Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 024

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A photograph of pieces of broken china laid out in a pattern across a courtyard. A member of Crack'd for Christchurch is kneeling next to the china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "December 2011. Jenny Cooper. China spread out for a publicity shot."

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A photograph of pieces of whole and broken china in a dish rack.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "China washed and waiting to be broken down."

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 013

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A photograph of a member of Crack'd for Christchurch breaking up a piece of china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A good shot of Sharon Wilson breaking china into useable sizes."

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A photograph of boxes and buckets of broken china stacked in a room. Labels on the storage containers indicate that the china has been organised by colour, pattern, and texture.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "The results of a lot of hard work. Sorted and boxed china nearly a year after beginning."

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 017

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A photograph of pieces of china which have been broken and sorted by members of Crack'd for Christchurch.

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 014

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A photograph of pieces of china which have been broken and sorted by members of Crack'd for Christchurch.

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 015

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A photograph of pieces of china which have been broken and sorted by members of Crack'd for Christchurch.

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 016

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A photograph of pieces of china which have been broken and sorted by members of Crack'd for Christchurch.

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 019

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A photograph of pieces of china which have been broken and sorted by members of Crack'd for Christchurch.

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 020

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A photograph of pieces of china which have been broken and sorted by members of Crack'd for Christchurch.

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 018

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A photograph of pieces of china which have been broken and sorted by members of Crack'd for Christchurch.

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 023

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A photograph of pieces of china which have been broken and sorted by members of Crack'd for Christchurch.

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 021

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A photograph of pieces of china which have been broken and sorted by members of Crack'd for Christchurch.

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 022

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A photograph of pieces of china which have been broken and sorted by members of Crack'd for Christchurch.

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A photograph of Jenny Cooper labelling boxes of broken china in Crack'd for Christchurch's workshop.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Jenny Cooper always labelling, labelling, labelling."

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A photograph of Katherine Innes breaking up pieces of china in the garage where Crack'd for Christchurch are working on their armchair artwork.

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch breaking up pieces of china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "November now, a nice shot of us (from left: Marie Hudson, Helen Campbell, Sharon Wilson, and Shirley Walden). We met regularly over that first winter, trying to keep on top of the china as it flowed in."

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 011

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch breaking up pieces of china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "November now, a nice shot of us (from left: Marie Hudson, Helen Campbell, Shirley Walden, and Sharon Wilson). We met regularly over that first winter, trying to keep on top of the china as it flowed in."

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch sorting through pieces of broken china. Two of the members are using tools to break the china into smaller pieces.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "May 2011. The team has met, made a plan of attack, and are beginning the huge job of breaking up china into useable pieces which can be stored easily. Some of our earliest members can be seen in this photograph (from left: Sharon Wilson, Shirley Walden, Helen Campbell, and Marie Hudson)."

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 2051

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Chinese lanterns in Victoria Square. These were erected ito celebrate the Chinese New Year before the February 22nd earthquake. Ten months later, they look a little bedraggled".

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 069

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A photograph of Sharon Wilson and Helen Campbell working in Crack'd for Christchurch's workshop. Wilson and Campbell have laid pieces of broken china on the carpet in front of them.

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 2053

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Chinese lanterns were erected in Victoria Square to celebrate Chinese New Year just before the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Ten months later the lanterns look a little bedraggled".

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A photograph of a member of Crack'd for Christchurch laying out pieces of broken china on a table.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Some of our earliest donations."

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 010

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch, who have been breaking up pieces of china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "November now, a nice shot of us (from left: Marie Hudson, Jenny Cooper, Helen Campbell, Sharon Wilson, and Shirley Walden). We met regularly over that first winter, trying to keep on top of the china as it flowed in."

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A photograph of the damaged Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church.

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A close-up photograph of a mosaic paver made from pieces of broken china.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "As a trial we made pavers for the temporary Bus Exchange on St Asaph Street."

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A photograph of boxes of broken china stored in a bedroom.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "May 2011, Crack'd has been going for a month. The china begins to collect in our spare room. It often arrived covered in liquefaction and broken glass, food and mud, and it was incredibly bulky. It had to be cleaned, sorted, but not broken down, before it was stored."

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A Chinese lantern in Victoria Square".

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 074

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch using pieces of broken china to create a mosaic on their ottoman.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Coming up with colour combinations. This is the fun part."

Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 075

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A photograph of pieces of broken china laid on top of Crack'd for Christchurch's ottoman.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A mosaicking day over the summer...lots of laughter and good food too."