Sensory Mural Painting for main wall

Sensory Mural for Main wall
Saturn

Sun

Jupiter

Earth

Spiral Gaxy/Milky Way

Space Shuttle

Sensory Rocket

Comet

Shooting Star

Stripy Rocket

Child friendly Rocket

Spaceman

Pluto

Sensory Mural Side Wall Design Meeting !7th June 2011

Design Sketch A

Design Sketch B

Northern Lights

Spiral Galaxy Option 2

Inspiration for Spiral Galaxy Option 1

Shooting Star

Rocket A

Rocket B

Radar Telescopes Domes

Nurse and Patient Star Gazing

Telescope

Art work to be painted in similar style to main mural. Bright bold high contrast. I would like to create a sensory image of a spiral galaxy (top of mural) in a more textured painterly style to provide a constrasting sensory stimulation to the galaxy swirl in the main mural. I have provided two options for the shape of the galaxy as examples. The nurse/child image will be simple silhoute back lit to provide a high contrast outline. The radar telescope domes simple silhoute & smaller than shown in design options above. The telescope in the foreground bright & striped. The rocket A image back plum from the rocket could spread onto the main mural to provide a link between the main & side wall mural if required.

Outcome of Sensory Area Final Design Meeting on 19th April 2010

Example of a good design for a space themed sensory area.

Summary of key points of the meeting:-

A briefing had been given two weeks before our meeting which explained a directive from the trust emphasising we should be endeavouring to meet the requirements raised by the families of children with specific needs e.g. visual/physical.

I had gone away from my original preliminary space themed designed, in good faith, producing characters/images, that individually catered for the age range of the patients.

My designs may meet the criteria for a mural in a children’s hospital but they do not meet the concerns of the families whose children needs should be recognised when designing current hospital projects.

Revised criteria for Sensory Area Mural design:-

• Images are to be ageless.
• i.e. they do not represent a character which with time may not be recognisable or currently popular. Each individual image is also to be ageless in terms of it being stimulating to visitors from the very young to teenage years.

• The focus of the mural with regard to 3 D imagery is to be between 400mm & 800mm from the floor.

• 3-4 Planets

• 5-6 Stars

• 2-3 Rockets

• Screen printing style

• Planets can be painterly but need to be brightly coloured.

• It would be nice to have a larger size rocket perhaps from the floor area to middle ground.




Further to the meeting to ensure I achieved the best possible design I asked advice from a specialist paediatric nurse who works with both children & teaching staff, & a paediatric eye consultant.

Advice from Specialist Paediatric Nurse:-

Different types of materials may add to the experience. e.g. Wood will feel different to Perspex in terms of heat & texture.

Stimulation can be provided simply by making holes.

Large shapes or areas of colour are ideal.

High Contrast is preferred.

Small intricate designs are to be avoided where possible.

There must be no sharp edges.

The design materials must be easily cleanable & meet health & safety requirements.

The Royal National Institute for Blind & partially Blind may be a good source of help.

Advice from Eye Consultant:-

Images to have strong contrast.

Defined edges.

Big & bold.

Do not use soft pastel colours.

Primary colours are best.

Rockets can have stripes.

Swirling images e.g. of galaxy is ok providing there is strong contrast.

Try looking at :-

Visually stimulating images.

Childrens visually Stimulating images.

Mother care.

Sensory Area Dibond Panel layout

Two Dibond panels made from a dibond sheet 2440mm x 1220mm are to be fixed to the main wall.

Note the standard panel height 2440mm exceeds the height available from floor to ceiling in the sensory area.

Exact height to be manufactured to be confirmed by agreement.

To give a better idea of visually exactly what space the final mural will take up on the wall I attached white A4 Sheets of paper to the main wall. The outer size/corners of the two dibond sheets are represented by the white A4 paper sheets marked with a "D". I tempoarily blue tacked A4 paper to the wall to identify the focal area of the design from 400mm to 800mm identified as 400 & 800 on the left hand side of the wall. I also attached A4 sheets to give a sense of size/proportion for any individual images.

Dibond sheet on left hand side of main wall. Please double click to see details of the focal height for 3 D images on the mural identified as 400 & 800.

Dibond sheet on right side of sensory area main wall.

Dibond sheet on right hand side wall.

Final Design layout of Sensory Area Mural.

Option 1 Showing view from Earth in the lower third/quarter of the Mural. The view from earth will include a panoramic vista over land, the oceans & a bright sunset including the Aurora moving lights.

To view the layout more clearly double click on it.

Option 2 Shows the Mural with larger images & without the view from earth in the lower third. For an improved view please double click on the image.

Sensory Area Side Wall Mural

Our Galaxy

Aurora

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These two images are bright & bold which may be ideal to produce for a Sensory area. They could be produced in several different mediums i.e. pastel on black card, water colour, acrylic, acrylic inks, or oil. We could make it totally mixed media using several types of painting/drawing, also add glitter, shiny stick on stars etc. They would provide a contrast with the childlike cartoon style imagery of the main mural. The "Our Galaxy" image may be a suitable alternative option to the Deep Space Background images http://copdartwork.blogspot.com/2011/04/sensory-area-deep-space-images.htmlI have proposed as part of my design sketches.

Sensory Area Disney Pixar Images

Winnie the Pooh, looking calm & relaxed after his succesful visit to the Butterfly Room for a blood test. He could have a Certificate & or Gold medal for being such a well behaved & brave bear held below him to inspire confidence to our young patients. (Certificate details to be advised).

Winnie the Pooh, Piglet & Tigeer dream of visiting Space & eating honey; while reading a Star Wars Book, on a windy day.

Winnies crew in a Star Wars inspired space craft

made from a giant pot of honey & two old umbrellas.

Scooby Doo gives a friend from Toy Story a lift home;

in his eco friendly, dog biscuit driven, space craft.

Mimie Mouse on a Sky Rocket

Buzz Lightyear Wishing "Get Well Soon" to all our patients, as well as providing medical care & Ice creams!

Inspiration for Buzz Lightyear

Mickey Mouse looking to left.

Mickey Mouse Looking to right.

Finding Nemo in Space

Inspiration for Nemo

Pluto on Pluto

Inspiration for Pluto

Please note The manager of the Walt Disney-Pixar shop in # has kindly given permission for us to use their images for Children's Out Patients at the hospital as the work is specifically for children & not for commercial gain.