The tattoo artist said she thought often of her close friend Matt Seymour, who was cared for at the hospice before his death in 2023, while painting the elephant.
She said she was particularly pleased to include a McLaren racing car because he had worked for the manufacturer, adding that the company’s first racing car was developed in Slough.
It was Matt’s wife, Jess Seymour, who was out on Sunday night putting the elephants in place.
She said she hoped the sculptures would become “the elephant in the room”, encouraging people to talk openly about end-of-life care and death – subjects that are often avoided.
“It is such a fantastic way to open up conversations that are generally difficult to talk about,” she said.