Gromit Unleashed 2

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| artist = Various designers

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Wallace

Feathers McGraw

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| owner = Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal and Aardman Animations

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| preceded_by = Gromit Unleashed (2013)
Shaun in the City (2015)

| followed_by = Wallace And Gromit: The Grand Adventure

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| website = {{URL|www.gromitunleashed.org.uk}}

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Gromit Unleashed 2 was a public arts trail in Bristol, England. The trail featured 67 giant sculptures designed by high-profile artists, designers, innovators and local talent. Sculptures are positioned in high footfall and iconic locations around Bristol and the surrounding area from 2 July to 2 September 2018.{{cite web|last1=Murray|first1=Robin|title=Aardman reveals plans for Gromit Unleashed 2 Bristol trail in 2018 - and he's bringing friends|url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/aardman-reveals-plans-gromit-unleashed-788426|website=Bristol Post|date=16 November 2017|accessdate=2018-01-31}} A sequel to Gromit Unleashed in 2013, the trail featured statues of Wallace on a life-size bench, Gromit, and Feathers McGraw. On the 23rd of August 2023 a fourth trail was announced, the trail in Bristol will run in 2025. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-66581413

The trail raised funds for the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and St. Michael's Hospital's Special Care Baby unit.{{cite web|title=2018 trail revealed!|url=https://www.gromitunleashed.org.uk/news/2018-trail-revealed|website=Gromit Unleashed website|accessdate=2018-01-31}}

Background

= Gromit =

Gromit is a dog belonging to an eccentric inventor, Wallace, in a series of claymation films produced by Aardman Animations, based in Spike Island, Bristol. Three of the films in the Wallace and Gromit film series have won Academy Awards: The Wrong Trousers,{{cite web | title=The 66th academy Awards (1994) Nominees and winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994|accessdate=29 July 2013|publisher=The academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=21 March 1994}} A Close Shave{{cite web|title=The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996|accessdate=29 July 2013|publisher=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=25 March 1996}} and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.{{cite web|title=The 78th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006|accessdate=29 July 2013|publisher=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=5 March 2006}}

= Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal =

The aim of Gromit Unleashed was to fundraise for Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal. Founded in 1995, the charity raises funds for paediatric medical equipment at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and St. Michael's Hospital. In collaboration with Aardman, it uses the characters Wallace and Gromit as mascots for the charity.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grandappeal.org.uk/our-charity/about-us|title=About Us|website=Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal|access-date=2018-03-07}}

=Previous trails=

Gromit Unleashed 2 is a sequel to Gromit Unleashed that ran between 1 July and 8 September 2013 in Bristol, featuring 80 Gromit sculptures and raising £2.3 million for the Grand Appeal.{{cite news |title=Gromit statues auction raises £2.3m for Bristol Children's Hospital |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-24394696 |access-date=17 December 2022 |publisher=BBC News |date=2013-10-04}} The Shaun in the City trail featuring 120 sculptures of Shaun the Sheep were distributed between Bristol and London in 2015 and raised £1,087,900 for the charity. Following their respective successes in raising funds for the Grand Appeal, Gromit Unleashed 2 was announced in 2017.{{cite news |last1=Murray |first1=Robin |title=Aardman reveals plans for Gromit Unleashed 2 Bristol trail in 2018 - and he's bringing friends |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/aardman-reveals-plans-gromit-unleashed-788426 |access-date=17 December 2022 |publisher=Bristol Post |date=2017-11-17}}

