A photograph of a flower mosaic on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A lovely detail from the chair, with the opus outline but no grout yet."
A photograph of a flower mosaic on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A lovely detail from the chair, with the opus outline but no grout yet."
A photograph of a flower mosaic on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A lovely detail from the chair, with the opus outline but no grout yet."
A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch removing the excess adhesive from a mosaic flower on their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "...and only 59 to go."
A photograph of Katherine O'Connor and Helen Campbell adding grout to Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "The very first grout goes on and suddenly the chair comes alive."
A photograph of Jayne White removing excess adhesive from between the tiles of a flower mosaic. The flower mosaic is part of Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A tedious process."
A photograph of Sharon Wilson removing excess adhesive from between the tiles of a flower mosaic. The flower mosaic is part of Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A tedious process."
A photograph of Sharon Wilson removing excess adhesive from between the tiles of a flower mosaic. The flower mosaic is part of Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "A tedious process."
A photograph of Katherine O'Connor and Helen Campbell adding grout to Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "The very first grout goes on and suddenly the chair comes alive."
A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch working to attach the flower mosaics to their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "From left: Jennie Cooper, Helen Campbell, Jayne White, and Marie Hudson."
A photograph of the partially-completed mosaic on the arm of Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "The debate over opus goes on and we settle for flowing lines in the end."
A photograph of lines drawn on the arm of Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "The debate over opus goes on and we settle for flowing lines in the end."
A photograph of Jennie Cooper polishing one of Crack'd for Christchurch's mosaic flowers. The flower has been attached to their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "And each flower is polished."
A photograph of Jayne White preparing lunch for the Crack'd for Christchurch team. The team are working on their armchair artwork in a garage.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "February 2014. The work continues through the summer and into winter."
A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch taking a break. The team have been working on their armchair artwork in a garage.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "February 2014. The work continues through the summer and into the winter. From left: Jayne White, Marie Hudson, Jennie Cooper, and Helen Campbell."
A photograph of Crack'd for Christchurch's partially-completed mosaic on their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "We had many interesting discussion about the 'opus' (the background cream colour surrounding our pattern). Should it flow like the pattern, or be a geometric grid as these lines drawn on the chair indicate?."
A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch working on their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Most of the pattern is in place, and the opus is slowly being put around each flower. From top: Jennie Cooper and Katherine O'Connor."
A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch working on their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Most of the pattern is in place, and the opus is slowly being put around each flower. From left: Marie Hudson, Jennie Cooper, and Katherine O'Connor."
A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch working on their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Once the opus starts to go on, things speed up. We have a September deadline for the big reveal. Here we are in July. From left: Helen Campbell, Jennie Cooper, and Sharon Wilson."
A photograph of Helen Campbell repairing the mosaic on Crack'd for Christchurch's ottoman artwork. The ottoman is in the Green Room garden on Colombo Street.
A photograph of Marie Hudson attaching a flower mosaic to Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork. Below, Jenny Cooper is polishing another flower mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Marie makes it look easy."
A photograph of Marie Hudson attaching a flower mosaic to Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork. Below, Jennie Cooper is polishing another flower mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Marie makes it look easy."
A photograph of Helen Campbell repairing Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair mosaic in 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 the front of Crack'd for Christchurch's partially-completed armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "We took quotes from some of the letters sent to us and a local ceramicist, Cecelia Freire De Mance, donated her time and wonderful skills to turn these into ceramic tiles to be broken up for the chair. This one reads, 'treasures in our everyday living...'."
A photograph of Crack'd for Christchurch's preparation for mosaicking their armchair artwork in a garage. A number of mosaics of flowers and leaves have been laid over the floor. Several cars covered in dust sheets are parked in the background. To the right, Jenny Cooper is placing paper mosaic designs on the arms of the chair.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Some of the flowers made over the summer, laid out and ready to go on the chair."
A photograph of Helen Campbell sitting on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork. The artwork had just been unveiled during the launch of the Green Room garden on Colombo Street.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Helen enjoying a well-deserved rest."
A photograph of members of the public examining Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair mosaic. The armchair and ottoman artworks have just been unveiled during the launch of the Green Room garden on Colombo Street.
A photograph of Sharon Wilson removing excess grout from Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "One the grout was complete, the whole chair had to be cleaned of excess grout, polished, and sealed. A dirty job with dremmels and various scrapers."
A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch cleaning their armchair mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Once the grout was complete, the whole chair had to be clean of excess grout, polished, and sealed. A dirty job done with dremmels and various scrapers. From left: Katherine O'Connor, Helen Campbell, and Sharon Wilson."