I am very excited to have received a commission to create a ceramic mural for the Blackburn Pre-School. The mural is four and a half meters long and will adorn an outside wall near the entrance. The mural is to be installed low to the ground and is going to be carved in order to make it a tactile experience as well as a visual one for the children. Here is a picture of the first section as I am painting it giving you a sense of what the completed work may look like. I am enjoying creating the mural and believe the children will love arriving at the pre- school to be greeted by this bright and colorful mural.

Through a chance and fortuitous meeting recently I had a fantastic opportunity to create a ceramic mural of a Bodhi tree with children and parents at the Tara Institute Buddhist Centre. On my first visit I explained and demonstrated the processes we were going to use, the children then drew pictures and cut them out  sticking them on a life size drawing of the tree on the wall to get a sense of how and what we were going to make. A month later I returned for our creative making day along with about sixty children and parents. In about a four hour session we created all the pieces that went together to make a magnificent colourful tree full of animals, birds and leaves. There are several shrines in bedded in the trunk that when finished will house sculptures of the Buddha. The tree will adorn the walls of the Dharma Club a space were children from ages 4 to 15 gather monthly for fun activities and to learn about a healthy life. Below is a picture of the tree before we added the leaves and I will post a picture of the finished tree soon.