Es Devlin unveils cathedral-like sculpture to highlight London's endangered species
British designer Es Devlin has created Come Home Again, an illuminated dome illustrated with her own pencil drawings of the 243 flora and fauna species on London's priority conservation list.
Located outside of the Tate Modern gallery in London, the large-scale public installation is a cutout scale model of the domed St Paul's Cathedral on the other side of the Thames river.
Come Home Again features pencil drawings of endangered species
Devlin created the Come Home Again installation out of recycled steel and her own pencil drawings of London's endangered species, which have been arranged in illuminated decorative clusters.
These include birds, beetles and moths as well as fungi, fish and wildflowers ? all of which feature on London's priority conservation list identified by the City of London Biodiversity Action Plan. The sculpture is illuminated at night
Come Home Again aims to highlight the importance of protecting these endangered species by drawing public attention to them, according to Devlin.
"A dome originally meant a home," said the designer.
"The work invites us to see, hear and feel our home, our city, as an interconnected web of species and cultures, to learn and remember the names and sing those under threat into continued existence."
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