The "Clay to Play" pilot project could eventually result in 900 or more clay tiles exhibited along the walkway from the penguin colony at the Oamaru Harbour, through the public gardens to the Waitaki Community Garden on the town boundary in Chelmer St.
It is part of a project to develop "playscapes" around the town, being driven by three 17-year-old secondary school pupils, Kate Horrell (Waitaki Girls' High School), Scott Godsall (Waitaki Boys' High School) and Scott Algar (St Kevin's College), with the help of co-ordinator Gloria Hurst.
Yesterday, the intermediate school pupils embarked on a day-long tour of Oamaru, from the community gardens to the Oamaru Harbour, taking in such attractions as the public gardens and the historic area.
Mrs Hurst described it as "a day of self discovery - respecting and imagining the past, the future and finding a sense of self".
All armed with cameras, one of their tasks was to photograph things that inspired them which they could use to design their tiles, intermediate school art technology teacher Sue McLean said.
Back at school, the pupils will load their photos on to a computer, select six and then narrow that down to one on which they will design their individual tile.
They will be done with the help of Lazycat Pottery and Tileworks' Vaughan Tessier-Varlet who will fire the 15cm square tiles.
Another group of year 7 pupils from intermediate school will also take part in the same programme and it was hoped to bring all year 7 pupils in North Otago into the project next year.
