Brick

Rising out of the brick paving behind The Potters Post, the old post office building built by local brickmakers Gardner Bros and Parker, this sculptural seat celebrates New Lynn's brick industry. Brick was a playful addition to the Totara Avenue streetscape upgrade in 2011 which transformed the street into a pedestrian friendly shared space.

Artist Peter Lange says, "I was asked to produce a seat that commemorated the New Lynn brick industry, and I took a literal approach, literally, and used the word brick in mostly lower-case cursive writing to support the part you sit on. The 'k' forms a useful arm rest by chance, and it was an opportunity to show how fluid brick can be rather than endlessly rectilinear."

Nearby in the Todd Triangle at the other end of Totara Avenue is Lange's Tokens from the Game, also made from brick, these children's board game pieces are rendered to giant proportions.