Kate
Millington |
Mosaic Artist
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Kate Millington is an Australian by birth, and has lived in Grey Lynn for 17 years. She studied art at Sydney College of the Arts (taking her Bachelor degree), then at Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, and graduated with her Masters degree. She has one daughter, Petra, and a son, Jas. Kate has been working on mosaics for nearly ten years. As you can see by the examples shown here, she does a wide variety of work, and among the projects she has done are fountains, swimming pools, showers, paths, basins, fire places, stairways, and restaurants. She is available for commissions, and can be reached on AK 360-2401. View more of Kate's work. Kate's most recent success was a commission to design and create a mosaic on the curved wall of the Grey Lynn Community Centre. The mosaic is on the corner of Edwards Street and Richmond Road, and was dedicated on 23rd March 2001. To view the left end of the mosaic, click here. To view the central panels, click here. To view the right end, click here. As the mosaic is on a curved wall, we recommend you view it in person, as the photos here cannot do justice to such an interesting 3D artwork. To see a newspaper report and photo from the front page of "Auckland City Harbour News" of 9th May 2001, click here. |
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ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTRE WALL MOSAIC:
The Grey Lynn School in Surrey Crescent was originally the site of a Maori pa, and at that time, the whole area was very likely covered in native trees and shrubs. For this mosaic, Kate has made a number of panels featuring the sort of plants that would have been there originally. These include clematis, mangrove, raupo, puriri, kowhai, manuka, and pohutukawa. Kate has deliberately positioned the mosaic low on the wall, so that passing children may see it clearly. Ultimately, brass plaques giving the common name and botanical name of the different plants will be affixed below each panel. "I am putting out an environmental message here, and providing a link with Grey Lynn's early history," she says. "I hope that this mosaic view of our early days will help people to have pride in the area, and make more effort to keep it clean and attractive." Kate recalls that when she first moved to Grey Lynn, paper garbage bags were standard, and every week on garbage day, disposable nappies littered the streets from burst bags. She is delighted with the new-look Community Centre, and with the general awareness of the community about recycling and the maintenance and preservation of our environment.
This page last updated on 10th June 2002.
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