Artist: Nicholas Jeffrey

Age: 10

School Name: Creative Einstein

Lead-safety Message: When Australia is leading the world with National Lead-Safety Policy, it will be time for The LEAD Group’s Grandma Lead to relax.

Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper.

Artist: Nicholas Jeffrey

Age: 10

School Name: Creative Einstein

Lead-safety Message: From the cradle to the grave, let’s celebrate our healthy aging and ensure our bodies are not taking in or releasing past lead. Request a blood lead series at your next medical check-up.

Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper.

Artist: Tabitha Ryan

Age: 10

School Name: Creative Einstein

Lead-safety Message: Life is heavy enough without adding lead.

Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper.

Artist: Khangai Davaasuren

Age: 7

School Name: Creative Einstein

Lead-safety Message: “Every molecule of lead that we put in the air (by burning fossil fuels, making batteries, shooting bullets, sanding lead paint, etc) is rained down or washed off the land into the sea, making the concentration of lead in deep sea mud four times more than naturally occurs in the earth’s crust.” — «Lead in the Environment»

Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper.

Artist: Khangai Davaasuren

Age: 7

School Name: Creative Einstein

Lead-safety Message: Reflecting on our murky past and our bright future, I thank The LEAD Group for Australia’s bans on leaded petrol (in 2002) and leaded paint (in 2021).

Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper.

Artist: Khangai Davaasuren

Age: 7

School Name: Creative Einstein

Lead-safety Message: “The Tulips… weigh me down [like] a dozen red lead sinkers around my neck.” — Sylvia Plath

Don’t be weighed down by lead! Get a blood lead test and detox yourself.

Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper.

Artist: Jayesh Verma

Lead-safety Message: Be aware with frauds

Description of Work: I have made an installation art using scrap materials, of baryonyx dinosaur who was a carnivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic period.

Artist: Peter Mack

Lead-safety Message: Lead hides in unexpected places – you need to keep an eye out!

Description of Work: Carved aerated concrete, paint, and lead.

Artist: Gordon Ma

Age: 10

School Name: Creative Einstein

Lead-safety Message: Lead poisoning causes cataract blindness in humans and possibly in reptiles too. Don’t leave lead sinkers behind when you go fishing!

Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper.

Artist: Kiana Parsyar

Age: 9

School Name: St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School

Lead-safety Message: Fruits and tea are high in antioxidants and help detox lead poisoning. Persians love tea and put handmade carpets everywhere even under our tea cups!

Description of Work: Watercolour