Art on the sides of shipping containers along Main Road in Sumner. The shipping containers have been placed along the road to protect road users from the risk of falling rocks from the cliff above. ContainerArt is a project to beautify shipping containers around the city, turning the negative into a positive.
Art on the sides of shipping containers along Main Road in Sumner. The shipping containers have been placed along the road to protect road users from the risk of falling rocks from the cliff above. ContainerArt is a project to beautify shipping containers around the city, turning the negative into a positive.
Container Love: shipping container decorated with knitted and crocheted squares. Sumner, Christchurch.
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From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Container Love: shipping container decorated with knitted and crocheted squares. Sumner, Christchurch.
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From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Container Love: shipping container decorated with knitted and crocheted squares. Sumner, Christchurch.
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From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Container Love: shipping container decorated with knitted and crocheted squares. Sumner, Christchurch.
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From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
A painting wrapped around the side of one of the shipping containers in Sumner. Shipping containers have been placed along Main Road to protect people from rock fall. The artwork is part of the ContainerArt project which aims to turn the fixture of shipping containers in the Sumner community into a positive by turning them into works of art.
Shops made from shipping containers in Re:Start mall.
Shipping containers on the sites of demolished buildings in Sydenham.
Shipping containers protect the road from rockfall in Sumner. One of the containers has been spray-painted, "Sumner rocks".
A photograph of a colorful crocheted cover for a shipping container. It has various patterns including a black swan, a four leaf clover, the New Zealand flag, some heart patterns, a white house, a pair of pears, a variety of flowers, and the words "Joe & Nat", "Mt Pleasant", and "love from Tauranga".
A photograph of a Downer employee working from a shipping container.
Container Love: shipping container decorated with knitted and crocheted squares. Sumner, Christchurch.
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From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Container Love: shipping container decorated with knitted and crocheted squares. Sumner, Christchurch.
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From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Container Love: shipping container decorated with knitted and crocheted squares. Sumner, Christchurch.
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From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Container Love: shipping container decorated with knitted and crocheted squares. Sumner, Christchurch.
File reference: CCL-2012-05-12-Around-Sumner-May-2012 DSC_032.JPG
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
A photograph showing a damaged building between a gap in shipping containers.
A photograph of shipping containers lining the cliffs along Main Road in Sumner.
A photograph of shipping containers lining the cliffs along Main Road in Sumner.
A photograph of shipping containers lining the cliffs along Main Road in Sumner.
A photograph of shipping containers lining the cliffs along Main Road in Sumner.
A photograph of shipping containers lining the cliffs along Main Road in Sumner.
A photograph of shipping containers lining the cliffs along Main Road in Sumner.
A photograph of construction equipment displayed in a shipping container on Oxford Terrace.
A photograph of construction equipment displayed in a shipping container on Oxford Terrace.
A photograph of construction equipment displayed in a shipping container on Oxford Terrace.
A photograph of a building facade on High Street supported by shipping containers.
A photograph showing shipping containers stacked to protect one side of MSC house.
A photograph showing a shipping container being moved into position in Cathedral Square.
A photograph showing a shipping container being moved into position in Cathedral Square.