Photo and design Copyright © KarenBaker2010
Lake Eyre Birdbath: 37cm diameter bowl sits on terracotta stand 30cm tall.
Materials: stained glass, rocks, millefiori, glass balls, ceramic pelicans 10cms tall.
Suitability: this mosaic garden art is intended for outdoor use, as a birdbath, to be filled with water. The terracotta is sealed initially, and after tiling is grouted and sealed. The top dish sits on a quality teracotta base, and can be lifted off for ease of cleaning. A small terracotta dish is attached to the underside of the dish to ensure stability.
Weight: bowl and base -10kgs
Inspired by the current flooding of Lake Eyre in South Australia.
Lake Eyre is 144km long and 77km wide, 1.35million hectares. Although Lake Eyre has had water in it a number of times over the last century, it has only been filled to capacity 3 times in the last 150 years. When it floods, the water that flows in, is fresh and the waters come alive with native fresh water fish such as Bony Bream and Golden Perch. Lake Eyre becomes a breeding site for enormous numbers of water bird such as Pelican, Silver Gulls, Banded Stilts.... and more. Normally dry, it is now 2 years in a row it has contained water. Floodwaters from the north of the country this year are responsible for this phenomenon. This year "boaties" from near and far trekked to the area to sail on the great lake. It is so amazing to realise that this outback dustbowl can transform into a lush hustling bustling metropolis.
Photo and design Copyright © KarenBaker2010
Photo and design Copyright © KarenBaker2010
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