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A photograph of the steel frame of Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Mid September 2013. The chair frame was made by Bob Hamilton from Total Fabrications. It is shown here with Chris Raateland who did a lot of heavy lifting for Crack'd."

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch preparing to attach one of the flower mosaics to their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Mosaic adhesive goes on to the concrete chair (which has been sealed and primed). We also put mosaic adhesive on the back of each flower."

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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."

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch attaching one of the flower mosaics to their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Mosaic adhesive goes on to the concrete chair (which has been sealed and primed). We also put mosaic adhesive on the back of each flower. From left: Marie Hudson, Helen Campell, and Jennie Cooper."

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A photograph of the members of Crack'd for Christchurch gathered on and around their armchair and ottoman artworks. The artworks have just been unveiled during the launch of the Green Room garden on Colombo Street.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Everyone enjoying the chair."

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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?."

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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."

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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: Helen Campbell, Katherine O'Connor, and Sharon Wilson."

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A photograph of several earthquake-damaged and partially-demolished buildings on Manchester Street near the intersection of Lichfield Street. To the right two emergency management personnel are taking photographs from the intersection. On the other side of the intersection there are several chairs, tables, and a couch under a red umbrella. Another member of an emergency management team is sitting on the couch.

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A photograph of Jonathan Hall, Marie Hudson, and Jenny Cooper in Crack'd for Christchurch's workshop.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "It is August 2013, two and a half years since the big quake. We have a plan, we have a tiny bit of funding, and we have commissioned the chair framework. From left: Jenny Cooper, Marie Hudson, and Jonathan Hall (chair engineer of Greening the Rubble)."

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A photograph of a camera operator filming Marie Hudson as she works on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair mosaic.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "August 2014. Mike Thorpe and camera man filming Flora for Seven Sharp in anticipation of the launch. Only 4 weeks to go. No grout on the chair yet."

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A photograph of a camera operator filming Sharon Wilson and Jennie Cooper as they work on Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "August 2014. Mike Thorpe and camera man filming Flora for Seven Sharp in anticipation of the launch. Only 4 weeks to go. No grout on the chair yet."

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A photograph of a camera operator filming members of Crack'd for Christchurch as they work on their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "August 2014. Mike Thorpe and camera man filming Flora for Seven Sharp in anticipation of the launch. Only 4 weeks to go. No grout on the chair yet. From left: Sharon Wilson, Marie Hudson, and Jennie Cooper."

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A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch working on their armchair artwork. Reporter Mike Thorpe is in the background.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "August 2014. Mike Thorpe and camera man filming Flora for Seven Sharp in anticipation of the launch. Only 4 weeks to go. No grout on the chair yet. From left: Jenny Cooper, Marie Hudson, and Sharon Wilson."

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A photograph of a camera operator filming members of Crack'd for Christchurch as they work on their armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "August 2014. Mike Thorpe and camera man filming Flora for Seven Sharp in anticipation of the launch. Only 4 weeks to go. No grout on the chair yet. From left: Helen Campbell, Jennie Cooper, and Marie Hudson."

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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...'."