Ceramic Poppies Tour 2016

North of england to host displays.

Ceramic poppies tour 2016.

Over 800 000 people have already seen the sculptures on tour at yorkshire sculpture park woodhorn museum in northumberland and st george s hall in liverpool. Lincoln castle beautiful images monument valley poppies september waves tours play building. Last week the government also announced a further 2 5m grant to 14 18 now to take the poppies to a further 12 locations across the uk beyond 2016. Artist paul cummins s work blood swept lands and seas of red originally on display at the tower of london last year will go on show at three regional destinations across the uk.

Thousands of ceramic poppies first displayed at the tower of lincoln for the 100th anniversary of the first world war will be on show at lincoln castle in 2016. Blood swept lands and seas of red was a public art installation created in the moat of the tower of london england between july and november 2014 it commemorated the centenary of the outbreak of world war i and consisted of 888 246 ceramic red poppies each intended to represent one british or colonial serviceman killed in the war the ceramic artist was paul cummins with conceptual design. The new presentations by 14 18 now will give people across the uk the chance to experience the impact of the ceramic poppy sculptures in a range of places of particular first world war resonance. The tour will also include displays at the black watch museum in perth.

In just three weeks 40 000 visited the iconic poppies sculpture which was equivalent to a visitor figure increase of 1 340 per cent on the previous september. Thousands of ceramic poppies from the tower of london display are to go on show at lincoln castle it has been announced. 14 18 now toured the iconic poppy sculptures wave and weeping window by artist paul cummins and designer tom piper during the first world war centenary between 2015 and 2018 the sculptures visited 19 locations around the uk and were seen by over 4 6 million people. The sculptures visited 19 locations around the uk and were seen by over 4 6 million people.

Tower of london poppies tour. Poppy sculptures wave and weeping window in 2017. From the original 888 246 ceramic flowers which represent every british fatality 3 000 will make their. As part of the ongoing 14 18 now war commemorations the poppies installation will tour venues across the uk.

The ceramic poppies will continue to tour the uk until the autumn of. The first venue to host weeping window was woodhorn museum in northumberland in september 2015 which installed thousands of ceramic poppies from one of its colliery heapsteads.