Art / Aardman
Feathers McGraw lands in guerilla art installation
75 replicas of the UK’s favourite animated villain popped up around London in a guerilla art installation on Sunday.
An Aardman creation, Feathers McGraw first appeared as the primary antagonist in Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers, now over 30 years ago.
The criminal penguin then returned to big screens last year in Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.
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Led by Ben James, engineer and climate writer, the 3D-printing process that reportedly took around two months.
Feathers’ arms and hat were meticulously created in separate halves to fit around a standard-size lamppost.
The 3D-printed lamppost replica of Feathers McGraw – photo credit: Ben James
A team of 20 volunteers spent their Saturday morning glueing down eyes and beaks to create Feathers’ face, as well as sewing hessian ‘swag bags’ to accompany a tiny pistol.
The replicas were then installed across Mayfair, Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden and Soho, alongside a sticker with the feathers today link, where passers-by could upload selfies with Feathers.
Main photo: Ben James
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