Tug of War is more than just a game. It’s also the name of the latest exhibition by a Medway artist.

Featuring 220 metres of rope and 16 skeletal frames of women and children, the sculpture has been created to represent its surroundings on the second floor of the Fitted Rigging House at Chatham's Historic Dockyard.

Artist Joanne Robinson, 27, hopes visitors will interact with the work which will be hung from and entwined around the original fixtures and fittings of the room.

The exhibition makes up the final part of Joanne’s degree course at the University for the Creative Arts in Rochester.

Joanne said: “The people sculptures represent the women and children that once worked at the dockyard.

"The rust on the skeletal frames is meant to show a degree of aging and symbolise the fact that after all these years the dockyard still exists today.

“The rope, which will be displayed at varying heights, will guide the visitors eye around the space drawing attention to details of the room.”

The dockyard’s history is also cleverly captured in the title of the exhibition.

In the 1800’s 'tug of war’ began as amongst seafaring men who were then required to tug on lines to adjust sails while ships were at sea and even in battle.

The exhibition is open to the public free of charge from 10am to 4pm from Monday, May 26, to Friday, June 6.

For more information email: jorobinson80@yahoo.co.uk