\n Quacky Feet, an undercover duck, has joined the Waddle-on-Sea huddle, an art trail in Southend, posing as a penguin.\n<\/p>\n
\n The trail, created by Havens hospices and Wild in Art, is showcasing 31 large penguin sculptures and 72 baby sculptures throughout Southend, including Leigh, until September 3.\n<\/p>\n
\n Among the 72 baby sculptures is the adventurous rubber duck, Quacky Feet, crafted by Sarah Nash, director of finance at Waddle-on-Sea\u2019s presenting partner company, Ipeco Holdings Ltd.\n<\/p>\n
\n The unique sculpture is hand-decorated to resemble a penguin, featuring thousands of small gems.\n<\/p>\n
\n Quacky Feet has joined the Waddle-on-Sea huddle (Image: Havens hospices)\n<\/p>\n
\n As the only non-penguin on the trail, it holds an intriguing story for those who discover it.\n<\/p>\n
\n Speaking about Quacky Feet, Ms Nash said: “He wanted to find a huddle and see if he could disguise himself as a penguin to join in the fun.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Luckily, he found a fantastic huddle of penguins in his hometown, so he didn\u2019t have far to travel.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Anyone who wants to give this special duck a forever home will have the opportunity to bid on Quacky Feet at the end of the trail.\n<\/p>\n
\n The trail, which is backed by the Echo, aims to raise funds for Havens hospices.\n<\/p>\n
\n Havens hospices provide free specialist care and support to people of all ages living with incurable conditions and their families across south Essex.\n<\/p>\n
\n Trail-goers can follow the trail by purchasing a map from any Havens hospices charity shop, or other venues including the Pier Information Centre, The Forum, LeighLibrary, and Waddle-on-Sea HQs at The Royals Shopping Centre and 141 Leigh Road.\n<\/p>\n
\n Artist Sarah Nash with Quacky Feet (Image: Havens hospices)\n<\/p>\n
\n Maps are subject to availability.\n<\/p>\n
\n A “Waddle on Sea” app can also be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play.\n<\/p>\n
\n This fundraising initiative which launched on Friday helps raise vital funds for the hospices to enable them to continue providing their services free of charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quacky Feet, an undercover duck, has joined the Waddle-on-Sea huddle, an art trail in Southend, posing as a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-11373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}