A photograph of a truck transporting Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork along Ferry Road. The armchair has been wrapped in a tarpaulin and secured to the back of the truck with rope.
A photograph of Crack'd for Christchurch's partially-constructed armchair artwork. The armchair is on a pallet in Greening the Rubble's workshop. Jonathan Hall has moulded polystyrene, wood, mesh, and concrete over the steel frame to construct the armchair. Two cast-iron bath feet have attached to the front legs.
A photograph of a half-finished mosaic design sitting on a table.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "As a trial we made pavers for the temporary Bus Exchange on St Asaph Street."
A photograph of ceramic pots decorated with a mosaic. The mosaic was made out of broken pieces from an earthquake-damaged ceramic handbag ornament.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Mosaic pots made by Fifi Colston from Wellington. The handbag is gone but the pots live on."
A photograph of Jonathan Hall and Nick Johnston preparing to lift Crack'd for Christchurch's ottoman artwork into the Green Room garden. Straps have been threaded under the ottoman and attached to the hook of a mechanical arm.
A photograph of Mike Thorpe from Seven Sharp interviewing Jenny Cooper during the launch of the Green Room garden on Colombo Street.
A photograph of Helen Campbell in the Green Room garden on Colombo Street. Helen has been repairing Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair and ottoman mosaics.
A photograph of Marie Hudson lifting a tarpaulin to examine Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork in the Green Room garden on Colombo Street. The armchair has just been lowered onto a platform in the garden.
A digital copy of a plan for the Greening the Rubble Green Room garden on Colombo Street. The plan shows a sketch of the garden including a raised floor, flower beds, a paved path, and a picket fence. It also contains measurements and notes on what will be planted in the beds.
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."
A photograph of a camera operator from TVNZ filming the placement of Crack'd for Christchurch's ottoman artwork onto a platform. The platform is in the Green Room garden on Colombo Street.
A photograph of the partially-completed Green Room garden on Colombo Street. Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair and mosaic artworks are on a platform in the back. The armchair and ottoman have been wrapped in tarpaulins until their unveiling. Wire fences have been placed around the section as a cordon.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Flora and Otto waiting for their big day, with the garden still to be finished."
A house on Avonside Drive with cracks in its foundations and the interior wall of its porch as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Cracks can also be seen in the asphalt of its driveway.
A photograph of the Oxford on Avon Bar and Restaurant on the corner of Colombo Street and Oxford Terrace. The entrance has been boarded up with plywood and cracks can be seen in the building's facade.
A red-stickered house in Avonside. This means the house is unsafe to enter. A crack can be seen running through the lawn and a slab of concrete in the driveway has lifted up.
Structural damage to St Elmo Courts with diagonal cracks between the windows of the building. These cracks show that there has been rocking of the masonry piers which means there is no vertical reinforcement provided in the walls.
Dried liquefaction silt in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "Here you can see the very fine surface layer of liquefaction starting to shrink, crack and then curl up on itself".
A photograph taken across the Avon River of large cracks in the bank between Park Terrace and the footpath. Road cones have been placed along the street to warn road users.
A photograph of a crack running across Gayhurst Road, with a line of cars in the distance. A temporary road sign indicates that the speed limit is 30 km/h in this area.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Canterbury Television Building on Gloucester Street. There are large cracks in the columns of the building and many of the windows are broken.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office examining a crack in St Elmo Courts on the corner of Montreal Street and Hereford Street.
Damage to a house in Richmond. A large crack runs through brickwork under a window, and one side of the wall has visibly slumped, leaving a gap between the bricks and the window frame. The photographer comments, "Cracking in the external brickwork".
Internal damage to a house in Richmond. The top of a window frame has separated from its side, and above a large crack in the wallboard has exposed the bricks behind. The photographer comments, "Cracks in the wall of the sunroom".
Internal damage to a house in Richmond. A large crack in the wallboard below a window has exposed the bricks, and the skirting board has moved away from the floor. The photographer comments, "Cracks in the wall of the sunroom".
The ground literally opened up! On the previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.
The ground literally opened up! On the previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.
The ground literally opened up! On the previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.
The ground literally opened up! On the previously unknown faultline along which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.
Cracks in the parapet of this beautiful Madras Street building that I walk past to / from work everyday; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
Cracks in the parapet of this beautiful Madras Street building that I walk past to / from work everyday; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
