To the Imperial War Museum to see this fantastic installation - Poppies: Weeping Window. The installation (one of two - the other Wave, is at IWM North), have been developed from Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, which I missed when installed at The Tower of London in 2014. The original concept of the poppies was devised by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper. Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, was made up of 888,246 poppies, (one for every British or Colonial life lost at the Front during the First World War), and caught the public's imagination when the Tower of London was overwhelmed with throngs of viewers. Weeping Window, and its counterpart Wave, are made of over 11,000 poppies. It is stunning.
Poppies: Weeping Window
until 18th November
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1
