Category Archives: Sculpture

Autumn at the Sculpture park

Took myself off to the Yorkshire Sculpture park this morning was it was such a lovely day, albeit the remnants of Storm Ophelia (who the hell came up with the idea of giving bad weather names?) were still around in … Continue reading

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Flora and Fauna of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

I opened the curtains this morning to be greeted by a beautiful blue sky tinged with cotton wool clouds and the three word that came to me immediately were “Yorkshire Sculpture Park. After a good breakfast I set out and … Continue reading

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Kaleidoscope: British 1960s Art at the Longside Gallery

Glorious morning, so set off early for the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and decided to walk to the Longside Galley which is a good thirty minute walk from the main centre at the park. Arrived at the gallery at 10.30 to … Continue reading

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Tony Cragg: A rare category of objects……..at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Last week I took the opportunity of visiting the Yorkshire Sculpture Park to view a new exhibition of sculptures by the British artist Tony Cragg, who I have to confess I had never heard of. Tony Cragg is a British sculptor … Continue reading

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A foggy day at West Bretton…….

Arrived at the Sculpture Park this morning about 9.40am (traffic in Huddersfield was horrendous) and too my usual route down by the side of the park then around the lake. The early morning sun was trying to break through the … Continue reading

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The herons are back……………..

Clear blue sky this morning so shot down to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park to try and get some decent photographs of the park. I was a shade too late to get the mist on the lake but managed to capture … Continue reading

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Early December morning at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

There are times when you sometimes take for granted the beauty of the landscape about you, and it is often when I visit the Yorkshire Sculpture Park that this is brought home to me with real impact. With such a … Continue reading

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“Not Vital”…….enigmatic Swiss artist at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

YSP presents the first major UK exhibition and largest museum project to date by the extraordinary and enigmatic Swiss artist, Not Vital. New works, specially developed for YSP’s indoor and open-air spaces, are shown alongside a selection drawn from the … Continue reading

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Leeds skyline………….

A quick trip to Leeds yesterday to check out a new watch shop and also pay a visit to the camera shop to get one of my cameras fixed. Quoted £50.00 to get a simple cleaning job done by Jessops … Continue reading

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Its a lovely day……so off to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

After what has seemed to be a never ending winter, consisting of rain, more rain and day after day of depressing grey weather, it was nice to get up this morning to be greeted by a clear blue sky and … Continue reading

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