Reinventing Reality with Artist Students in Residence

16, 17 & 19 October 2025

14:00–15:30 (plus 11:30–13:00 on 19 October)

Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire

Part of Material Encounters

Composite of 12 photos of different materials: foam, wire, cardboard, rubber tubing and natural materials.

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Drop in and discover new ways of seeing and interpreting everyday objects as sculptural art forms.

Activities include:

scribble game warm-ups
responding to objects that you can’t see
creating with words, clay, and cardboard constructions
experiencing tactile objects that the student artists running the sessions have found inspiring when making their own work

Henry Moore is well known for being inspired by natural objects, which he collected and used in material experiments and as an aid in sculpture making.

You can take your creations away at the end of the workshop, or add them to our growing object library, which can then be reimagined by others as the week of activity unfolds.

Dates and times

Thursday 16 October
14:00–15:30

Friday 17 October
14:00–15:30

Sunday 19 October
11:30–13:00 & 14:00–15:30

Suitable for all ages

Children must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the activity.

Tickets

Entry is included in an annual ticket. This event is drop-in, so there’s no need to book. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

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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 student artists

Students from the MA Sculpture course at Camberwell College of Arts, University Arts London, have joined us to run this workshop as part of a collaborative project between the University and Henry Moore Studios & Gardens. Student artists participating in the residency week include:

Bea Underwood
Hanzi Li
Jia Hao
Juan Ramon Velazquez
Milena Orlandi
Rita Veres
Savannah Snead
Xinglin Liu
Yiheng Chen
Zihan Tang

Encounters

A black and white photo showing two older men smile and applaud each other with delight. They are standing in front of a huge abstract sculpture and a crowd of people in 1970s Dallas.

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