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__ My Wikispace presentation is about a sculpter named Deborah Halpern __
Deborah Halpern is the artist behind this sculpture at Beauty Park. She grew up with a lot of ceramic material around her, she began work as a ceramics apprentice in 1971. She went to study painting in the Caufield Institute of Technology in 1979. In 1981, Deborah started to display her work at the annual Victorian Ceramic Show and at the Blackwood Street Gallery. In 1982 Deborah worked as an artist in residence at the Croydon Community Centre. During that time her work was selected to be exhibited in the Melblourne Meat Market and Craft and at the Potters Gallery in Sydney.

A lot of her work is abstract. She uses a lot of line, shape, texture and and colour in her artwork and thats what makes her work stand out.

Deborah is a mosaic artist, She is inspired by Pablo Picasso. She has been passionate about Mosaics sculptures for the past 20 years and has pieces on display throughout the country. Deborah usually begins her mosaic work with sketches and drawings, although not all of her pieces are planned. The figure is created from steel mesh and sprayed with expanding foam. Deborah then carves the shape of her piece and covers it with a fibro-glass skin. Finally, ceramic tiles are added to the skin to create the mosaic sculpture. Deborah believes her work is a joyful expression of her life, wacky designs created for absolutely no reason. She has a passion for everything she makes, whether it would be a large public sculpture for the city of Melbourne or a mural in a schoolyard. All of her pieces are decorated with a big face. This is her signature and it gives her artworks life and emotion.