A display of over 90 batik flags will be on the South Lawn at Lacock Abbey, designed by Japanese people affected by the 2011 Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Plant disasters.

Alex and Jan Grant from Toozalli Arts were invited to work in Northern Japan after the catastrophe and ‘World’s Eye!’ in the result of a community art project spanning across the world, connecting the communities over a 12,000 mile gap.

This is the second time Toozalli Arts have shown giant batik flags at Lacock Abbey, as Rachael Holtom explains: “In 2012 we welcomed Alex and Jan Grant with ‘Anything but Plain, Darling!’, a collection of flags created in collaboration with women living in villages and on army bases on Salisbury Plain. We are thrilled to host another batik show, the super-tall flags are just stunning and a feast for the eyes, and exploring the designs and what they mean to individuals is a wonderful experience.

“To engage one community into the benefits of artistic creation is a positive outcome,” says projects artist Alex Grant.

“To engage two communities into artistically supporting each other across a 12,000 mile gap, with such a visually exciting and publicly accessible outcome, is just amazing,” he added.

World’s Eye! at Lacock Abbey, 17 to 28 September, 10.30 to 5.30pm. Normal admission applies. National Trust members and under 5s go free. For more details please visit nationaltrust.org.uk/lacock or call 01249 730459.