In 2014 the artist paul cummins and stage designer tom piper commissioned 888 245 handmade ceramic.
Aftermarket ceramic poppy tower of london.
Over 5 million people travelled from across the country and around the world to see the installation of 888 246 ceramic poppies at the tower of london.
In 2018 the tower once again became a site of commemoration marking 100 years since the end of wwi with beyond the deepening shadow.
About the ceramic poppies.
Volunteers have spent months installing 888 246 hand made poppies each representing a british and colonial soldier who died.
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.
Ceramic poppies which formed part of an art display at the tower of london last year are being resold online for up to 350 each.
A commemorative piece for your collection add a tower of london ceramic poppy to your home.
If you prefer a steel stem which does go rusty like the tower poppy stems please let me know when ordering.
First world war centenary.
A final ceramic poppy has been planted at the tower of london.
The only difference being that i supply them fully assembled with a stainless steel stem at no extra charge.
Original ceramic poppy from the tower of london display blood swept lands and seas of red in 2014 by artist paul cummins.
One red ceramic poppy hand made and painted by myself in the same materials size clay paint etc.
As the famous tower poppies.