ceramic poppies

Tens of thousands of blood-red ceramic poppies blanketing the grass outside the Tower of London to mark the centenary of the First World War were bought two days after going on sale, for £25 apiece. The installation, created by Paul Cummins, is called Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red and is currently comprised of 120,000 ceramic poppies. By November, 8,000 volunteers will have planted 888,246 ceramic poppies - each representing the life of a solider from Britain or the Commonwealth lost in WWI.