Illuminating letters: Barbara Hepworth through sculpture - part one
A look at the life of Barbara Hepworth through the Aegean Suite
Dear reader,
I recently got to return to the scene of a great primary school trip - The Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Unlike many things from childhood, it still felt ginormous and full of exciting wonders, even if you couldn’t climb on quite as many sculptures as you could twenty years ago.
But since my first trip, I’ve grown a much keener appreciation for what was on show. I’m a verified Barbara Hepworth fangirl, who has taken the pilgrimage to her St Ives studio turned museum too many times and will jump on any opportunity to see her work in person. So getting to experience Family of Man, in all its sunlight-dappled glory was a particular delight.
Inspired by that trip I wanted to share some of my love of Hepworth’s work in this month’s newsletter.
This is the first of a double bill, because there was too much I wanted to share, which looks at the story behind one of my favourite pieces.
I’ll be publishing the second part of this double bill next week, but if you can’t wait, as always the full newsletter has been printed as a zine which you can find in my store.
Both parts of the newsletter come together as a double accordion zine, which if you line them up together shows how the Hepworth’s life as a sculptor is mirrored in the lessons you can take from her work and vice versa.
Write/draw again soon,
Natalie