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July 2009

Once again, I am taking part in the Cambridge Open Studios. I will be opening during Weekends 1 and 2 (4th/5th and 11th/12th July). Apart from having prints for sale, I will be demonstrating wood engraving and printing from engraved blocks in my Albion Handpresses.

You can see my blog entry about last years event here.

You are very welcome to come and see what I get up to - no pressure to buy - I always enjoy meeting visitors.

After the Open Studios, I am off to Chicago as guest artist at the annual workshop of the Wood Engravers' Network

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I am working on several illustration projects this year. The first project was "Freshly Picked", a new cookery book by Jojo Tulloh. More recentl6y, I have completed several illustrations for and extract from "Northern Lights" by Philip Pullman. Later this year I am working on a series of illustrations for a new edition of Charles Duckens' "A Christmas Carol", These have been commissioned by Susan Hill, who has written a new introduction for this edition.

As a result, I cannot take on quite so many bookplate commissions but I am leaving spaces for them in my calendar and fitting them in as I can.

2009 Events

I will be opening my studio for the 2009 Cambridge Open Studios in July and, later in the year, showing and demonstrating at Ashon, near Saffron Walden. In November, I will be at the Biennial Fine Press Book Fair in Oxford with at least one new book. I will add links to these events shortly.

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2008 Events

I will be opening my studio for two weekends in July as part of the Cambridge Open Studios.

The dates are Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th July and then Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th July and I will be open from 11am until 6pm on all four days.

I will be showing and selling wood engravings and also demonstrating all stages in the production of my work, including engraving and printing. I will also be very happy to discuss commissions for bookplates and other work. See the link above for details of location.

There are several studios open in the area these weekends. You can combine your visit with a walk around the lovely little city of Ely.

I have been invited back to ART IN ACTION and will be demonstrating engraving and printing from Thursday 17th July - Sunday 20th July. There will also be framed and unframed engravings for sale and the opportunity to discuss commissions for engraved bookplates and other projects.

Hebden Bridge Arts Festival

I am one of six British wood engravers taking part in "Six of the Best", an exhibition taking place during the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival at Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England. The exhibition is in the festival shop and runs from Sunday, June 24th to Saturday, July 15th.

More details can be found here:

http://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/festival/2007/events/exhibitions.html

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I will be showing my work to the public during the first two weekends of July 2007 as part of the long established Cambridge Open Studios event. I have opened before but not for many years. I will be demostrating engraving and printing and offering prints for sale.

This year, I will not be in my studio but in a gallery space in Fulbourn, near Cambridge. More details follow soon.

Andy English: Wood Engravings 1991 - 2006 at the Three Cups Gallery

The evening of Thursday, 24th August saw a very successful opening of my exhibition at the Three Cups Gallery in Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK. It was well attended with many sales.

This a small retrospective exhibition of 42 engravings made between 1991 and 2006. All work is for sale and unframed prints may be purchased to take away.

The show continues until 30th September 2006. The gallery, which also serves coffee and lunches, is on Three Cups Walk, which runs between Fore Hill and the Broad Street car park. It is open Monday to Saturday from 10am until 5pm.

The evening started on the terrace:

The Three Cups Gallery is perfect for showing engravings in rooms which are on a domestic scale:

The exhibition starts at the bottom of the stairs and continues upwards.

At the top is a room full of engravings. The gallery is the converted coach house of an old inn. I took this photograph at the end of the evening when I finally had the room to myself.

Out into the darkness... off to find some food.

Do come along and see for yourself if you are in the area.

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