On Sunday the Mayor of Southwark tweeted this photo:
Brunel commemoration sign @se16 by Rotherhithe tunnel helped by blacksmith craft of local pupils @ Bacons school pic.twitter.com/jvx5MGTLGy
— Abdul Mohamed (@Abdul3Mohamed) March 23, 2014
The two metre high forged steel letters have been crafted by blacksmith Kevin Boys and his apprentices at their forge in Surrey Docks Farm.
Individual hot carved plates have also been designed & created, by pupils from the local Bacons College.
Their plates have been incorporated into the letters sculpture as part of their school’s science and engineering programme.
The letters signage is first phase of the Brunel Statue Group’s vision to erect a 15-metre statue commemorating Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Funded by Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Community Council’s ‘Cleaner Greener Safer’ Fund.