Eco London
The tree resurrected from the bottom of the plinth all with the top being new as gold. The tree shows the growth of economical changes throughout London. This represents the green of the parks in London and London is becoming greener. It celebrates these famous parks of London. Parks in city centres are very important and we should value these spaces.
Dinesh Kalamegam, aged 12, Langdon School
Dinesh
Boudicca was a female Celtic warrior. As all the other statues are of men Boudicca would be the only woman on a plinth in Trafalgar Square. She would be an inspiration for girls and women.
This sculpture is a three-dimension of a section of the London Underground Map. The centre of the sculpture (within the triangle) would be a Trafalgar Square itself, although the sculpture is abstracted it can be used for sign-posting the surround areas.
My sculpture is called the peaceful Swan. When people look at my sculpture, I want them to think about caring about each other. Also putting people under their protection like the queen protects swans, And to be peaceful and kind to everyone.
A steel sword cuts through the plinth, mirroring the surroundings in its surface.
Laura Thomas
"Climb the Ladder" was created by a small group of year nine students. Photograms have been stuck onto plastic bottles and arranged as a sculpture.
The images were inspired by positive influences on the students lives, exploring themes such as friendship, equality and unity.
Converse Culture. This piece draws attention to the emphasis the teenage female gender puts on footwear, developing into a shoe obsession for many adult women.
My creation is a bird sitting on a brick wall. I created this because I was inspired by the amount of birds in London and nobody ever takes any notice of them so I thought by doing this people would take more notice of them. I call this Magpie Millions.
Children expressed emotions they experience in the playground using recycled materials, mostly metal, wood and plastic. Children worked together and experienced different emotions themselves whilst making the artwork as a result of being a member of a group.
In Science children had been looking at structures and bridges. They looked at towers and sky scrapers and then different materials that they could use to create a 3d model looking at how to join them.
My Fourth Plinth idea was to show the theme of 'determination' through the analogy of an ant trying to reach its leaf.
This piece is of a sunflower and we made it using card, newspaper, masking tape, modrock, paint and felt tips.
The scone is a traditional English tradition for tea parties and large gatherings. The scone only made significant headway to England from Scotland at beginning of the 19th century, which was when the Napoleonic War was taking place. The scone really links to that era and relates to the original statues in Trafalagar Square and is a monument to Britishness. Therfore I think my Giant Scone is a relevant, original and exciting artwork for the Fourth Plinth.
What is in peoples thoughts? This sculpture represents the thought bubbles we have in life>
I have produced a fun design for the 4th plinth based on a face shape. This design represents me because it contains symbols such as the Romanian flag, my age and the Christian cross. I have also decorated it with flowers, the sun, music and sweets as like most teenagers, these are some of my favourite things.
Pupils in Class 5S designed artworks for the 4th plinth, we then took elements from each of the designs to create An Oasis in the middle of central London. The children wanted to depict issued that were important to them. The 4th Plinth has been turned into a sustainable allotment, with windmills and solar panels to generate energy and feed back into the National Grid. The base of the plinth has 2 recycling banks, a water butt has been attached to the side, so that rainwater can be used to water the vegetable garden.
