888,246 Ceramic Poppies Flow Like Blood from the Tower of London to Commemorate WWI
Colossal | July 31, 2014
Historic Royal Palaces
To commemorate the centennial of Britain’s involvement in the First World War, ceramic artist Paul Cummins
and stage designer Tom Piper conceived of a staggering installation of
ceramic poppies planted in the famous dry moat around the Tower of
London. Titled “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red,” the final
work will consist of 888,246 red ceramic flowers—each representing a
British or Colonial military fatality—that flow through grounds around
the tower.
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