Each year the NZ Art Guild does a collaborative project in which a whole pile of artists (62 this year) each do a tile which is then put together for one large piece. See this link for the one we did last year called Reach Out. Last year and this year, the proceeds from the auction of the artwork, goes to the Mental Health Foundation and last year they used the image of Reach Out for all their posters for Mental Health Week in October.
Because I am one of the organisers of this project along with Sophia Elise who manages the guild, both her and I each did 2 tiles this year to make up the 64 pieces we needed for the final image. These are my two pieces. Each one is approx 150 x 150mm.
My husband (who very handily is a builder) gets roped in each year to help with the practical stuff including the building off the frame which I have been painting and preparing today so that tonight all 64 pieces can be glued in. Here you can see how big it is - I think it is approximately 1.2 x 1.2m but I haven't done the final measurement yet.This year the piece which is entitled Ngatahi, will be auctioned off on the night of the opening of the Art Guild annual exhibition at the Bruce Mason Centre in Takapuna. The image of the artwork will go out this week in press releases which is different from past years when we unveiled on the night and then auctioned off on Trade Me.
I've spent lots of hours on this over the past few months as you can imagine preparing the image on the board, cutting it up, painting on the base colours and mailing these out to everyone. It's a lot of work but the result always looks fantastic and the MHF are so pleased to be working with us on this and it is a fantastic charity to support this way.
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