Remembering
With Armistice Day tomorrow, this is an apposite post. It shows ceramic artist Paul Cummins' novel art work, Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, at the Tower of London in late October 2014. In addition, two skeletal metal artwork soldiers can be seen on the parapets above the moat, 'defending' the Tower.
The art installation was opened on 17 July and eventually 888,246 ceramic poppies were planted, the last on Armistice Day, 11 November 2014. Each poppy represented a British or Commonwealth military fatality from the First World War.
British nationals killed in the First World War totalled 589,908, according to the War Office's 1922 publication "Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire during the Great War, 1914-1920."
Despite a negative reception from several critics, the massed poppies struck a chord with the general public, some five million of whom saw that original installation. Popular demand led to elements going on display at various locations around the UK; planned installations stretch past Armistice Day 2018.
Remembering
With Armistice Day tomorrow, this is an apposite post. It shows ceramic artist Paul Cummins' novel art work, Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, at the Tower of London in late October 2014. In addition, two skeletal metal artwork soldiers can be seen on the parapets above the moat, 'defending' the Tower.
The art installation was opened on 17 July and eventually 888,246 ceramic poppies were planted, the last on Armistice Day, 11 November 2014. Each poppy represented a British or Commonwealth military fatality from the First World War.
British nationals killed in the First World War totalled 589,908, according to the War Office's 1922 publication "Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire during the Great War, 1914-1920."
Despite a negative reception from several critics, the massed poppies struck a chord with the general public, some five million of whom saw that original installation. Popular demand led to elements going on display at various locations around the UK; planned installations stretch past Armistice Day 2018.