An installation of thousands of clay terracota figures by Antony Gormley called "Field for British Isles" or Gormley's Terracotta Army, in the cloisters of Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire


Picture by Roger Bamber : 28 May 1999 : A young helper celebrates the installation of thousands of clay terracota figures in the cloisters of Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire for an exhibition "Field for British Isles" Antony Gormley's 'Field for the British Isles' is one of the most riveting projects by a British sculptor. Made up of 40,000 small terracotta figures, the exhibit, which helped win Gormley the Turner prize in 1994, was all made in St. Helen’s, Merseyside, as a community project. Children and their families were given clay balls to manipulate into a human shape, with two eyes. Each person created up to 200 terracotta figurines per day. the design is aimed at highlighting how the world is quickly over-populating.


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Location: Salisbury Wiltshire Wilts England UK Britain Europe
Photo credit: © Roger Bamber / Alamy / Afripics
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