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The Daffodil Runner

The running figure of the daffodil runner will greet the London marathon runners.

The sculpture is covered with 557 steel daffodils representing the number of people who die each day in the UK without the end-of-life care they need.

“Each one of those daffodils represents a person, a human with family, who are left without that care and that ripple effect for those families left behind afterwards is huge.” (Dr Sarah Holmes, Marie Curie charity’s chief medical officer)

The life-size sculpture was hand-crafted by Alan Ross, a former care worker turned steel artist. It took more than 200 hours to create.

(Full post to be read on The Independent)