Voices comment london s sea of poppies is a beautiful monument to the fallen of world war i.
Sea of ceramic poppies.
They look like an undulating sea from afar.
The project titled blood swept lands and seas of red comes from the creative minds of ceramic artist paul cummins and stage designer tom piper.
The poppies were placed in the moat by a team of 21 688 volunteers.
The red ceramic poppies were hand made in paul cummins s studio in derbyshire and a ceramic factory in stoke on trent.
Cummins who specializes in ceramic flowers made.
Up close each bloom is unique.
Droplets cling to them from a recent shower.
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.
After 11 november a team of 8 000 volunteers began the process of removing the poppies.
Ceramic poppies representing every soldier from britain and empire killed will be planted by november 11.
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.
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.
I was overcome with emotion when placing the ceramic poppies at the tower of london.
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.