Drop-in workshop
Sunday Sculpt
11:00–12:30 & 13:30–15:00
Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
Included in an annual ticket
Join us for a mix of guided and experimental sculpture workshops for families.
You’ll get to work hands on with a variety of materials and techniques in these drop-in sculpture sessions.
Recommended for ages 5+ and their accompanying adults.
Dates
May
Sunday 4 May – Shape Shifting
Sunday 11 May – Shape Shifting
Sunday 18 May – Flint Families
Sunday 25 May – Flint Families
June
Sunday 1 June – Shape, Slot & Sculpt
Sunday 8 June – Shape, Slot & Sculpt
Sunday 15 June – Working with Wire
Saturday 21 June – Working with Wire
Sunday 29 June – Collaboration Station
July
Sunday 6 July – Collaboration Station
Sunday 13 July – Floral Foam Fun
Sunday 20 July – Floral Foam Fun
Sunday 27 July – Self Portraits
August
Sunday 3 August – Self Portraits
Sunday 10 August – Mixing Mediums
Sunday 24 August – Mixing Mediums
Sunday 31 August – Playing with Plinths
September
Sunday 7 September – Playing with Plinths
Sunday 14 September – Maquette Making
Sunday 28 September – Papier Mache
October
Sunday 5 October – Papier Mache
Sunday 12 October – Shape Shifting
Sunday 26 October – Giant Collaborative Session
November
Sunday 2 November – Giant Collaborative Session
Activities
You might get messy in these sessions – please do not wear your Sunday best to Sunday sculpt!
Shape Shifting
Build a sculpture out of giant shapes inspired by the natural environment of Perry Green. The massive, multicoloured cardboard pieces will slot together to make a sculpture with infinite possibilities.
Flint Families
Join this drop-in session to look at the flint-inspired works of Moore. Come along and use plasticine and flint to build your own maquettes, just as Henry Moore did.
Shape, Slot & Sculpt
Come along to this drop-in sculpting session, with endless potential. Take advantage of the variety of sculpting materials on offer to shape, slot and sculpt your own creation to take away with you!
Working with Wire
In this drop-in sculpting session, we’ll use wire to create a skeleton or ‘armature’ for a small sculpture on a wooden plinth. You can then use the materials on offer to cover up the wire or build on top of it.
Collaboration Station
This drop-in sculpting session will focus on the importance of collaboration. Sculpt a collection of different shapes from the materials provided, and then swap half of them with someone else taking part to see how the power of collaboration can change your own artwork!
Floral Foam Fun
Come along and carve your own sculpture out of floral foam brick, inspired by Moore’s own use of carving throughout his career.
Self Portraits
A family fun session where you are invited to sculpt your family member’s face. Sit opposite your chosen model and sculpt from life with the materials available, inspired by Moore and his various works of his own family members
Mixing Mediums
This drop-in sculpting session will focus on the importance of mixing different mediums. Sculpt a collection of different shapes out of five different materials provided, then attach them together to make a single combined sculpture.
Playing with Plinths
Make a quick, small sculpture to take for a stroll around the grounds, and snap pictures of it on different plinths. Some plinths might be small, and some much bigger – there might even be some for you to stand on, so you yourself become the sculpture!
Maquette Making
Drop by our maquette making session and have a go at making your own mini sculpture. We will be looking at Henry Moore’s own maquettes as inspiration for this session.
Papier Mache
Let’s get messy for this papier mache drop-in session! Join us to make your very own wonderful paper sculpture. They are stronger and cooler than you think.
Giant Collaborative Sessions
Join us for the last two weeks of Sunday Sculpt to make a giant collaborative sculpture. Lots of mess and materials and fun to be had.
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.
- 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 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.
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
