Friday 17 April 2015

Shaun in the City

Shaun in the City is a series of Shaun the Sheep sculptures plotted around London from 28 March to 25 May 2015 to coincide with Shaun the Sheep Movie. There are in total 50 sculptures and a further 70 sculptures to be unveiled in Bristol later this year. The sculptures were designed by local artists and celebrities.

All 120 sculptures to be all be displayed together for the Great Sheep Round Up! at the Covent Garden Piazza from 24 to 27 September 2015 before they go on auction on 8 October. The auction will raise funds for the charities Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Charity and The Grand Appeal

There is also Shaun in the City app available for Apple and Android devices with proceeds from the app purchases goes towards the charities. The app records the sculptures seen by plugging in the unique code which can be obtained from the plate of the individual sculptures, which provides an added bonus of achievements and trophies.

You can catch Larry the Lamb without the garments at the City of London Information Centre where he is nicely plodded on top of the desk for prospective selfies.


There are in total 4 trails:
There are an additional sheep to be found on Farmer’s Lost Sheep, which finds the sheep separated from the other sheep heading off field to the further ends of London. There are 5 sheep to be found in this series:
46. Landmark Larry - Paddington Station, Platform 8 - Jenny Urquhart
47. PADDINGTON Shaun - Merchant Square, Paddington Basin - Paddington

48. Happy & Glorious - St. James’s Park - Vivi Cuevas
49. Golden Fleece - Canary Wharf, Jubilee Park - Nigel Leach
50. Hello Kitty’s #OneKindThing – Canary Wharf, Jubilee Place -2 - Sanrio
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