The document describes the process of creating scallop shell poppies as a garden ornament to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli. Students collected scallop shells from local beaches, washed and sized them, drilled holes, painted them, and glued pairs together to form the poppy shapes. They painted the centers black with yellow spots and attached twisted wire stalks that were spray painted. The finished scallop shell poppies will be displayed in the school garden.
2. Why poppies?
As this is the 100th anniversary of the A.N.Z.A.C landing at Gallipoli, we
decided it would be fitting to create poppies as a garden ornament. We had
to problem solve a design that would work based on an example that Mrs
O’Brien found at a country fair.
Scallop shells were collected from Waipu Cove beach and Mrs Tolhurst helped
in our quest by gathering shells off Matarangi Beach.
3. Firstly, we had to wash all of the salt
off the shells so that the paint would
adhere properly, we also matched up
the shells into sizes.
4. We knew we had to file the shells to make
a small hole big enough for the wire to fit
through so it could hold the sculpture in
the garden.
5. After that we had to paint the shells with
water based paint. We had to do this a
couple of times because the paint stuck to
the drying station (Paper).
6. We glued a pair of shells together with a
product called No More Nails, it took a
while to dry and we couldn't move our
hands.
7. After we had two pairs of shells together we
painted the middle of the shells black with
yellow spots.
8. The wires had to be cut and twisted to make
the stalk of the poppy.
9. Firstly, we tried to paint with brushes but
we couldn't get into the twisted wire
successfully, so we ended up spray
painting it.
10. Once we had glued everything
together and added the wire stake,
we had to touch up the shells and
paint over the ‘Knead It’ that
secured the wire in place.
11. This is the finished product. We are all
very happy with the problem solving and
team work that went into producing our
poppies. Look out for them in the Room 3 garden soon.
