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Skeleton

Excellent brass skeleton sculpture seen in Spitalfields market this morning. Obviously based on Ray Harryhausen's models for Jason and the Argonauts. That scene where the skeletons rise up out of the ground to fight Jason and his men had a formative influence on me as a wee boy.

Ray Harryhausen Jason Argonauts skeletons

I wonder if I can persuade folks that we NEED this skeleton for the office.

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Grapple

Here is Wieden + Kennedy London’s new window display: GRAPPLE.

It’s big, it’s industrial and it’s by a young artist called James Capper.

James graduated from Chelsea College of Art this summer. He had his first solo exhibition in London this year and we liked his work so much we invited him to do a piece for our agency window on Hanbury Street.

James has a fascination for industrial and construction devices, designing and building interactive machines with a life of their own. And since this year’s window theme is interaction, we thought it would be a good idea to let people try out one of James’s machines.

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If you’re passing, feel free to have a go. No hard hat needed.

If you want to see more of James’s work, visit the Hannah Barry Gallery

Grapple grab times: Monday – Friday 6 -7, Saturday – Sunday 10 – 4. It’s a bit noisy for the people whose desks are nearby, so we’ve had to limit hours of operation.

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