Crack'd for Christchurch Photographs

A collection of photographs taken by members of Crack'd for Christchurch. The photographs outline the gathering, preparation, and sorting of the Crack'd for Christchurch's china, and the construction of their pavers, armchair, and ottoman artworks.

Last updated
8:05pm 5th November 2017
Type
Collection
Identifier
qsr-collection:19500

Contains 238 items


Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 049
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 049
A photograph of pieces of broken china laid on a mosaic design.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Marie begins the very first flower. It is so difficult and time consuming that we are all in despair. Will this take forever? No-one is getting paid and we all have jobs and lives in some chaos thanks to the earthquakes."
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 050
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 050
A photograph of a workstation in Crack'd for Christchurch's workshop. The workstation includes pieces of broken china, a pair of cutters for breaking up china, a plastic container to hold china pieces, and two mosaic plans. One of the plans has a piece of mesh laid over the top. The other is being used to lay out the mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Marie begins the very first flower. It is so difficult and time consuming that we are all in despair. Will this take forever? No-one is getting paid and we all have jobs and lives in some chaos thanks to the earthquakes."
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 051
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 051
A photograph of a half-finished flower mosaic. The mosaic has been made out of pieces of broken china which have been laid over a paper design. Mesh has also been placed over the design so that it can be transferred easily to Crack's for Christchurch's concrete chair. Other pieces of china are scattered around the mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Marie begins the very first flower. It is so difficult and time consuming that we are all in despair. Will this take forever? No-one is getting paid and we all have jobs and lives in some chaos thanks to the earthquakes."
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 052
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 052
A photograph of Shirley Walden making a flower mosaic out of pieces of broken china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "September 2013, three years after the first quake. Shirley Walden working on an early flower design in Helen's kitchen."
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 053
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 053
A photograph of a half-finished flower mosaic design made by a member of Crack'd for Christchurch.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "September 2013, three years after the first quake. Shirley Walden working on an early flower design in Helen's kitchen."
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 054
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 054
A photograph of cast iron bath feet sitting on top of a washing machine.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Jenny bought eight Victorian cast iron bath feet from Trade Me."
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 055
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 055
A photograph of cast iron bath feet sitting on newspaper on a kitchen bench.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Jenny bought eight Victorian cast iron bath feet from Trade Me."
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 056
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 056
A photograph of a cast iron bath foot.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Jenny bought eight Victorian cast iron bath feet from Trade Me and stripped them back."
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 057
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 057
A photograph of the steel frame of Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Mid September 2013. The chair frame was made by Bob Hamilton from Total Fabrications. It is shown here with Chris Raateland who did a lot of heavy lifting for Crack'd."
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 058
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 058
A photograph of the steel frame of Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Mid September 2013. The chair frame was made by Bob Hamilton from Total Fabrications."
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 059
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 059
A photograph of the steel frame of Crack'd for Christchurch's ottoman artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Mid September 2013. The ottoman frame was made by Bob Hamilton from Total Fabrications."
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 060
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 060
A photograph of Steven Cooper welding the steel frame of Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.