It seems the Faberge Easter Bunny already arrived in London, a few months early this year. And with him he seems to have brought 200 pretty faberge eggs, which he had 'hid' all over the city...Enough of the baby chat.
There seriously is a massive Egg Hunt going on in the capital at the moment though. The event is aiming to raise funds and awareness for Action for Children and Elephant Family, and has scattered 200 fibreglass eggs, measuring two and a half feet each, designed by some famous names, all around the city. High profile artists such as Marc Quinn, Sir Peter Blake, Roger Dean, the Chapman Brothers and Rob Ryan have all contributed one-off designs to the Faberge Big Egg Hunt and from Tuesday 21st February (i.e. 5 days ago - soz I'm a bit behind) you can start your search.
Other famous name who have added their designs to the Hunt include Vivienne Westwood, Sir Ridely Scott and singer MIA (amongst a couple of other people I'd never heard of). "Egg hunters with an eye for fashion will also want to keep an eye out for the designs by iconic department store Selfridges and fashion house Mulberry!" The piece de resistance in the collection is a stunning 127 carat emerald and gold pendant designed by (apparently) legendary Faberge jewellery house, titled Le Collier Plume D'Or.
"Taking the concept of public art to the next level, the Big Egg Hunt follows in the footsteps of the Elephant Parade, which saw over 250 brightly coloured, life-sized model elephants pop up at locations across the city" - Do you remember them? Life-sized models of baby elephants, adding a bit more character to the city. I haven't seen these eggs yet, but if they were anywhere near as creative and beautiful as the elephants, I know i'm going to love them :)
Here are a few of my favourites - it sounds simple, but they really made me feel like a child, going round the city hoping one would be lurking nearby. They also look like Babar :)
At the end, the elephants got auctioned off to raise money to save the endangered Asian elephant. This year, organisers are hoping to raise up to £2million at the auction from the giant eggs, which went on show on Shrove Tuesday and will remain in place throughout the 40 days of Lent. Genius!
"Taking the concept of public art to the next level, the Big Egg Hunt follows in the footsteps of the Elephant Parade, which saw over 250 brightly coloured, life-sized model elephants pop up at locations across the city" - Do you remember them? Life-sized models of baby elephants, adding a bit more character to the city. I haven't seen these eggs yet, but if they were anywhere near as creative and beautiful as the elephants, I know i'm going to love them :)
Here are a few of my favourites - it sounds simple, but they really made me feel like a child, going round the city hoping one would be lurking nearby. They also look like Babar :)
JOIN THE HUNT! I KNOW I WILL!
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