Thank you to everyone who came to the Astor Statue Community Workshops at Plymouth College of Art. Truly fantastic meeting you all and seeing your creations. People cast their hands and they will be used by the artist Hayley Gibbs to create texture on the bronze - letting people really get their hands on this statue. Thanks everyone!
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