After a two-month summer break we resumed working on the Friendly Army yesterday. For the time of my absence Mark Hopewell had kindly secured the already existing sculptures by strapping them to the EKR [...]

Last week we had the second making workshop at East Kent Railway. Alison, Mark and I built two more sculptures for the Friendly Army: Tower and Cross. The form of Tower is inspired by [...]

On Wednesday 10 June a group of East Kent Railway volunteers and I conducted the first sculpture workshop in Shepherdswell. A big Thank You to Mark, Allison, Daniel, Martin and Colin! Prior to my arrival [...]

Marcia Teusink and Rosie James led the eighth of ten DMAG drawing and stitching sessions at East Kent Railway on 9 May 2015. Please click on the slideshow below to see some images of [...]

I paid East Kent Railway another visit yesterday. I made the most of a warm and sunny spring day and walked from Shepherdswell via Eythorne to the former Tilmanstone colliery and back again, exploring potential locations for my sited sculptures along [...]

Before I visit the EKR site again to select the material for my metal creatures, here a few images of propped up structures, sculptures and other things on legs that inspired the design of The Friendly [...]

I had a another grand day out in Shepherdswell yesterday. It was this year’s first open weekend at East Kent Railway and I set myself up in the Barham Signal Box to discuss my ideas [...]

I’ll be in Shepherdswell on Sunday 22 March from 11am till 3pm to discuss my project with the East Kent Railway volunteers. All welcome. Please come along! East Kent Railway Trust Station Road Shepherdswell [...]

For the conceptual and formal development of my friendly army I looked a bit closer into the references and allusions for the receiver sculpture – i.e. into military acoustic location devices. “Acoustic location was used from [...]

Here a quick visual update concerning the design development of the friendly army. Unlike in the initial collages, the form of each character is now more specifically related to elements that exist on, or have disappeared from the site. Track signage [...]