Artwork Hire The Wish

A colour-changing giant dandelion rises on recycled-steel stems, each bloom frozen in the instant its seeds lift on the wind. Spanning over 3 metres tall, it glimmers with hundreds of fibre optic filaments that flare, cascade and dim in response to passing voices, turning whispers into visible breath. Depending on what you say and how you say it the dandelion replies with light. Like airborne parachutes, the fibre-fine wires shimmer with light, echoing the energy of unseen exchanges and the quiet power of collective action.

The sculpture is intentionally weathered: seed-heads slightly ragged, stalks scuffed, capturing a plant past its peak yet brimming with latent promise. The dandelion is not pristine, but one past its prime. It reminds us that sustainability lies in understanding cycles of change and renewal, and that even in decay, there is potential for regeneration. This transient sculpture acts as a silent plea: the future we ‘seed’ depends on the choices we make today. Play beneath the luminous canopy and watch colours shift in response to your voice.

Every laugh, chant or quiet conversation triggers different concentric ripples of colour that pass from one bloom to the next depending on the wishes we make and the words we use, revealing our intertwined presence like rings on water. Associated school workshops extend the experience beyond the site and each child takes home a handmade wildflower pod to scatter and nurture, learning how art, ecology and everyday action can grow together. Through these small acts, the sculpture’s spirit takes root in real soil and shared stories, mapping an invisible network of future blossoms across Blackpool and beyond.

The Wish is both beacon and plea: the future we seed depends on the choices we voice today. Let your voice plant the seeds of tomorrow.

A Lightpool commission 2025