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Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Crossrail ART

I spend my days at Great Western Studios, which is full of creative people.

We overlook the Royal Oak Crossrail site and this has inspired a group project about Crossrail.

Along with illustrators, artists and photographers, I will exhibit in May this year.

I was incredibly lucky to be taken into the tunnel with Ivor, the Head of Tunnels, to see 'Ada' the boring machine as she dug her way, 27 metres underground, from Royal Oak to Farringdon.

The experience inside the tunnel was unforgettable, I got some great photographs and will be working on material for the exhibition in the next few months. 


As a thank you, I drew a portrait of Ivor, and gave it to him on the day of the completion of the tunnel (yesterday).