West Wind, St James's Park
It may be drizzling today but the next time the weather holds fine and fair again Mr. Deedham (the J and the D in JD Collections) recommends this short 3 sculpture excerpt from our Moore Outside project.
Begin in the regal elegance of St James’s Park, where you can observe the considerably less elegant (but strangely beautiful) sight of the Pelican Feeding Frenzy, every day between 2:30 and 3:00pm. Be sure to bring your camera – and your children – they’ll get a whole new understanding of Roald Dahl’s classic The Giraffe The Pelly and Me. Find Henry Moore’s West Wind here. Click for the mp3 audio guide.
Knife Edge Two Piece, Westminster
Eastward from the Park and your Public Art and London sightseeing tour continues to Knife Edge Two Piece. Westminster Abbey, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament are all secondary players to this spectacularly dramatic piece. A worthy stage for one of Britain’s True Greats. Click for the mp3 audio guide.
Locking Piece, Millbank
Now south along the rippling London artery. The laconic flowing beast. The Thames. Pass Tate Britain (though you may well return) and head towards Vauxhall Bridge. Locking Piece is made of two enormous interlocking brass halves that can only be separated if lifted and twisted at the same time. If you’re feeling particularly strong you could have a go yourself but expect it to be a task of Arthurian magnitude! Instead you could content yourself with the mp3 guide below.
At the end of each sculpture’s mp3 there is a mission that you can complete to gain discounted entry into the Henry Moore exhibition at Tate Britain. Alternatively you could blog or email your creative responses to me to be in with a chance to attend a celebration of the great Henry Moore at his former studio in Hertfordshire. Either way I’d love to hear from you and hope you enjoy your trip.
Best, P.x
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