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Artist in Residence: Paper Weaving

12:00–13:00 and 15:00–16:00

Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire

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Included in an annual ticket, no booking needed

A piece of paper weaving, with strips in red and yellow creating a checkboard pattern

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A piece of paper weaving, with strips in red and yellow creating a checkboard pattern
An elderly man sits in a chair watching a team of people work to hang a large tapestry on the wall of a timber framed barn
The interior of a timber framed barn. Hanging on the walls are several tapestries which depict drawings by Henry Moore, including one of his famous World War 2 Shelter Drawings
A wide shot of one wall in the Aisled Barn at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, with visitors looking at four of Moore's tapestries hanging on the walls.
A blue toned tapestry depicting three women, hanging in a wood-beamed barn with skylight above.
A tapestry in shades of pink and green, depicting one of Henry Moore's WW2 Shelter Drawings.

Join our 2024 Artist in Residence, Purvai Rai,  for a drop-workshop using paper strips and glue to demonstrate the basics of tapestry weaving.

Find out more about how Henry Moore’s tapestries, on display in our Aisled Barn, were made and create your own colour combinations and patterns in this fun, immersive activity.

The workshop will take place in two, one-hour sessions. We will provide all the materials and instructions, no prior experience of weaving is necessary. Entry is included in an annual ticket and there’s no need to book in advance. Suitable for all ages, everyone is welcome but children must be accompanied by an adult.

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This event is included in an annual ticket. It’s a drop-in event, so there’s no need to book.

  • If you already have an annual ticket, just come along on the day and bring your annual ticket with you.
  • If you do not have an annual ticket, you can buy one online or from the ticket desk when you arrive. With an annual ticket, you can return to Henry Moore Studios & Gardens as often as you like during our open season, for 12 calendar months.

 

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A black and white portrait photo showing a young Indian woman with shoulder length hair.

About the artist

We are thrilled to welcome Purvai Rai as our 2024 Artist in Residence, as part of our ongoing ongoing partnership with Yale Center for British Art and Yale School of Art. Purvai is spending a month at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, working with our collections and archive teams.

Purvai is a a mixed media artist based out of New Haven, Connecticut, and New Delhi. She is interested in the interplay between memory, identity and materiality, in oral histories and in archives. During her time at the Henry Moore Foundation, she will focus on Henry Moore’s unique tapestries and on our extensive archive collections.

Getting here

Henry Moore Studios & Gardens

Perry Green
Hertfordshire
SG10 6EE
United Kingdom

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

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Henry Moore's sculpture 'Sheep Piece', with several sheep sheltering under the work. In the distance, another sculpture, 'Large Reclining Figure', is visible.