Zarafa's Blue Mandala's No.10

By artist Jeremy Sauzier is another one of a herd of fibreglass giraffes that are all around the Christchurch. Yesterday I did a blip of another one in the city.

Jeremy Sauzier is also the person who did the 'Capturing shadows in shades of blue' in New Regent Street.. Here is a blip I did on Jeremy at work on them. He is a wonderful person to talk to.

Christchurch Stand Tall is a mass appeal public art project organised by the United Kingdom organisation, Wild in Art.

More than 50 giraffes, each standing 2.5 metres tall, will be painted and decorated by local artists and planted in parks, streets and open spaces. Christchurch schools will decorate another 50 baby giraffes. Each would be sponsored, and organiser Claire Cowles said many still needed support.

Wild in Art has produced several other public displays. Liverpool has had penguins, Sydney had rhinos and Bristol hosted Gromits, from Wallace and Gromit.

Cowles said each animal was chosen for the city visited and standing tall seemed appropriate for Christchurch post-earthquakes. All 100 giraffes would be on display for 12 weeks during summer and would then be auctioned off with proceeds going to charities like Child Cancer, Life in Vacant Spaces and Gap Filler.
For more information on the Giraffe artworks.