Barbara Hepworth through sculpture

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.

This is story behind one of my favourite of her pieces.