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Family Activities Moore was amazed when he saw Stonehenge, Henry Moore was born in 1898 in Henry Moore the ancient standing stones, at night time. Castleford, just a few miles from Yorkshire Sculpture Park. He made Back to a Land Moore felt his sculpture looked best in the open air, under the sky and in nature. As a boy he remembered seeing huge stones in the sculptures to be seen outdoors, in The weather and different times of day Yorkshire countryside and the slag heaps of the mines. nature. The weather, light and land change how sculptures look and even feel. To him they looked like mountains or pyramids. around Moore’s sculptures are all part of how we experience them. What is the weather like today? Moore was brought up amongst the back-to-back houses, factories, quarries Think about how cold it is, how sunny or cloudy. and mines of Castleford. As a boy, he Is it wet or windy? enjoyed cycling and exploring the Yorkshire countryside. He believed that people and the land were closely connected. Natural How does it feel to be out forms such as clouds, trees, gnarled roots, in different weather? pebbles and bone all inspired his art. Be a living sculpture. Do any of his sculptures remind you of people or rocks, hills and caves? Move into a pose as if it were snowing, blowing a gale or blazing hot. Ask someone to draw you.

This leaflet was produced to Presented in partnership with accompany Henry Moore: Back to a Land, at Yorkshire Sculpture Park from 7 March to 6 September 2015. Talk to a grown up about what Yorkshire Sculpture Park they thought looked amazing when West Bretton they were little. Wakefield WF4 4LG United Kingdom Find something ordinary and make it amazing.

Images: Cover: Reclining Figure: Angles (detail), 1979 bronze. Photo Michel Muller, ysp.co.uk @YSPsculpture The Henry Moore Foundation archive. Inner: Three Piece Reclining Figure No.1 Yorkshire Sculpture Park (detail), 1961–62 bronze. Photo © Jonty Wilde. Courtesy Tate; Stonehenge (detail), 1973 lithograph. Photo Michael Phipps, The Henry Moore Foundation archive. Rear: Large Two Forms (detail), 1969 bronze. Photo © Jonty Wilde. All images reproduced Imagine an object coming to life. ysp.co.uk by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation. What would it do?

Moore often made one sculpture out of two or three parts. Moore collected objects which he found in He saw the human body as full of energy. He was nature, such as pebbles, shells and bone. Choose three objects that you’ve found. interested in the bones and muscles inside our bodies. Move them around to look like a sculpture. Make a collection of natural objects Clench your fist as tightly as you can. that you find on the ground.

Draw the shape of bones and knuckles through skin?

Are they balancing?

Could your sculpture be a person?

Use your hands to make interesting shapes. Do they make shadows? Draw around two or three of your objects again and again and again. Do you want them to touch? Trace the outline of your hand sculpture. What happens to their shape? Family Activities Moore was amazedFamily when Activities he saw Stonehenge, Moore was amazed when he saw Stonehenge, Henry Moore was born in 1898 in Henry Moore Henry Moore was born in 1898 in the ancient standingHenry stones, Moore at night time. the ancient standing stones, at night time. Castleford, just a few miles from Castleford, just a few miles from Yorkshire Sculpture Park. He made Back to a Land MooreYorkshire felt his sculpture Sculpture looked Park. best inHe made Back to a Land Moore felt his sculpture looked best in the open air, under the sky and in nature. As a boy he remembered seeing huge stones in the the open air, under the sky and in nature. As a boy he remembered seeing huge stones in the sculptures to be seen outdoors, in The weathersculptures and different to be seen times outdoors, of day in Yorkshire countryside and the slag heaps of the mines. The weather and different times of day Yorkshire countryside and the slag heaps of the mines. nature. The weather, light and land changenature. how sculptures The weather, look and light even andfeel. land To him they looked like mountains or pyramids. change how sculptures look and even feel. To him they looked like mountains or pyramids. around Moore’s sculptures are all around Moore’s sculptures are all part of how we experience them. part of how we experience them. What is the weather like today? What is the weather like today? Moore was brought up amongst the Moore was brought up amongst the back-to-back houses, factories, quarries back-to-back houses,Think factories,about how quarries cold it is, how sunny or cloudy. Think about how cold it is, how sunny or cloudy. and mines of Castleford. As a boy, he and mines of Castleford.Is it wet orAs windy? a boy, he Is it wet or windy? enjoyed cycling and exploring the Yorkshire enjoyed cycling and exploring the Yorkshire countryside. He believed that people and countryside. He believed that people and the land were closely connected. Natural the land were closelyHow does connected. it feel to Naturalbe out How does it feel to be out forms such as clouds, trees, gnarled roots, forms such as clouds,in different trees, weather? gnarled roots, in different weather? pebbles and bone all inspired his art. pebbles and bone all inspired his art. Be a living sculpture. Be a living sculpture. Do any of his sculptures remind you Do any of his sculptures remind you of people or rocks, hills and caves? of people or rocks,Move into hills a pose and as ifcaves? it were snowing, Move into a pose as if it were snowing, blowing a gale or blazing hot. blowing a gale or blazing hot. Ask someone to draw you. Ask someone to draw you.

