Bring back Flight to where it belongs - at home with all the other birds that live at the estuary.
Christchurch, Canterbury
To honour local sculptor LLew Summers, the community spent two years fundraising to purchase his last large bronze work "Flight". It was placed beside the Avon Heathcote estuary edge on the main road, and quickly became a feature that brought pleasure to the thousands of people who passed it every day. Sadly it was recently stolen and cut up for scrap. Your support will fund the creation of a new work, which will be hand crafted in concrete. This is a nod to Llew's many large-scale works in concrete before he began casting in bronze.
I am a member of the Mt Pleasant community that initiated the project to place a memorial to our beloved local, Llew Summers.
The money will be spent on creating a new mould and casting the sculpture in concrete.
Bring back flight 22 September 2026
This new goal is a better reflection of the true cost.
Thank you Lynne - we are nearly there!
Thank you - it will be back this summer
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