A maternal figure appeared in the sand on a Northumberland beach yesterday with the aim of helping families who have lost babies to process their grief.
The project was a collaboration between renowned North East sand artist Claire Eason of soul2sand; who has previously created artworks in honour of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, King Charles' coronation and Remembrance Day; and Northumberland artist Rebecca Charlton. Rebecca and her husband Neil lost their son Jasper 19 weeks into the pregnancy during the Coronavirus pandemic and have moved from Leeds to the Northumberland coast.
The artwork on Alnmouth Beach attracted more than 50 people throughout the morning, many of whom wrote the names of their lost children in hearts on the sand, which surrounded an abstract maternal figure. From the first names being written just after 9am, people had around three hours to write their messages and then see them being taken away by the tide.
