Balance beam.
The Weight of Duty.
Artwork created by Anna Redwood bringing together signs made by soldiers whilst serving in Afghanistan.
The artist identified the wooden signs as an object that served to remind soldiers on campaign of home and normality. The signs demonstrate the way soldiers link themselves to places of normality in extreme circumstances and conditions.
Associated with Operation HERRICK, Afghanistan (2002-2014) 2002-2014.

Anna Redwood was commissioned as an official war artist by 7th Armoured Brigade (The Desert Rats) to commemorate their tour on the last major deployment of British forces in Afghanistan. She spent a month working closely with the soldiers deployed on tour between November and December 2014.