National Memorial of knife crime victims by bigmxx

National Memorial of knife crime victims

Day 257 - This is an angel made entirely of knives/blades, it stands over 20ft tall and for the month of September it is on show in the grounds of Rochester Cathedral. It took 4 years to make and was created by the British Ironwork Centre in Oswestry, alongside the artist Alfie Bradley. It used over 100,000 blades removed from UK Streets and involved all 43 police constabularies in the UK - below is the link to the story of how the knife angel came about.
https://www.britishironworkcentre.co.uk/index.php/show-areas/the-knife-angel-official/the-making-of-the-knife-angel
Have seen pictures of this before, it’s amazing! Great capture!
September 14th, 2019  
I too have seen this before, I think its a stunning and thought provoking work.
September 14th, 2019  
This is amazing and devastating all at the same time.
September 14th, 2019  
So amazing and thought provoking , I saw it in its "birth place ! on Shropshire ,before it started on its tour !
September 14th, 2019  
a stunning work of art.
September 15th, 2019  
That is so amazing and interesting. Thank you for sharing the link. I had never heard of it.
September 15th, 2019  
Such an interesting sculpture
September 15th, 2019  
@carole_sandford @chrisiow @louannwarren @beryl @ludwigsdiana @ingrid01 @monicac Thank you everyone for your lovely comments
September 16th, 2019  
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