This leaflet was produced to Presented in partnership with This leaflet was produced to Presented in partnership with accompany Henry Moore: Back to accompany Henry Moore: Back to a Land, at Yorkshire Sculpture Park a Land, at Yorkshire Sculpture Park from 7 March to 6 September 2015. from 7 March to 6 September 2015. Talk to a grown up about what Talk to a grown up about what Yorkshire Sculpture Park they thought looked amazing when Yorkshire Sculpture Park they thought looked amazing when West Bretton they were little. West Bretton they were little. Wakefield WF4 4LG Wakefield WF4 4LG United Kingdom Find something ordinary and make it amazing. United Kingdom Find something ordinary and make it amazing.

Images: Cover: Reclining Figure: Angles (detail), 1979 bronze. Photo Michel Muller, Images: Cover: Reclining Figure: Angles (detail), 1979 bronze. Photo Michel Muller, ysp.co.uk @YSPsculpture The Henry Moore Foundation archive. Inner: Three Piece Reclining Figure No.1 ysp.co.uk @YSPsculpture The Henry Moore Foundation archive. Inner: Three Piece Reclining Figure No.1 Yorkshire Sculpture Park (detail), 1961–62 bronze. Photo © Jonty Wilde. Courtesy Tate; Stonehenge (detail), Yorkshire Sculpture Park (detail), 1961–62 bronze. Photo © Jonty Wilde. Courtesy Tate; Stonehenge (detail), 1973 lithograph. Photo Michael Phipps, The Henry Moore Foundation archive. Rear: 1973 lithograph. Photo Michael Phipps, The Henry Moore Foundation archive. Rear: Large Two Forms (detail), 1969 bronze. Photo © Jonty Wilde. All images reproduced Imagine an object coming to life. Large Two Forms (detail), 1969 bronze. Photo © Jonty Wilde. All images reproduced Imagine an object coming to life. ysp.co.uk by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation. ysp.co.ukWhat would it do? by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation. What would it do?

Moore often made one sculpture out of two or three parts. Moore often made one sculpture out of two or three parts. Moore collected objects which he found in Moore collected objects which he found in He saw the human body as full of energy. He was He saw the human body as full of energy. He was nature, such as pebbles, shells and bone. nature, suchChoose as pebbles, three objects shells andthat bone.you’ve found. interested in the bones and muscles inside our bodies. Choose three objects that you’ve found. interested in the bones and muscles inside our bodies. Move them around to look like a sculpture. Move them around to look like a sculpture. Make a collection of natural objects Make a collection of natural objects Clench your fist as tightly as you can. Clench your fist as tightly as you can. that you find on the ground. that you find on the ground.

Draw the shape of bones and Draw the shape of bones and knuckles through skin? knuckles through skin?

