Mural Masterpieces - Mangonui Primary School

Location:
Mangonui.

Team:
35 students from Mangonui Primary School.

Accessible to public:
Yes.

Mural theme:
The harbour is a place where our young ika are nurtured before they enter the ocean. Time spent at Mangonui School will be a nurturing adventure where students will be hooked on learning, self motivated and able to problem solve so that they are ready for their next big adventure.

Background to mural creation:
The mural was created to brighten up the tennis court area and was completed by 35 specialist art students ranging in age from 5-10 years old.

Students were selected to contribute to the mural. The senior school created plywood cutouts of children in action using a camera and the computer to generate their drawings, the jig saw to cut the figures out and then handpainting them. These kids in action represent the students of Mangonui School.

The juniors worked on fish drawings that represent the ika in Mangonui Harbour, which also represent the students of Mangonui School.

In the final mural the fish are placed first then the people/students. The last three people cut-outs are of a netball player, rugby player and a teacher, which represent what the students may become when they leave Mangonui School and start their next big adventure.

All of the students were involved in the processes of creating the mural from concept drawings, enlarging, sanding and plywood prep work, base painting and detailing.