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Tower of London poppy memorial designer takes to the woods

Tom Piper and Lisa Wright mark Forestry Commission’s centenary with sculpture trail in Thetford Forest

The designer behind the popular poppy installation at the Tower of London for the first world war anniversary in 2014 is creating a new and startling public artwork to mark another centenary.

Designer Tom Piper is to install a series of bright and mysterious figures in dramatic settings in Thetford Forest, on the Norfolk-Suffolk border, in a collaboration with the Forestry Commission and the acclaimed sculptural artist Lisa Wright.

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