The cathedral team commissioned artist Becky Mackenzie earlier this year to work with pupils from Hollis Academy. The pupils were asked to think about the biodiversity crisis and create monochrome illustrations of species that have become extinct in the last 100 years, or that are on the critically endangered list.

 

The drawings created by pupils were then printed onto ceramic plates crafted by Becky, to create an installation covering the hoardings of all four corners of the cathedral Cloisters – each with a different species including insects, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and water creatures.