Shipwreck washes up for river festival
12 April 2012
A giant shipwreck sculpture is coming to the banks of the Thames made with the help of more than 3,000 children.
The 82ft high timber artwork is to be unveiled outside City Hall next month as part of the Thames Festival.
Children aged between eight and 10 from 100 London schools contributed by recording poems "echoing the ship's past" which will be played to visitors. They were also consulted over the design by artists Becci Kenning, Zach Walker and Ian Pilditch after studying the river's history.
Other highlights of the festival on 10-11 September will include a fireworks show and illuminated night carnival. Its director, Adrian Evans, said: "The sculpture is going to make a fantastic centrepiece for the festival's environmental zone."
