Moths for Amy Land in Beverley

A Moth for Amy is a mass engagement public art project, modeled on Hull’s highly successful ‘Larkin with Toads’ scheme. The master sculpture has been created by East Riding Sculptor Saffron Waghorn and four versions, decorated by different artists, will appear in Beverley as well as more around the Hull area. 

Just like Geoffrey de Havilland, the Gipsy Moth’s manufacturer, we are fascinated by moths in all their many manifestations. Amy Johnson flew a De Havilland Gipsy Moth to Australia as well as several other de Havilland Moths during her flying career.

The aim is to locate artist decorated moths, each about 1.5ms in width, on the facades of buildings at key locations of significance to Amy Johnson, across the UK. It is also hoped to donate a Moth for Amy to each of the cities on Amy’s route to Australia!

Artists and designers were invited to submit their designs for the decoration of A Moth for Amy. Almost 200 incredible submissions were received with 130 accepted. 

Let us know on Facebook if you spot any of the Moths around town.