The Lantern Company

21/02/2026

Gung Hay Fat Choy! Happy Chinese New Year!

Year of the Fire Horse 🐎 🔥

The last year of the Horse was 12 years ago, but its 60 years since the most recent Year of the Fire Horse.

Traits include: strength, action, stamina, independence, loyalty and prosperity, all amplified by fire!

18/02/2026

Beautiful

11/02/2026

Lantern Company is set to have your Eyes on Stalks this Spring as part of Liverpool BID’s
‘Must See Month’ (13th February to late March).

We have created an incredible walking art trail in Liverpool city centre with a surrealist ‘feast for the senses’ series of window gallery exhibitions, supported and made possible by Liverpool BID’s Arts and Culture fund 🙏

The accessible public art trail is viewable 24/7 and features a host of incredible illuminated art installations and curious characters in window galleries across Liverpool City Centre locations, best viewed from dusk onwards when they are all illuminated - see map for locations.

World class artworks with a theatrical carnival-style twist, all dreamed up, designed and made in Liverpool and previously shown at events and festivals all around the Globe.

Ignite your imagination, discover new ways of seeing and let curiosity light the way while you wander!

22/01/2026

We’re partnering with the RSPB this week, until Sunday 25th January, at The Trafford Centre, to help promote the Big Garden Bird Watch - UK’s biggest biggest wildlife survey and a brilliant way for people of all ages to connect with nature.

Come and say hello to our Giant Puffin and Starling Lanterns, as well as the lovely Kate and Dan from who will be helping to spread the word about the Birdwatch and the wider work of the RSPB.

Join the Big Garden Bird Watch today: https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/big-garden-birdwatch

21/12/2025

Happy Spidery Solstice Folks!

We love this time of year. Longest nights = warmest lights!

Catch a glimpse of our spider at Heligan’s Night Garden

19/12/2025

Delighted to have our work on show as part of “Winter at Sizergh”.

Sizergh Castle - the stunning National Trust house and estate. The light and sound trail features top quality work by a selection of inspiring artists and companies, and is curated by Sound Intervention’s Dan Fox 💫

19/12/2025

Delighted to have our work on show as part of “Winter at Sizergh”.

Sizergh Castle NT, a lovely National Trust house and estate. The light and sound trail features top quality work by a selection of inspiring artists and companies, and is curated by Sound Intervention’s Dan Fox.

Watch the feature at the end of the ITV news! 💫

Watch the latest from ITV News - You can catch-up with the ITV Lookaround programme on weekdays for 24 hours after it is broadcast on ITVX.

11/12/2025

A real highlight of our year is The Night Garden at The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, where we are commissioned to make nature-themed lanterns to reflect Heligan’s environmental and biodiversity campaigns and the diversity of wildlife in the gardens.

This years’ new creatures were Watervole - Heligan released 50 pairs on the estate this year. Dragonflies (whose breeding success and survival is complexly linked to climate change) A mole (whose digging helps aerate the soil, improves drainage and seed growth amongst other benefits) and the dramatically plumed Great spotted Woodpecker - a treat for all!

The extensive research and creative process always provides a fascinating challenge, especially as we figure out how to transpose micro to macro and wings, scales and fur into sculpted form, light and colour.

A lovely array of our other lantern creatures are inhabiting this year’s trail, reflecting the wealth of wildlife that inhabits the Heligan estate... This year’s event is a perfect Winter adventure for absolutely everyone!

Book tickets here: https://www.heligan.com/events/events-at-heligan/heligan-night-garden/

11/12/2025

*Urgent call for warm winter clothes!*

Do you have any spare warm winter clothes lying around in the cupboards? As the days and nights get colder, our clothes store urgently needs topping up with winter clothes, to help keep our community warm over the coming months. We are especially in need of:

🧤 *Gloves*
🧑🏿‍🎄 *Hats*
🧣 *Scarves*

If anyone has any of these items, or any other coats, jumpers, and warm layers to give, we would love to have them! And thanks so much to everyone who gave such generous donations after our last call out!

If you can help us out, please bring any donations along to our centre (7 Overbury Street, L7 3HJ). We are open from Monday-Thursday. from 9:30am-4pm. Your support is massively appreciated 🙏🏽❤️

05/11/2025

There’s always a lot of fixing work to do at this time of year. Our lantern animal hospital is busy with in patients...including this poor old badger who was pecked by inquisitive crows we think! No option but to go in through the front..👀✂️🩹