As Art Teachers and Learners we are always looking for inspiration for new actiivities and uses for the myriad of art materials that is out there. At Zart in Box Hill we discovered these incredible stick insects made from matchsticks and fairy floss (cotton candy) sticks. Made by Year 9 and 10 students at Yarra Hills Secondary College, these beasts will certainly inspire our students to consider using matchsticks for constructing objects other than buildings. Their work brings new meaning to the term “Stick Insect”. Congratulations to the wonderfully patient students involved.
I was born in Bendigio, Victoria, Australia and attended a 13 student Rural School, Muskerry East Primary. I was a boarder at Girton CEGGS in Bendigo for my seconday Schooling.I trained at Bendigo and Coburg Teachers Colleges before beginning teaching in Melbourne in 1975. I taught a variety of Primary classes before beginning Art teaching in 1986. I am currently in my 26th year of teaching Visual Arts and my 24th year at Taylors Lakes Primary School which is in outer north-west Melbourne, Australia. I am married with three children and outside teaching am a keen member of Rotary International. Besides my passion for Art I have keen interests in photography, travel and in Learning Technologies.
