Lunar Disc I , at Salisbury Cathedral , EnglandHer mother was the writer and commentator Elizabeth Young , her father, Wayland Young, 2nd Baron Kennet , a politician, conservationist and writer.[ 4] Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet , and the sculptor Kathleen Scott , the widow of the polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott .[ 5] Peter Scott , who founded the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust .[ citation needed ]
Emily Young received her secondary education at Putney High School , Holland Park School , Friends School Saffron Walden and the King Alfred School, London .[ citation needed ] Wiltshire and Italy, before she attended the Chelsea School of Art for one term in 1968 and also studied at Saint Martin's School of Art . In the late 1960s and 1970s, she travelled widely, visiting Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, France and Italy, Africa and the Middle East.[ 5]
While at Holland Park School in 1966, she became a regular at the nearby London Free School night sessions in the Notting Hill area, which brought her into contact with many in the UK Underground .[ 6] See Emily Play ", written by Pink Floyd 's Syd Barrett .[ 5] [ 4] [ 7]
During the 1970s and 1980s, she lived and worked with Simon Jeffes , leader of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra , and had one son, Arthur , born in 1978.[ citation needed ]
Young's sculpture is held in many public as well as private collections. Some of her permanent installations can be seen in St Paul's Churchyard and Salisbury Cathedral .[ 8] Lunar Disc 1 was installed at Loyola University Chicago in 2011.[ 9]
