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Chris Booth

Kerikeri, Northland, New Zealand

Chris Booth makes large stone installations and living sculptures from his New Zealand practice. His work brings found stone into conversation with landscape, wood, and natural decay. Public and private commissions span gardens, parks, and civic sites in several countries.

Location
New Zealand
Discipline
Landscape stonework · Sculpture
Material
Natural stone · Basalt · Sandstone · Quartz
Services
Custom sculpture · Garden sculpture · Memorials · Public monuments
Website
chrisbooth.co.nz

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Selected work

A pillar of rounded basalt boulders topped by an arch of metal rods, among trees in Albert Park, Auckland.
Gateway1986–1990 · Basalt boulders, aluminium, and steel · Albert Park, AucklandSculpture: Chris Booth. Photograph: russellstreet. Photo source · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons thumbnail; proportionally resized, no crop.
A stone arch surrounding the Rainbow Warrior ship propeller at the memorial above Matauri Bay.
Rainbow Warrior Memorial1988–1990 · Stone and the ship's propeller · Matauri Bay, NorthlandSculpture: Chris Booth. Photograph: Kiwi Flickr from Auckland, New Zealand. Photo source · CC BY 2.0 · Commons thumbnail; proportionally resized, no crop.
Stacked stone columns of varying shapes rising from a circular water basin in Kerikeri Domain.
Te Whiringa o Manoko2007–2009 · Stone, steel, concrete, and water · Kerikeri DomainSculpture: Chris Booth. Photograph: Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom. Photo source · CC BY 2.0 · Commons thumbnail; proportionally resized, no crop.
A tall column of closely stacked flat stones against a blue sky on the Lincoln University campus.
Te Paepaetapu O Rākaihautū — column1997 · Stone column detail · Lincoln University, CanterburySculpture: Chris Booth. Photograph: Michal Klajban. Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons thumbnail; proportionally resized, no crop.
Massive sandstone blocks form a folded wave among native plants in the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
Wurrungwuri — sandstone form2008–2010 · Sandstone waveform · Royal Botanic Garden, SydneySculpture: Chris Booth; sandstone assembly: Traditional Stonemasonry. Photograph: Margaret Donald. Photo source · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons thumbnail; proportionally resized, no crop.
A monumental curved form built from rows of white quartz stones at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
Wurrungwuri — quartz form2008–2010 · Quartz-stone form and habitat · Royal Botanic Garden, SydneySculpture: Chris Booth. Photograph: Whiteghost.ink. Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons thumbnail; proportionally resized, no crop.
More work
  • Homage to a Broken Stone2024 · Stone, wood, stainless-steel cable, and fungi · Waiheke IslandWork: Chris Booth, with stone repair by Tom Hei Hei. View the original portfolio at the source.

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Sources

Biography and commissions · Studio location · Homage to a Broken Stone · Basalt commission record · Gateway — project record · Rainbow Warrior Memorial — project record · Te Paepaetapu O Rākaihautū — column — project record · Wurrungwuri — sandstone form — project record
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