Human-sized Morph sculptures are coming to London

The children’s television character Morph is arriving to London in a free public art exhibition.

Dozens of human-sized statues have been created alongside the children’s wheelchair charity Whizz-Kidz.

A series of smaller ‘Mini Morph’ sculptures adopted and created by schools will also be displayed as part of the adventure.

Here’s everything you need to know.

Who is Morph?

Morph is a stop-motion animated clay figurine, that started out being featured in several BBC TV shows, alongside presenter Tony Hart.

The small clay models first appeared on the classic children’s art shows Take Hart and Hartbeat.

Where will the new statues be situated?

The 6ft Morphs will be located at 56 of London’s most famous landmarks.

They will be on display from June 19 to August 20 at wheelchair-accessible locations.

The route has been designed by Ardman Animations — which created Morph: Whizz-Kidz — and Wild in Art.

The free family-friendly art trail of colourful Morphs will span iconic London landmarks including St Paul’s, Tate Modern, Tower of London, Shakespeare’s Globe, and Borough Market.

It will be a free public art trail and tourist attraction, designed by a variety of artists to excite and inspire, whilst increasing public awareness of the need for young wheelchair users to be mobile, enabled, and included in society.

The charity says it will be London’s “first step-free art trail” and intends to raise awareness of the need for young wheelchair-users to be “mobile, enabled and included in society.”

Each sculpture has a unique design and will have a QR code with information, facts, and links to people behind each Morph.

Visitors will also be provided with an app and trail map so they can navigate London’s most famous streets.

Previously, after nearly 40 years of its TV debut, Morph was set to make a comeback in response to a successful crowdfunding campaign launched by Aardman Animation.

Aardman’s Peter Lord had set a target of £75,000 for the campaign, to help fund 12 new one-minute episodes.

“I’m amazed and humbled that the little guy still has such a passionate following on Facebook and YouTube,” said co-founder Lord on his Kickstarter page.

“We’ve had so many people asking for him to make a comeback that I thought it’s about time we start hatching a plan.”