Description
A robot penguin, painted in a cell-shaded style
Audio read by: Tammy Gooding from BBC Hereford and Worcester
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Artist
Sumit Sarkar
Sumit Sarkar is a digital / analogue sculptor and painter taking inspiration from various sources including religious iconography, science fiction and comic/cartoon/graffiti art, with recent work focusing on abstracted sculptural form.
New technology is at the forefront of Sumit’s practice with recent projects exploring 7-axis robot arm marble milling, Virtual and Augmented Reality, motion capture and multi-material 3D print. Technology and process often inspire the idea.
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Location
30. Bromwich Parade (bug hotel)
Bug hotels benefit lots of different types of minibeast and insects such as ladybirds, bees, spiders and woodlice. Minibeasts can then use a bug hotel as a safe space to shelter, lay their eggs, raise their young, and seek refuge from predators.
Why not build your own bug hotel and attract a multitude of creepy crawlies to your garden?
An average garden accommodates more than 2,000 different species of insect!
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30. Bromwich Parade (bug hotel)
Very few of these creatures cause significant damage to our prized plants, and there are many more insects that actually help us to control the ones that do! By providing the right habitats, we can greatly increase the number of ‘beneficial’ insects in the garden.
One way to increase the comfort of your patch for insects is to build them a bug mansion.
To find out more and learn how to build your own bug hotel, visit https://www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/actions/how-build-bug-mansion
Take home your own feathered friend
In October 2024 all 40 large penguins and one chick will be auctioned to raise funds for the care provided by St Richard’s Hospice.
In 2021, 31 stunning elephant sculptures raised a mammoth £368,800 to support the care provided by St Richard’s Hospice across Worcestershire.
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