An ambitious project at the tower of london to create a sea of over 800 000 ceramic poppies to mark the centenary of the first world war is going strong.
Sea of ceramic poppies.
A sea of red poppies from the air footage taken from the air above the tower of london shows the installation blood swept lands and seas of red made up of thousands of ceramic poppies to mark the.
They look like an undulating sea from afar.
The red ceramic poppies were hand made in paul cummins s studio in derbyshire and a ceramic factory in stoke on trent.
The work consisted of a sea of ceramic red poppies in a design which appeared to flow out of the tower itself and ripple across the moat.
Up close each bloom is unique.
The poppies were placed in the moat by a team of 21 688 volunteers.
I was overcome with emotion when placing the ceramic poppies at the tower of london.
Ceramic poppies representing every soldier from britain and empire killed will be planted by november 11.
Cummins who specializes in ceramic flowers made.
Droplets cling to them from a recent shower.
Sea of red ceramic poppies made by dozens of british artists are available to buy for.
The ceramic poppies at the tower of london are not planted in orderly rows.
The installation blood swept lands and seas of red will evolve over the coming months encircling the tower s dry moat until it is filled with 888 246 ceramic poppies each representing a.
After 11 november a team of 8 000 volunteers began the process of removing the poppies.