Laura Ford’s sculpture "Bird Boy" is a figure of a lost child wearing a bird costume, which could appear as a protective disguise or a demonic curse. Standing motionless on the edge of a pontoon in the Royal Docks, Bird Boy hopes he will go unnoticed but, despite his scale, his presence is powerful and commands attention.

The sculpture is part of The Line, a series of public sculptures that follow the Greenwich Meridian, through the London Boroughs of Greenwich, Tower Hamlets and Newham.

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Laura Ford’s sculpture Bird Boy can be seen on a pontoon at Royal Victoria Dock.

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