This giraffe is unique for having a “mini-me” version of itself that was unfortunately locked inside the visitor’s center at the time of this photograph, and so can’t be featured here. As it happens, there were a lot of mini-giraffe sculptures, though this was the only one painted by artists and not school children, as part of a matching set. (If memory serves, I also think this was the first giraffe I visited).
It’s a little odd that it was featured at the Ilex Center (a café and giftshop) at the Botanic Gardens and not the Christchurch Airport considering it was sponsored by Air New Zealand, and has a very aeronautical theme. Designed by artists JacobYikes (one word) and Gemma Rae Dudson, the large one is called Mapthew and the smaller Head Above the Clouds.
Mapthew is clearly a play on words, as it looks from a distance like a traditional giraffe, only for close proximity to reveal that its spots are in the shape of the world’s countries. Its little counterpart makes fun of its diminutive size by covering its body with clouds and rendering its head in natural colours, making it look like it’s literally got its head above the cloud-line.
Here it is here, though this was taken at the end of the art trail, when all the giraffes were temporarily put on display at Russley Golf Course before the charity auction:
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