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Build The Future: Plaster Casting & Carving

11:30–13:00

Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire

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Close up image of a group of school students rolling out pieces of clay.
Close up image of a school student pressing shells into clay.
Close up image of a school student pressing shells and pine cones into clay.
Close up image of a school student mixing plaster.
Close up image of a school student pouring plaster.
Close up image of a school student using a cheese grater to shape a plaster sculpture.
Small clay and plaster models, with tools for making them: cheese graters, a rolling pin and metal modelling tools.
Tools and materials for a workshop, including terracotta clay, plaster, and natural found objects like pine cones, stones, shells and wood.
Tools and materials for a workshop, including terracotta clay, plaster, and natural found objects like pine cones, stones, shells and wood.

Get creative selecting and pressing natural objects into clay, pour plaster, mould, sculpt, and carve it – then stack what you’ve made in playful ways!

Help build the future at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens! The models you make in this workshop will help designer-maker Charlotte Kidger produce sculptural play activities, which will go on display and be ready for you to interact with in our new gallery, opening in April 2026.

We’ll begin the session looking at Henry Moore’s Upright Motive sculpture for inspiration, and thinking about how he made it. You’ll have a library of natural objects and tools to choose from to make your own responses. Charlotte will guide you through ways of mould-making, casting and carving, and give you space to shape, stack and play with your creations.

Together you will create a collection of plaster pieces which Charlotte will work on upscaling for our gallery. Be a part of the process, while learning new material processes!

Practical information

Messy activity

We’ll be using materials like plaster and terracotta clay, so please dress in clothing you don’t mind getting a little messy.

We will also spend some time outdoors visiting a sculpture and an art studio.

Ages 7+

The materials used in this workshop are not suitable for children under age 7.

If you have younger children, we recommend trying our Saturday Sculpt activity, which also runs on this day.

Tickets

Tickets to this event are free, but booking is required as places are limited. You must also have an annual ticket in order to attend.

  • If you already have an annual ticket, just come along on the day and bring your annual ticket with you.
  • If you don’t have an annual ticket, you can buy one online at the same time as your event ticket or from the ticket desk when you arrive.

An annual ticket lets you return to Studios & Gardens as often as you like, during open season, for 12 calendar months.

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We are able to offer five free tickets for this event, to anyone who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend.

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About the artist

Portrait photo of Charlotte Kidger, sat on a stone sculpture.

Charlotte Kidger

Charlotte Kidger (b.1992) is a London-based maker. She graduated from Leeds College of Art (BA, 2014) and Central Saint Martins (MA, 2018) and has a background in mould-making, casting and sculpture, with industrial by-products at its core.

She has a hands-on approach to investigating how these undervalued resources can be re-used to re-connect people with our material world. Combining often unconventional resources and processes, she aims to reframe material values through carefully-crafted artefacts and installations.

Her ongoing research into material extraction, by-products and craft processes means her ideas and concepts are continuously evolving. Charlotte hopes to bring new perspectives to audiences through sensory experiences and storytelling.

 

Encounters
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Encounters

16 April – 2 November 2025

This season at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, we’re celebrating the inspiring and transformative encounters between Henry Moore and the people, objects and ideas in his orbit.

We’ll be holding a series of talks, open archives and film screenings, as well as a daily programme of free creative activities for families.

 

Find out more about this season’s events

Getting here

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

Our 2025 visitor season runs from 16 April to 2 November. 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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Henry Moore's sculpture 'Sheep Piece', with several sheep sheltering under the work. In the distance, another sculpture, 'Large Reclining Figure', is visible.