“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.” – Kalu Ndukwe Kalu
Drewery Lane is in the Melbourne CBD and is home to Legacy House. This charitable organisation is committed to caring for families of people who have lost their life to defend the nation for more than 95 years now.. On the back facade of the building, you will see mosaic tiles with the theme of Legacy. There are more than a thousand tiles on dusplay for the public to appreciate and enjoy.
Back story is, a skilled mosaic artist, tiler and teacher, Sankar Nadeson, has worked with schools to teach people how to make ceramic tiles. Most of these tiles were made by kids with ties to the defence force.
This is for the collaborative challenge which started this week from Marsha Ingrao and Cee Neuner where they will take turns every Friday to explore art in public places. It is entitled Photographing Public Art Challenge or PPAC
good organization with a clever idea
True, they have been helping a lot of people for a long time. Thanks Alice!
Interesting.
Love the idea
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Melbourne is a treasure, Teresa! This is one that I missed when I was there. You are going to have so many examples of public art! It’s a natural match! 🙂 Thanks for joining in. I love this as a first post! 🙂
Yes, I was thinking of something memorable as a first post. So I guess this is it! 👍🏼
I’m so glad you shared it. I’m just sorry I missed it.
very interesting, T! thanks for sharing 🙂
Happy that you liked it!
Gosh, you could spend ages studying these tiles!
Oh yes that is true… Thanks Sarah for the comment!
Hats off to Melbourne. I love this mosaic.
Happy that you liked it! It is a great effort.
Great post but I spent so long studying the photographs that I almost missed my supper!
Ooops sorry. Hope supper was great!