A member of the Lyttelton community who was given a felt heart outside the library. The felt hearts were a healing outlet during the Canterbury earthquakes. The goal was to create beauty in the midst of chaos, to keep people's hands busy and their minds off the terrifying reality of the earthquakes, as well as to give a gift of love to workers and businesses who helped improve life in Lyttelton.
Maria, one of the heart stitchers outside the library. The felt hearts were a healing outlet during the Canterbury earthquakes. The goal was to create beauty in the midst of chaos, to keep people's hands busy and their minds off the terrifying reality of the earthquakes, as well as to give a gift of love to workers and businesses who helped improve life in Lyttelton.
A member of the Lyttelton community who was given a felt heart outside the library. The felt hearts were a healing outlet during the Canterbury earthquakes. The goal was to create beauty in the midst of chaos, to keep people's hands busy and their minds off the terrifying reality of the earthquakes, as well as to give a gift of love to workers and businesses who helped improve life in Lyttelton.
A felt heart sewn to the wire fence in front of the Lyttelton Borough Council Chambers Building, a pile of bricks fallen from which are visible on the street. The heart provides a bit of beauty and hope to an otherwise depressing scene, the words "say yes often" embroided on the felt.
Bunting on wire fencing on Norwich Quay in front of the site of the destroyed Royal Hotel in Lyttelton. The bunting reads "Kia Kaha Lyttelton".
A felt heart sewn to the wire fencing in front of the Ground Culinary Centre in Lyttelton. The heart provides a bit of beauty and hope to an otherwise depressing scene, with the word "Love" embroided in the centre.
The destruction of the Ground Culinary Centre on London Street. A digger is sitting on top of a pile of rubble. This site will soon be made into the Lyttelton Petanque Club.
A young English woman at the Lyttelton Saturday flea market hugs a resident. She was part of a group offering free hugs to anybody who needed one.
The destruction of the Royal Hotel on the corner of Norwich Quay and Canterbury Street.
Governor-General Anand Satyanand and wife visiting Lyttelton after the earthquakes. Felt hearts can be seen pinned on their clothes.
A notice on the window of the closed Fish and Chip shop on London Street reading, "Sorry my shop is damage and not open again. Sorry for everyone who have (sic) damage, very sad and very hard for people. But I will open new shop soon in Norwich Quay. See you soon, Phyong".
The Lyttelton Petanque Working Bee, a Gap Filler project to create a garden and petanque court in an empty site in Lyttelton.
The porch of the Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Lyttelton. The building was green stickered after the September earthquake, meaning it was safe to enter, but collapsed in the February earthquake.
The co-founder and Creative Director of Gap Filler, Coralie Winn, making a coffee at the Lyttelton Petanque Working Bee, a Gap Filler project to create a garden and petanque court in an empty site in Lyttelton.
St Joseph's Church on Winchester Street with a broken gable and tower.
The co-founder and Creative Director of Gap Filler, Coralie Winn, sorting bricks at the Lyttelton Petanque Working Bee, a Gap Filler project to create a garden and petanque court in an empty site in Lyttelton.
Trent Hiles's artwork in the demolished site of the Harbour Light Theatre.
A cat curled up on a couch next to a cushion depicting a kiwi in a hard hat holding a shovel. The cushion was purchased at Lyttelton flea market in Oxford Street.
A collage of Lyttelton organised by the Lyttelton TimeBank in front of the Library. The public were asked to make a collage depicting the earthquake and their experiences in Lyttelton.
Ciaran and Rich at the Lyttelton Petanque Working Bee, a Gap Filler project to create a garden and petanque court in an empty site in Lyttelton.
The Lyttelton Petanque Working Bee, a Gap Filler project to create a garden and petanque court in an empty site in Lyttelton.
A collage of Lyttelton organised by the Lyttelton TimeBank in front of the Library. The public were asked to make a collage depicting the earthquake and their experiences in Lyttelton.
A collage of Lyttelton organised by the Lyttelton TimeBank in front of the Library. The public were asked to make a collage depicting the earthquake and their experiences in Lyttelton.
A blackboard announcing live music on Saturdays at the Lyttelton Petanque Club, a Gap Filler project in the empty site of the Ground Culinary Centre. In the distance, the Port Hole can be seen, a temporary bar made out of shipping containers where the Volcano Cafe used to be.
The Lyttelton Community Garden in next to the Lyttelton Petanque Club, a Gap Filler project in the empty site of the Ground Culinary Centre.
The entrance way of the Lyttelton Convent (now privately owned) on Exeter Street, all that is left of this beautiful brick building. A pile of rubble can be seen through the doorway.
The Lyttelton Petanque Club, a Gap Filler project in the empty site of the Ground Culinary Centre.
The deconstruction of the former Lyttelton Fire station/Stanaway house on the corner of London and Oxford Streets.
The Lyttelton Times Building on Norwich Quay with a collapsed front wall and the exposed inside of the building.
The stitching of felt hearts on the anniversary of the first earthquake on the site of the demolished Ground Culinary Centre, which is now the Lyttelton Petanque Club grounds, a gathering spot for many community events and activities.