Going to Loncon3?
Aug. 3rd, 2014 02:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gerisullivanMake time for a trip to the Tower of London to see Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red.
The installation of 888,246 red ceramic poppies, each one representing a WW1 British or Colonial Military fatality, is underway. It already creates an image...a series of images...I hope I'll never forget. I'd love to hear and read the reactions of friends who see it in person.
The installation will be formally unveiled on August 5. It's 100 years "since the first full day of Britain's involvement in the war. The final poppy will be placed ("planted") on November 11.
They're going to sell the poppies for £25 each, with 10% plus all net proceeds being shared between six service charities.
The photos are amazing. Kudos to ceramic artist Paul Cummins and stage designer Tom Piper, who wrote back at the beginning of June, "This could end up being epic." Why, yes, yes it could. Yes, it already is.
The installation of 888,246 red ceramic poppies, each one representing a WW1 British or Colonial Military fatality, is underway. It already creates an image...a series of images...I hope I'll never forget. I'd love to hear and read the reactions of friends who see it in person.
The installation will be formally unveiled on August 5. It's 100 years "since the first full day of Britain's involvement in the war. The final poppy will be placed ("planted") on November 11.
They're going to sell the poppies for £25 each, with 10% plus all net proceeds being shared between six service charities.
The photos are amazing. Kudos to ceramic artist Paul Cummins and stage designer Tom Piper, who wrote back at the beginning of June, "This could end up being epic." Why, yes, yes it could. Yes, it already is.
