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Summer Makers: Collaborative Sculpture 'Mummy and Baby'

A group of visitors working together to build a papier-mâché sculpture. Their actions are blurred through movement.
View through a papier-mâché sculpture to a child holding a piece of brown paper, which is dripping glue into a bucket, ready to be added.
A child adding a layer of brown paper to a papier-mâché sculpture.
A child adding a layer of brown paper to a papier-mâché sculpture.
A blur of people around a central sculpture under construction.
A child adding a layer of brown paper to a papier-mâché sculpture.
Two children working together to build a papier-mâché sculpture.
A group of visitors working together to build a papier-mâché sculpture. Their actions are blurred through movement.
An abstract papier-mâché sculpture of a head.
A line drawing in yellow crayon of a mother holding a baby.
An abstract papier-mâché sculpture of a mother and child, painted gold, on a black plinth in a garden.
A visitor taking a photo on their phone of an abstract, gold-painted papier-mâché sculpture of a mother and child.
Abstract bronze sculpture of a woman holding a baby. The sculpture ends at the woman's torso.

Our Summer Makers workshop returned over the school summer holidays to make another giant collaborative sculpture!

Inspired by Moore’s own figurative sculptures on display here at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, we worked together with visitors to make this new addition out of papier-mâché.

In an exciting twist to this year’s Summer Makers, the design for the sculpture came to us directly from the winner of the Growing Moore & Summer Makers Sculpture Competition, chosen earlier this year and announced via social media.

The winning drawing, created by a 4-year-old visitor to our site, was inspired by Henry Moore’s sculpture Mother and Child.

Standing around 7ft tall when finished, we named the sculpture ‘Mummy and Baby’. She was proudly on display in the Kitchen Gardens until the end of August, before being relocated indoors due to a rainstorm.

We hope you’ll join us to help make another Summer Makers collaborative sculpture next year!

Abstract bronze sculpture of a woman holding a baby. The sculpture ends at the woman's torso.

Henry Moore’s Mother and Child, the inspiration for this year’s Summer Makers.

A line drawing in yellow crayon of a mother holding a baby.

The winning design from our Summer Makers Sculpture Competition.

An abstract papier-mâché sculpture of a mother and child, painted gold, on a black plinth in a garden.

The finished collaborative sculpture ‘Mummy and Baby’, on display in the Kitchen Garden.

Getting here

We’re located just 27 miles north of London in the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside.

Our 2026 visitor season runs from 1 April to 25 October. We’re open Wednesday to Sunday, 11:00–17:00.

Henry Moore Studios & Gardens

Perry Green
Hertfordshire
SG10 6EE
United Kingdom

T:  01279 843 333
E:  visitorservices@henry-moore.org

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Plan your visit – Studios & Gardens
A large bronze sculpture made of three parts, sited in a woodland clearing. The two larger parts surround the small on on two sides, acting like a shell or shelter.

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If you are travelling to us, please plan your route in advance and allow extra time for your journey. Thank you for your patience, and we look forward to welcoming you soon.