Our Special Sculpture

A special sculpture is beginning to take shape in our Resilience Garden.

The sculpture was designed using ideas put forward from students in every class in the school. 
Local artist, Shaugn Briggs, met with some student representatives to discuss the ideas we had come up with and look at the drawings each class had submitted.

He also discussed some of the safety aspects and design elements that have to be taken into account, like not having a design that is top heavy or with a thin piece of stone holding it together that might get broken.

From all these ideas the final design was decided upon. 

The design represents helping hands, Rise Up Christchurch and the koru heart represents the bond we have developed with each other and the aroha and support we have been given by others and endeavour to give each other.

Shaugn went to a quarry near Oamaru and selected the right piece of Oamaru stone for our special sculpture. He then organised for it to be delivered to our school.

Once in place, Shaugn secured the stone and drew the design onto it.

Over the last two weeks, many students from classes throughout the school have had turns at shaping, carving, smoothing and sanding the sculpture.

It has been hard, dusty work, but also lots of fun to see the sculpture taking shape in our Resilience Garden.

              

 

 

 

 

The sculpture is really starting to take shape.