Are they balancing? Are they balancing?

Could your sculpture be a person? Could your sculpture be a person?

Use your hands to make interesting shapes. Use your hands to make interesting shapes. Do they make shadows? Do they make shadows? Draw around two or three of your Draw around two or three of your objects again and again and again. objects again and again and again. Do you want them to touch? Trace the outline of your hand sculpture. Do you want them to touch? Trace the outline of your hand sculpture. What happens to their shape? What happens to their shape? Family Activities Moore was amazed when he saw Stonehenge, Henry Moore was born in 1898 in Henry Moore the ancient standing stones, at night time. Castleford, just a few miles from Yorkshire Sculpture Park. He made Back to a Land Moore felt his sculpture looked best in the open air, under the sky and in nature. As a boy he remembered seeing huge stones in the sculptures to be seen outdoors, in The weather and different times of day Yorkshire countryside and the slag heaps of the mines. nature. The weather, light and land change how sculptures look and even feel. To him they looked like mountains or pyramids. around Moore’s sculptures are all part of how we experience them. What is the weather like today? Moore was brought up amongst the back-to-back houses, factories, quarries Think about how cold it is, how sunny or cloudy. and mines of Castleford. As a boy, he Is it wet or windy? enjoyed cycling and exploring the Yorkshire countryside. He believed that people and the land were closely connected. Natural How does it feel to be out forms such as clouds, trees, gnarled roots, in different weather? pebbles and bone all inspired his art. Be a living sculpture. Do any of his sculptures remind you of people or rocks, hills and caves? Move into a pose as if it were snowing, blowing a gale or blazing hot. Ask someone to draw you.

Draw the shape of bones and knuckles through skin?

Are they balancing?

Could your sculpture be a person?

Use your hands to make interesting shapes. Do they make shadows? Draw around two or three of your objects again and again and again. Do you want them to touch? Trace the outline of your hand sculpture. What happens to their shape? Crouch so that you can fit onto this folded-out sheet. Ask a friend to draw around you or try to do it yourself. During the Second World War, Moore drew people sheltering against bomb attacks in What does it feel like being London Underground stations. He also went cramped into a small space? down Wheldale Colliery, near Castleford, and sketched the miners working at the coalface. This was a very deep pit and miners had to walk for a mile and crawl on hands and knees before digging for coal in a space only three feet high.

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Use mud or grass to ‘shade in’ your drawing so it looks like a monumental stone sculpture. Does it still look like a person?

Draw into your shape with a wax crayon and paint over it with watery paint.

See how the wax resists the paint.

Try scratching through the wax when it’s dry. Can you imagine it as a sculpture with a rough, weather-worn surface? Family Activities Moore was amazed when he saw Stonehenge, Henry Moore was born in 1898 in Henry Moore the ancient standing stones, at night time. Castleford, just a few miles from Yorkshire Sculpture Park. He made Back to a Land Moore felt his sculpture looked best in the open air, under the sky and in nature. As a boy he remembered seeing huge stones in the sculptures to be seen outdoors, in The weather and different times of day Yorkshire countryside and the slag heaps of the mines. nature. The weather, light and land change how sculptures look and even feel. To him they looked like mountains or pyramids. around Moore’s sculptures are all part of how we experience them. What is the weather like today? Moore was brought up amongst the back-to-back houses, factories, quarries Think about how cold it is, how sunny or cloudy. and mines of Castleford. As a boy, he Is it wet or windy? enjoyed cycling and exploring the Yorkshire countryside. He believed that people and the land were closely connected. Natural How does it feel to be out forms such as clouds, trees, gnarled roots, in different weather? pebbles and bone all inspired his art. Be a living sculpture. Do any of his sculptures remind you of people or rocks, hills and caves? Move into a pose as if it were snowing, blowing a gale or blazing hot. Ask someone to draw you.

Draw the shape of bones and knuckles through skin?

Are they balancing?

Could your sculpture be a person?