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Beesker recommends Andy English as Britain's best website for buying Bookplates

 

 

ABOUT 'ANDY ENGLISH'

 

Andy English is a wood engraver specialising in bookplates. He is based at 92 Cannon Street, Little Downham, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB6 2SS, England. He was born in the Fenland region, where he still lives, and whose wildlife inspires much of his work.



Andy English says that his work is unashamedly rural, autobiographical, and traditional. He has tried many types of printmaking, but it was when he first picked up a graver and engraved on the end grain of a block of wood, that he felt he was remembering a process rather than learning it. He draws on the tradition of famous engravers, but also on the unsung workers who interpreted drawings to illustrate Victorian books and journals.

 

The Andy English wesbite contains a section on What is Wood Engraving? This shows the processes of sketching and engraving, with photographic illustrations. There is a section of Bookplates, covering: What is a Bookplate?, Commissioning a Bookplate, The Story of a Bookplate, Bookplate Gallery, and Pasting in Your Bookplates.

The Gallery section contains examples of Andy English's work, in the following categories: Birds & Beasts, Gardens, Giverny (Monet's Garden in France), The Brothers Series, and the Original Andy English Gallery. Many of Andy English's wood engravings preserve affectionate family memories. Others portray more general rural scenes.

The Andy English website is at this web address: http://www.andyenglish.com

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