The Nervous System (Umbilical), 2025 is part of the ‘Rope Makers’ series by Conrad Shawcross and is the artist’s most ambitious rope machine to date. At 10m high, and spanning 12m in diameter the work is monumental in both its scale and complexity.

As part of Pioneering Places East Kent – the largest of the national Great Place Schemes, supported by Arts Council England and National Lottery Heritage Fund – a series of sculptures entitled ‘Beacons’ were commissioned by local primary school children in Ramsgate.