A photograph of street art on a fence near the roundabout of St Martins Road and Gamblins Road. The artwork depicts a Star Wars Stormtrooper and Space Invaders characters.
A photograph of street art on a fence near the roundabout of St Martins Road and Gamblins Road. The artwork depicts a Star Wars Stormtrooper and Space Invaders characters.
A photograph of children and adults in superhero and Star Wars costumes at Christchurch Botanic Gardens for the farewell party of local hero 'Flat Man'. All Right? posted the photograph on their Facebook page on 6 December 2014 at 2:53pm.
Over the summer on The Weekend we've been talking to recyclers and upcyclers, people who like the Wombles, are making good use of the things that they find, things that the everyday folks leave behind.
This is true of Christchurch builder, artist and furniture maker, Tim McGurk. He says he works with whatever junk and materials he can find.
Tim crafted several items from the materials salvaged from an earthquake damaged Christchurch house, as part of the Whole House Reuse project. He also made the news when he made a Star Wars inspired X-wing sculpture/lamp out of salvaged rimu.