The final mosaics of Overnewton Anglican College year 8 students

The finished artworks on display in a courtyard of Overnewton College

here are the finished artworks made by year eight students at Overnewton Anglican College.
The mosaics are one metre square each. The students worked in groups of four to design the mosaic, make ceramic features and then to construct the mosaic.
These students should be very proud of themselves, they've done a great job.

close-ups of finished mosaics

Here are some close-ups of the finished mosaics.
You can see how the ceramic features form part of the mosaics.

Above: cheshire cat by Xavier


Above: Artwork being glazed ready to be fired again.
The glaze will make the claywork shiny and make the underglaze colours brighter


above: a toadstool being made


Above: Toadstools painted by Kristen

tweedle dee and twweedle dum and the Queen

Above: Jessica's Alice


Above: The Queen's head, by James


Above another version of the Queen with looped hair


Above: Jackie's Tweedle dee and Tweedle Dum


Above: George's Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
The artwork is underglazed before it is fired,this saves time and allows the underglazes to stick to the clay better.

artworks being made

Emily's roses have been painted with a bright red underglaze.


A cup and rabbit in one


This is Brianna's rosebush


Here is Bradley's Alice being painted with underglazes. she is in two parts and will be put back together when she is glued into the mosaic.


Here is an Alice being underglazed

ceramic features in the making

Here are some more great examples of mosaic features made out of clay in preparation for the mosaics.


Above:The rabbit in the grass by Ashlee and Jade


Above:Some leaves made by Kirsten


Above: A smiling Tweedledee made by Jackie


Above:A rabbit and cup by Teresa


Two mad cups stacked, made and being painted by George and Nick

Making features out of clay for alice mosaics

Here is some work by the students made in clay and painted with underglazes. When they are dry they will be fired and then glazed.

Above: A rose bush by Selina -


above: Made by Isabella and Ashlee.
This ceramic feature has been made in two halves so that it doesn't break.
It will be reassembled on the mosaic.




Above: Roses by Emily. Emily is painting them red. She made them by making strips of clay and shaping them round and round.


Above: Hearts by Kristen. These will be used in the mosaic design.


Above: Alice's head, by Samantha. When this photo was taken, she was in the process of painting on the underglazes.

making the ceramic features

The year 8 students are making features for their mosaics out of clay. They are applying underglazes to decorate them, before the bisque firing. After the bisque firing the artworks will be glazed and then fired again. They will come out of this second firing, very shiny and colourful. Then they will be put into mosaics.


Above:The mad hatter made by Nick


Above:Tweedledee and Tweedledum made by Julia


Above: A Flower being made by Louise


Above: A porcupine made by Jessica


Above:Red dragon by James