a ceramic mural about Moonee Ponds Creek. Their art teacher Ms Williams and artist Debbie Qadri will be working with them to make the parts of the mural out of clay. We are learning about the history of Moonee Ponds Creek as we make the mural. A lot of the indigenous animals and plants have gone from the creek because of the development of the City of Melbourne. What animals and plants were around the creek when the Wurundjeri People lived here? Why are they not there now? When you go down to the creek, have you noticed how the friends of Moonee Ponds Creek and the local councils are beginning to replant the native plants and grasses that used to be there? We are hoping that in the future some of the animals and creatures will also return. Our mural will remind us about the animals and plants that belong to the creek and how important it is to take care of them.