Find our Egg Globe ~ The Little Egg Hunt Launch

21/03/2024 Collaborations News

The Little Egg Hunt 2024 has launched!
A dozen egg sculptures including our “Egg Globe” and other beauties which have been designed and decorated by leading artists – are currently being displayed throughout Chelsea now through til April 15th. Ours can be found in the Conran Shop (we did not want to risk it being out in the elements!)

The Egg Hunt is one of Elephant Family’s flagship fundraising campaigns and high-profile outdoor art exhibitions. This year’s exhibition will raise funds for Elephant Family’s conservation work and pave the way for the Big Egg Hunt 2025. Throughout Easter next year, 200 of these exquisite creations will take London by storm and be sold at auction in aid of Elephant Family.
The exhibition is only possible through the support of our sponsors Clarence Court and partners IBI Logistics.
HRH Princess Eugenie, long-standing Patron of Elephant Family “I’m delighted to support this year’s little egg hunt in support of Elephant Family. A wonderful celebration of art and a reminder about nurturing the incredible animals that share our planet.”

“This is the Egg Hunt to join…. as Mark Shand, our beloved Founder, said eggs are the symbols of hope and by golly we need that now. Eggs and Elephants: a pairing made in Heaven!”
– Dame Joanna Lumley, Elephant Family Patron

Every single egg masterpiece is auctioned at the end of the hunt, raising vital funds for wildlife protection and conservation.

Here’s hoping we help raise lots with our handmade and hand painted Egg Globe.

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“What is particularly appealing about the hunt is the sheer size and scale of the undertaking and the fact that there is a cross pollination between artists and designers…”
The Huffington Post

It was an honour to work with the Elephant Family for both the 2012 and 2014 Egg Hunts… & as our company has grown we are excited to show our new edition!

Handcrafted and hand painted, this Egg Globe is truly one of a kind. Made to the same expert standards and same traditional techniques of our spherical globes! Paper gores have been carefully wet and stretched across the surface, and the land and sea hand painted and finely shaded in many washes of watercolour. The map has up to date and detailed cartography. You can imagine the challenges to create the Egg Projection!

The style of painting was inspired as a result of one of our extremely lucky clients who visited the International Space Station and had the awe-inspiring view looking down from far at our delicate and beautiful Earth. The Egg Globe is Earth from space, without borders being the focus – what your eye is first drawn to is where land is a lush green or where you see a huge desert or mountain range. It helps reminds us that we are merely brief custodians of our amazing planet.

Want to know more about globes? Each globe and base is made bespoke to order and we work with you to design your one of a kind globe exactly as you would like it.