A Child’s Mind
Created by: Lauren Perkins
Location: Cossington Recreation Ground – North
Overview
It’s time to take a peek inside of a child’s mind. Filled with joy, colour, innocence and life, we can all enjoy returning to our childhood from time to time. Lauran’s elephant is loosely inspired by Elmer, a child’s favourite, filled with patches of colour and joy in every inch and a whole range of things that children just enjoy – because they can!
Location
Cossington Recreation Ground – North
Meet the Artist
Lauren Perkins
I’m an illustrator from Leicester with a passion for creating artwork that makes people smile and talk. I love to build connections through my art, bringing people closer together and provide them material that they can relate to. I love to create characters, whether that’s people, animals or a balloon with a face added on! My work is colourful, sensitive and sincere and always means a lot to me. If my work can provoke emotions then I am satisfied I have utilised my creativity to the maximum. I use my own personal experiences to guide and develop the art I create.
Meet the Elephants
Daisy
Created by: Brookvale Groby Learning CampusLocation: Lyme Regis: Haymarket Shopping Centre- Central SquareThe whole school had the opportunity to participate in this exciting fundraiser and take part in a whole school design competition. The design needed to...
Superkind
Created by: Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary SchoolSponsored by: Fleet Auction GroupLocation: Highcross Upper Mall- John Lewis BridgeThe whole school is on a mission to change the world! We believe that it is everyone's responsibility to do their bit to make the world a...
Bringo
Created by: Bringhurst Primary SchoolLocation: This + That by LOROSEvery child in the school contributed to Bringo’s design. EYFS, Year 1 and 2 began by printing brightly coloured shapes using sponges. After this, Key Stage 2 added designs to the shapes as well...
Hampi
Created by: Bridge Junior SchoolLocation: LCB Depot - WindowThe children at Bridge Junior captured their favourite elements of Leicester, our school, ethos, community and culture to design our baby elephant named Hampi. Their detailed ideas were illustrated by hand on...
Hope
Created by: Bosworth AcademySponsored by: Clarendon Speciality FastenersLocation: DMU - The GalleryThe pupils designed their elephant to celebrate, diversity, inclusion and everybody matters.DMU - The GalleryMeet the Elephants
Woody
Created by: Booth Wood AcademyLocation: Leicester Cathedral (Main Hall)The whole school were invited to take part in a design competition - the theme was bright and bold. We were blown away by the number of entries we got and by the enthusiasm of the children. It was...
Small Hands Big Hearts
Created by: BAPS Shri Swaninarayan MandirSponsored by: QDOSLocation: LOROS Market Street Shop- WindowThe design features beautifully bloomed flowers, each brought to life with the gentle fingerprints of children from the BAPS community. This heartfelt artwork...
Badgerbrook Bubbles
Created by: Badgerbrook Primary SchoolLocation: Phoenix Cinema and Arts CentreThe Tusk Force came together to discuss the design ideas for their sculpture. They wanted to incorporate the colours of the school and the ethos of what it means for everyone to work...
Elmer
Created by: Avanti Fields SchoolLocation: Peppercorns Cafe - Abbey ParkWe held a competition to design our elephant across the whole of the secondary school. The ideas came flooding in and our final design was a compilation of 15 different submissions. Over a period...