Artwork: Save our Dux

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One mixed media artwork by Katie Spragg titled "Save Our Dux" depicting felt cut outs of people pasted onto an oil background, a black cardboard message reading "Save ou[r] Dux" is pasted letter by letter onto the felt. "Dux Lux" is painted below the felt and cardboard elements. Work was tied to the security fence surrounding the Dux de Lux rest...

Souvenir Tea Towel: Stronger City by Gertrude Ryder Bennett

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One white linen tea towel with the poem ‘Stronger City’ by Gertrude Ryder Bennett, 1931, printed in black. This tea towel was produced by Lyttelton retailer 'God Save the Queen' in response to the 22 February earthquake. Rebecca Lovell-Smith owned and operated the vintage shop ‘God Save the Queen’ in Lyttelton. She lost both her home and the sh...