List of sculptures

=Gromit=

class="wikitable sortable" !Name!!Original Trail Location!!Designer!!Sponsor!!Sale price
\|A Grand Gromplication{{ref\|tb}}	Bristol Museum	Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol	University of Bristol	-
\|Alex the Lion	M Shed	DreamWorks	Creditcall	£18,000
\|Amazing Grace	Chipping Sodbury High Street	{{sortname\|Tim\|Sutcliffe}}	Chipping Sodbury Chamber of Commerce	£17,000
\|Bristol in Bloom	St Mary Redcliffe	{{sortname\|Ella\|Masters}}	Immediate Media Co.	£13,500
\|Bristol's Own	Queen Square	{{sortname\|Susan\|Webber\|Susan Webber (artist)}}	Barcan+Kirby	£22,000
\|Boss	Showcase Cinema De Lux, Cabot Circus	{{sortname\|Wes\|Anderson}}	Showcase Cinema De Lux	£16,000
\|Caractacus Paws	The Galleries	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang team at Eon Productions	The Galleries	£20,000
\|Champion	Badminton Road, Downend	{{sortname\|Mike\|Ogden}}	Downend and Bromley Heath Parish Council	£16,000
\|Cracking Build Gromit!	Cabot Circus	Lego	Cabot Circus	£22,000
\|Cubby	Avon Valley Adventure and Wildlife Park	Peskimo	Avon Valley Adventure and Wildlife Park	£11,000
\|Cupid	Woodlands Lane, Bradley Stoke	Blossom & Brush	Dunkley's Chartered Accountants	£15,000
\|Deerest Gromit	Bower Ashton campus, University of the West of England	Hend Esmat and Lamiaa Diab	UWE Bristol	£15,000
\|Dias de los Perros	Arnos Vale Cemetery	{{sortname\|Gavin\|Strange}}	Briz-Graphics	£14,000
\|Draco	Kings Chase shopping centre, Kingswood	The Knitted Pea	Evan's and Partners	£13,000
\|Ferne	The Horsefair	{{sortname\|Natalie\|Guy}}	First Bus	£26,000
\|Giggles	Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare	{{sortname\|Emily\|Golden}}	Grand Pier	£19,000
\|Gromit	Temple Quay	Nick Park	Canada Life Group Insurance	£42,000
\|Gromit P. Sullivan (Sulley)	Gromit Unleashed shop, The Mall at Cribbs Causeway	{{sortname\|Peter\|Docter}} (Pixar Studios)	LDC	£22,000
\|Gromitronic{{ref\|tb}}	M Shed	Renishaw	Renishaw	-
\|Gromjet{{ref\|tb}}	Aerospace Bristol	Rolls-Royce	Rolls-Royce	£25,000
\|Honeydew	Arnolfini	{{sortname\|Tim\|Sutcliffe}}	The Yogscast	£11,000
\|Honeysuckle Rose	St Mary Centre, Thornbury	{{sortname\|Sarah-Jane\|Grace}}	Thornbury Chamber of Commerce	£16,000
\|Marshall	Chew Valley Lake	PAW Patrol	Bristol Water	£16,500
\|Merry-go-Gromit	Puxton Park	{{sortname\|Emily\|Golden}}	Puxton Park	£12,000
\|Oceans 1: Deep Blue{{ref\|tb}}	We The Curious	Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol	Airbus	-
\|Oceans 2: Yellow Sub{{ref\|tb}}	M Shed	Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol	Airbus	-
\|Peek a Boo!	Blaise Castle Estate	{{sortname\|Mandy\|Sutcliffe}}	Yankee Candle	£13,000
\|Pickles McPrickles	Greenway Centre, Southmead	{{sortname\|Simon\|Tozer}}	YTL Developments	£15,000
\|Rockin' Robin	Ashton Gate Stadium	{{sortname\|Hannah\|Bone}}	Ashton Gate Stadium	£16,000
\|Splash!	St Mark's Road, Easton	Cheba	Destination Bristol	£19,000
\|Sprinkles	Boston Tea Party, Gloucester Road	{{sortname\|Tom\|Hovey}}	Arthur David Food with Service Ltd.	£12,500
\|Stellar	Park Street	{{sortname\|Laura\|Hallett}}	Cass Art	£30,000
\|Swallows and Amazons	Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke	StudioCanal	Willow Brook Centre	£18,000
\|The Bristol Hound	Clifton Suspension Bridge viewpoint, Sion Hill	{{sortname\|Zoe\|Power}}	Grant Thornton LLP	£17,000
\|The Brystal Maze	Near South Bristol Community Hospital	Richard Ayoade and The Crystal Maze producers	The Bottle Yard Studios	£15,500
\|The Hound of Music	Gardiner Haskins, Bristol	{{sortname\|Sarah\|Matthews\|nolink=1}}	Gardiner Haskins	£15,500
\|The Howl	Royal West of England Academy	{{sortname\|Tim\|Sutcliffe}}	Redrock Consulting Ltd.	£20,000
\|ThermoGromit{{ref\|tb}}	Royal Fort Gardens	{{sortname\|Kacper\|Sopol}} and {{sortname\|Timmy\|Wilmott}}	University of Bristol	£16,000
\|Toto	Flaxpits Lane, Winterbourne	{{sortname\|Jenny\|Urquhart}}	AJ Homes	£18,000
\|Tropi-canis	House of Fraser, Cabot Circus	{{sortname\|Maria\|Burns}}	House of Fraser	Raffled{{#tag:ref\|The ‘Tropi-canis’ statue was sold via a raffle, rather than through auction. Tickets costed £2.50 each, and were available to residents of Great Britain aged 16 and over.{{cite web \|title=The Grand Appeal, Gromit Unleashed 2 Sculpture Raffle 2018 – Win Tropi-canis! Terms and Conditions \|url=https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0659/3329/files/GU2_Tropicanis_Raffle_Ts_Cs.pdf \|website=Shopify.com \|publisher=The Grand Appeal \|accessdate=22 October 2020}} The winner was Chris from Clevedon, who was selected using a random number generator.{{cite web \|title=TROPI-CANIS RAFFLE WINNER REVEALED! \|url=https://www.grandappeal.org.uk/latest-news/tropi-canis-raffle-winner-revealed/ \|website=The Grand Appeal \|accessdate=22 October 2020}}\|group=Note}}
\|Wild at Heart	Ashton Court	{{sortname\|Liza\|Donoghue}}	ETEX Building Performance Ltd.	£14,000

