It is six months since I last posted here on Travel Tales and I have missed doing so. However I am now back after a very busy few months, I have had lots of adventures which I am looking forward to sharing on the blog which I regard as an online scrapbook of my life adventures, which I hope visitors here will enjoy.
A recent visit to see the Weeping Window Cascade during its time at Caernarfon Castle was very emotional and has inspired me to get posting again and share some of my photographs with you.
I found the visit to be rather emotional, even more so when the rainbow appeared as they have a special personal meaning for me. Have you visited the exhibition, either the original at The Tower of London in 2014 or one of the UK Tour exhibits? Do share your thoughts about this exhibition.
Information below is from the Official 14-18 Now Website
14-18 NOW is presenting the iconic poppy sculptures Wave and Weeping Window at selected locations around the UK until 2018.
See the 2017 locations.
See the 2016 locations.
Weeping Window is a cascade comprising several thousand handmade ceramic poppies seen pouring from a high window to the ground below; Wave is a sweeping arch of bright red poppy heads suspended on towering stalks. These two sculptures, by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper, marking the centenary of the outbreak of war, are now brought to audiences at venues across the country by 14-18 NOW as part of the Poppies tour. As with all 14-18 NOW projects, the presentation of these sculptures to new audiences across the UK aims to prompt a new, nationwide dialogue around the legacy of the First World War.
The breath-taking sculptures were initially conceived as the key dramatic sculptural elements in the installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red at the Tower of London in the autumn of 2014. Over the course of their time at the Tower, the two sculptures were gradually surrounded by a vast field of ceramic poppies, each one planted by a volunteer in memory of the life of a British and Colonial soldier lost during the First World War. In their original setting they captured the public imagination and were visited by over five million people.
Video Courtesy of YouTube
Time Lapse video
Caernarfon Castle is the first location in Wales to host #PoppiesTour by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper.
Poppies: Weeping Window is a cascade comprising several thousand handmade ceramic poppies, and was originally seen pouring from a high window to the ground below at the Tower of London as part of the installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red.
N.B. The photographs are all my own work.
More information can be found via the following websites.
14-18 Now Website YouTube Caernarfon Castle Wikipedia - Caernarfon Castle
