One of the buildings at Yorkshire Sculpture Park is a former chapel.

When we were there it held pieces by Laura Ellen Bacon who use sustainable Somerset willow to make her sculptures.

The main piece was titled Into Being:-

This is the same piece viewed from the balcony:-

This piece, on the balcony, is Contact 2021:-

In the vestibule of the chapel was Muscle Memory:-

This is Masayuki Koorida’s Form Twist. (The spheres in the background are by the same artist):-

Also by Masayuki Koorida: Growth. (This looks to me like a V2 rocket or the rocket on the cover of the Tintin story Destination Moon):-

Simeon Barclay: Pittu Pithu Pitoo (the cockerel is part of the sculpture.) Bretton Hall is in the background:-

Sophia Vari: Le Roi et La Reine:-

Suhasini Kejriwal: Garden of Unearthly Delights:-

In a secluded green area near to the main buildings at Yorkshire Sculpture Park there were two more Daniel Arsham pieces. We happened on them by coming up from the park via this pond:-

View from other side of pond:-

Bronze Eroded Venus of Arles, part of Relics in the Landscape:-

Main park building and Bronze Eroded Bunny:

Reverse view of wall above (Bronze Eroded Venus to left):-

There are several Damien Hirst pieces at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

“Virgin Mother” here seen beyond a lovely bridge over the River Dearne:-

“Virgin Mother” is a giant anatomical model (such as the ones I once used to demonstrate to pupils when teaching the Biology aspect of the First Year Science course – though the school’s model did not display pregnancy):-

“Virgin Mother” in panoramic view (Bretton Lakes, part of the Park, in background):-

“The Hat Misses the Man” for some reason reminded me of 1960s children’s cartoons on TV:-

“Charity” deliberately recalls the charity boxes which used to stand outside High Street shops:-

Fittingly, since Yorkshire Sculpture Park is only a few miles south of Wakefield, her birthplace and home to The Hepworth Wakefield, the Park contains several Barbara Hepworth works.

The most substantial of these is “The Family of Man”, a series of nine sculptures that represent people. They are distributed across part of the Park in amongst some trees.

Also in the Park is Hepworth’s “Squares with Two Circles”:-

Yorkshire Sculpture Park is situated some miles south of Wakefield. Since in our visits to Haworth and Bradford we were close, we took it in.

The Sculpture Park is similar to Jupiter Artland near Edinburgh but covers a much larger area.

There are several Henry Moore sculptures in its grounds.

Upright Motives is near the car park, well before the entrance building:-

Three Piece Reclining Figure:-

Large Spindle Piece:-

Large Totem Head:-

I’m afraid I didn’t note down what this one was called (two angles below):-

Reclining Figure, Arch Leg:-

Reclining Figure Arch Leg showing ‘mouth’:-

The Vicar’s Pele is a building which stands in the grounds surrounding St Andrew’s Church. It was once the vicarage for the church but now houses a pub!

St Andrew’s Church (stitch of two photos):-

Inside the church was an art installation by Keith Roberts MRSS, named Caporetto after the Great War battle also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo.

“Caporetto” installation information:-

Portsoy is a delightful small fishing village on the Moray coast, with what looked like three harbours. It was a warm day and many children and adults were sporting in the shallowest one of them.

Being picturesque, Portsoy has featured in several films and TV series.

This sculpture of a dolphin overlooks the harbours and the sea:-

This old window space in what is now a free-standing wall framed the Moray Firth coast beyond:-

Among other exhibits there are of course many prieces by Hepworth herself at The Hepworth Wakefield.

These are typical Hepworth sculpted forms:-

To left and centre; Two Forms and Three Oblique Forms:-

To right above; Three Hemispheres:-

Maquette for Sculpture for Waterloo Bridge:-

Winged Figure:-

We had an overnight stop at Wakefield on the way back up from Bath so that we could go to The Hepworth Wakefield. It was built in commemoration of artist/sculptor Barbara Hepworth who was born in the town. As well as many of her works it now houses the municipal art collection started in 1923.

The building stands by the River Calder and was designed by British architect David Chipperfield.

From over River Calder:-

From walkway over the river:-

Entrance and rear:-

I took a video of the weir from the main road bridge:-