<P> Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red was a work of installation art placed in the moat of the Tower of London , England , between July and November 2014 , commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of World War I. It consisted of 888,246 ceramic red poppies , each intended to represent one British or Colonial serviceman killed in the War . The artist was Paul Cummins , with setting by stage designer Tom Piper . The work 's title was taken from the first line of a poem by an unknown World War I soldier . </P>
who made the poppies at tower of london
Paul Cummins Tom Piper