Andy Moore is a calligrapher based near Nuneaton in Warwickshire. He undertook a variety of calligraphy courses with North Warwickshire College, the Open College of the Arts and University of Surrey at Roehampton while in other employment. In 2007 he became a self-employed calligrapher, working through a combination of exhibitions, commissions and events (such as Bovey Tracey Craft Fair and Art in Action). Bernard Leach, Warwickshire buildings, the diaries of James Lees-Milne, John Betjeman, Gavin Maxwell, Bedford Park and Kettle's Yard have provided subject-matter for exhibitions to date and his work is now as far afield as Houston in Texas and Kilkeel in Northern Ireland. Examples of his work can be found at: John Betjeman Centre, Wadebridge Landmark Trust, Marlborough College and Oxford Preservation Trust also have work.Two large wooden poetry boards have been undertaken for the National Trust at Stowe and a design for a plaque for a family chapel has been cut by stonemason Fergus Wessel. He is a member of Oxford Scribes and Fine Press Book Association and is an Associate Member of Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen. Andy's work has been featured in Cotswold Life, Country Life, Oxfordshire Life, Oxford Times, The Times, Warwickshire Life, The Betjemanian (a publication produced by the Betjeman Society) and on BBC Radio. |