Artist Kendra Haste made these sculptures of life-size lions, leopards, baboons, and a polar bear using galvanized wire mesh.
This project was commissioned by Historic Royal Palaces to create thirteen sculptures as installation pieces for an exhibition celebrating the Royal Menagerie at the Tower of London. It relates to the history of exotic animals that were once a popular tourist attraction at the Tower.
Haste says,
I hope to convey through the sculpture the presence and power of these animals held in the unnatural confines of the tower.