a kaleidoscope of butterflies
Suspended Sculpture for Royal Bournemouth NHS Hospital
This dramatic artwork is an uplifting memorial to organ donors and their families, and a positive way of encouraging people to sign up to the donor register. The material and techniques chosen ensures each butterfly will have strength for longevity and safety in a hospital environment, whilst conveying a fragile, lacy and almost seemingly transparent beauty.
We chose four colourways, purple to blue to turquoise to green, to harmonise collectively and complement colours already in use at the hospital. The coloured patterns impart a shimmering iridescent effect, beautifully picked out with the inclusion of lighting in the sculpture, to resemble the flash of a butterflies' wing in its fluttering flight.
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"We're delighted to be able to honour our organ donors who give such life changing gifts to total strangers, both local and nationwide. Many people still have reservations about donating their organs but would willingly accept one so we have a long way to go in terms of getting people onto the organ donor register. If you'd like to donate your organs, please speak to your family about it so they know your wishes and sign up to the register – it takes two minutes and you could save more lives than you know."
Michelle Scott, Intensive Care Consultant & Clinical Lead for Organ Donation, The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
