Claire Morgan’s spectacular sculptural installation traced the journey of the individual through the crowd, as in the Bupa Great North Run.

A dense mass of thousands of seeds and a lone Kittiwake Gull, all native to the route of the world’s largest half-marathon, are suspended in the air in a dramatic geometric form. Falling and swooping, the bird makes its way through the enormous throng.

Claire Morgan gave a sell-out artist talk at Laing Art Gallery on Wednesday 1 October.

We would like to thank the National Trust for their help with this work.

Claire Morgan is a visual artist who creates contemporary sculpture and installation art. Born in Belfast, she attended the University of Ulster and graduated from the University of Northumbria in 2003 with a first class degree in Sculpture. She has developed a strong interest in the organic, in natural processes, and in the bodily connotations of natural materials. She now lives and works in London.