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Sculptor secures world record with 50ft sock monkey

News imageGlasgow School of Art A sculpture of a giant sock puppet lying in a car park. It has a pink body, one blue and one red arm and two red legs. It has two giant button shapes for eyes.Glasgow School of Art
The giant sock monkey measures 49ft 6in (15.1m) in length

A Glasgow School of Art graduate has become a Guinness World Record holder for her sculpture of a giant puppet.

Emilia Evans-Munton, 22, created what is now officially the world's largest sock monkey for her degree show.

The 49ft 6in (15.1m) long sculpture was made using 196ft (60m) of corduroy fabric to cover its surface and 40 straw bales to give the giant puppet its structure.

The sculpture and environmental art graduate said the sock monkey - entitled Remember I'm Still Here - was a symbol of her childhood.

Emilia Evans-Munton spoke to the BBC during her degree show in June 2025

The huge work was displayed outdoors in the Stow Building's car park during the Glasgow School of Art's 2025 degree show.

Its giant button eyes - which were 5ft (1.5m) wide - were built from recycled scaffolding board.

News imageGlasgow School of Art Emilia Evans-Munton, who is wearing a red and black checked dress and brown boots, sitting on a giant pink sock monkeyGlasgow School of Art
Emilia Evans-Munton used to make sock monkeys with her mother and grandmother

Evans-Munton said it took her two weeks to construct the puppet - one week to sew it together and one week to stuff it - with the help of friends and family.

The artist was inspired by the sock monkeys she made with her mother and grandmother when she was in primary school.

News imageGlasgow School of Art A sculpture of a giant sock puppet lying in a car park. It has a pink body, one blue and one red arm and two red legs. It has two giant button shapes for eyes.Glasgow School of Art
It was displayed in the former Stow College building's car park

Evans-Munton said: "The piece is an ode to the toys that are left behind, and the painful pang of losing one's favourite toy as a child.

"It lies there in sun, wind, rain and storm; initially pristine, gradually becoming more battered and bruised by the weather, literally having been left behind by the artist, yet discovered by the audience during the duration of its presence at the art school."

The sculptor, who often works with textiles to create soft sculptures, hopes her work can help people feel like a child again.