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Jerram ‘over the moon’ as giant lunar sculpture is located
Bristol artist Luke Jerram has said he is “over the moon” (pun well and truly intended) that a giant sculpture has been found after going missing in the post over the weekend.
The seven-metre diameter sculpture, detailing the surface of the moon in uniquely accurate detail, was on its way to an Austrian festival to appear as part of a worldwide tour but was lost by courier service TNT.
The news of its disappearance hit the international headlines, but on Monday morning Jerram revealed the box that the moon was being transported in had been located.
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The sculpture was found in a depot in Graz in Austria after the delivery sticker fell off the container it was inside.
It is now on its way by special delivery to Olala Festival in Lienz in order to be set up in time. Jerram told Bristol24/7 that he is “greatly relieved” and “over the moon” that the sculpture has been found.
It seems that now Gru and the Minions can be let off the hook:
The artwork is scheduled to appear at festivals and venues across the world this summer, having previously made the news for the wrong reasons when it burst during its debut appearance at the 2016 Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
At an approximate scale of 1:500,000, the sculpture was created in 2016 using Nasa photographs and has since been on display in Jerram’s home city at venues including the Wills Memorial Building at the University of Bristol and Ashton Park School.
Jerram, best known for the Park Street water slide and street pianos in cities around the world, recently revealed his latest public sculptures, The Impossible Garden, at the Botanic Gardens in Stoke Bishop.
Luke Jerram and his moon
Main photo by Simon Galloway
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