=Wallace=

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!Name!!Original Trail Location!!Designer!!Sponsor!!Sale price

|A Grand Tribute

Millennium Square

{{sortname|Nick|Park

}||We The Curious||£55,000

||George||The Downs||{{sortname|Helen|Javes}}||SLX||£20,000

||Gnome Sweet Gnome||College Green||{{sortname|Katie|Wallis}}||Natracare||£20,000

||Long John Wallace||Cascade Steps, The Centre||{{sortname|Elaine|Carr}}||VWV||£20,000

||Rocket Man||Bristol Royal Hospital for Children||{{sortname|Elaine|Carr}}||CAMB Machine Knives International Ltd.||£32,000

||Space Oddi-tea||Wapping Wharf, Spike Island||{{sortname|Carys|Ink}}||Wapping Wharf||£24,000

||Spock||The Mall at Cribbs Causeway||Star Trek||The Mall at Cribbs Causeway||£17,000

||The Wallace Collection||Anchor Road, Bristol||Rachel Bennett||Hargreaves Lansdown||£17,000

||The Wensleydale Kid||Clifton Observatory||{{sortname|Paula|Bowles}}||Clifton Observatory||£22,000

||Wallace||Bristol Cenotaph||Nick Park||Bristol City Centre BID||£31,000

||Wallace in Wonderland||Mall Gardens, Clifton||{{sortname|Beth|Waters}}||BID Clifton Village||£40,000

||Wallambard||Near SS Great Britain||{{sortname|Tim|Miness}}||Womble Bond Dickinson||£55,000

=Feathers McGraw=

class="wikitable sortable" !Name!!Original Trail Location!!Designer!!Sponsor!!Sale price
\|Banana-arm-a	North Street, Bedminster	Katie Wallis	Jeremy Gumbley	£13,000
\|Fangs McGraw	Stanfords, Corn Street	Ruth Broadway	Stanfords	£15,000
\|Feathers McGraw	Outside Wills Memorial Building	Nick Park	EY	£30,000
\|Feathers Macaw	Outside Victoria Rooms	Amy Timms	Ashfords	£16,000
\|Feathertron 3000	Bristol Energy Hub	Jam Factory & Jimmy 2 Eggs	Bristol Energy	£15,000
\|Fromage McGraw	Quakers Friars	Peter Lord	Bluefin Professions	£15,000
\|Game of Cones	Bristol Temple Meads railway station	Rachel Bennett	Burges Salmon	£17,000
\|In-cog-nito	The Mall at Cribbs Causeway	Amalgam	Amalgam	£17,000
\|Light as a Feather	Clifton Suspension Bridge	Josh & Aimee Williams	Osborne Clarke	£20,500
\|Oh Bollards!	Aardman Animations studios	Merlin Crossingham	Aardman Animations	£22,000
\|One in a Minion	Bristol Marriott Hotel City Centre	Illumination	Bristol Marriott Hotel City Centre	£19,000
\|Plooming Marvellous	Hartcliffe Community Farm Park	Amy Timms	Bristol Post	£19,000
\|Prima Featherina	Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel	Ruth Broadway	Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel	£14,000
\|The Emperor	The Podium, Broadmead	Natalie Guy	John James Bristol Foundation	£38,000

Footnotes

{{Note|tb}}'Trailblazer' interactive sculptures{{Cite web|url=https://www.grandappeal.org.uk/latest-news/gromit-unleashed-2-trailblazer-reveal/|title=Gromit Unleashed 2 Trailblazer Reveal!|date=11 June 2018}}

References

Category:2018 sculptures

Category:Charity in the United Kingdom

Category:Painted statue public art

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Bristol

Category:Arts in Bristol

Category:Wallace and Gromit

Category:Statues of fictional characters

Category:Sculpture gardens, trails and parks in the United Kingdom

Category:Animal sculptures in England