Art installation created by school children on display at Winchester Cathedral
An art installation, created by school children in Hampshire and East Dorset, is on display at Winchester Cathedral.
More than 2,000 cardboard creatures have been handmade by pupils from over 100 church schools across the Diocese of Winchester.
The installation was put up over two days using a cherry picker, in time to mark the end of the children's primary school education.
Annual Year 6 Leavers' Celebration Days were held at the cathedral, for pupils from church schools, spanning from Basingstoke to Bournemouth.
Bishop of Southampton, the Rt Revd Rhiannon King said: "It's been so wonderful to have schools from all over Winchester Diocese, all over Hampshire and East Dorset come to mark the end of their time in primary school, that transition which I think is really important for them.
"They've all made these amazing creatures and we had them hung up from the ceiling and it's wonderful just to see all of those and to celebrate and rejoice with them today."
The artwork was designed by the Diocese of Winchester's Education Team, as part of this year's schools project called TriWonder.
Around 600 pupils attended each Leavers' Celebration Day and took part in workshops including calligraphy, archaeology and singing.
Milly, aged 10, from Abbotts Ann Church of England Primary School, said: "It's mesmerising. They all have individual personalities. It was fun to write a prayer and know it will be up here for all to see. It was good to learn about the world as part of TriWonder and the sea, air and land and there is wonder in our world."
Lawrie, aged 11, said: "It's really good how all the artwork has come together. It was fun to do, and we learnt all about protecting our world. We need to protect the air, sea and land equally because if we don't, they will all fail. It's good to come to this celebration today as this will be a lovely memory for all of us.'
Diocesan Education Advisor, Sue Bowen, said: "The installation looks absolutely magnificent in Winchester Cathedral and is causing quite a stir. We've had a lot of tourists this week from all over the world who have seen it.
"I spoke to one man who was visiting, as we were putting it up, and he remarked that in one of the oldest parts of the cathedral, we had work from some of the youngest children, and he said how inspirational he'd found it.
"We have had five Leavers' Celebration Days and it's wonderful to just watch their faces as they walk in through the cathedral doors and see the magnificence of the building. It's a day that many of them say they remember forever."
The artwork will be on display in Winchester Cathedral until 29th June.
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