# Gromit Unleashed 2

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. 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.
The trail raised funds for the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and St. Michael's Hospital's Special Care Baby unit.

## 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, A Close Shave and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

### 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.

### 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. 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.

## List of sculptures
### Gromit

| Name | Original Trail Location | Designer | Sponsor | Sale price |
| A Grand Gromplication | 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 | Tim Sutcliffe | Chipping Sodbury Chamber of Commerce | £17,000 |
| Bristol in Bloom | St Mary Redcliffe | Ella Masters | Immediate Media Co. | £13,500 |
| Bristol's Own | Queen Square | Susan Webber | Barcan+Kirby | £22,000 |
| Boss | Showcase Cinema De Lux, Cabot Circus | 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 | 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 | Gavin Strange | Briz-Graphics | £14,000 |
| Draco | Kings Chase shopping centre, Kingswood | The Knitted Pea | Evan's and Partners | £13,000 |
| Ferne | The Horsefair | Natalie Guy | First Bus | £26,000 |
| Giggles | Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare | 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 | Peter Docter (Pixar Studios) | LDC | £22,000 |
| Gromitronic | M Shed | Renishaw | Renishaw | - |
| Gromjet | Aerospace Bristol | Rolls-Royce | Rolls-Royce | £25,000 |
| Honeydew | Arnolfini | Tim Sutcliffe | The Yogscast | £11,000 |
| Honeysuckle Rose | St Mary Centre, Thornbury | Sarah-Jane Grace | Thornbury Chamber of Commerce | £16,000 |
| Marshall | Chew Valley Lake | PAW Patrol | Bristol Water | £16,500 |
| Merry-go-Gromit | Puxton Park | Emily Golden | Puxton Park | £12,000 |
| Oceans 1: Deep Blue | We The Curious | Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol | Airbus | - |
| Oceans 2: Yellow Sub | M Shed | Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol | Airbus | - |
| Peek a Boo! | Blaise Castle Estate | Mandy Sutcliffe | Yankee Candle | £13,000 |
| Pickles McPrickles | Greenway Centre, Southmead | Simon Tozer | YTL Developments | £15,000 |
| Rockin' Robin | Ashton Gate Stadium | Hannah Bone | Ashton Gate Stadium | £16,000 |
| Splash! | St Mark's Road, Easton | Cheba | Destination Bristol | £19,000 |
| Sprinkles | Boston Tea Party, Gloucester Road | Tom Hovey | Arthur David Food with Service Ltd. | £12,500 |
| Stellar | Park Street | 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 | 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 | Sarah Matthews | Gardiner Haskins | £15,500 |
| The Howl | Royal West of England Academy | Tim Sutcliffe | Redrock Consulting Ltd. | £20,000 |
| ThermoGromit | Royal Fort Gardens | Kacper Sopol and Timmy Wilmott | University of Bristol | £16,000 |
| Toto | Flaxpits Lane, Winterbourne | Jenny Urquhart | AJ Homes | £18,000 |
| Tropi-canis | House of Fraser, Cabot Circus | Maria Burns | House of Fraser | Raffled |
| Wild at Heart | Ashton Court | Liza Donoghue | ETEX Building Performance Ltd. | £14,000 |

### Wallace

| Name | Original Trail Location | Designer | Sponsor | Sale price |
| A Grand Tribute | Millennium Square | Nick Park | We The Curious | £55,000 |
| George | The Downs | Helen Javes | SLX | £20,000 |
| Gnome Sweet Gnome | College Green | Katie Wallis | Natracare | £20,000 |
| Long John Wallace | Cascade Steps, The Centre | Elaine Carr | VWV | £20,000 |
| Rocket Man | Bristol Royal Hospital for Children | Elaine Carr | CAMB Machine Knives International Ltd. | £32,000 |
| Space Oddi-tea | Wapping Wharf, Spike Island | 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 | Paula Bowles | Clifton Observatory | £22,000 |
| Wallace | Bristol Cenotaph | Nick Park | Bristol City Centre BID | £31,000 |
| Wallace in Wonderland | Mall Gardens, Clifton | Beth Waters | BID Clifton Village | £40,000 |
| Wallambard | Near SS Great Britain | Tim Miness | Womble Bond Dickinson | £55,000 |

### Feathers McGraw

| 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

* ↑ 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. The winner was Chris from Clevedon, who was selected using a random number generator.
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