You can request the score by going onto Marco’s website.
Ellie Cliftlands
Printmaker - Wood Engraver.
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Selected!
Had been waiting for most of the day, refusing the RA page and my emails for news and it didn’t arrive until 2:30! I was going completely mad as other artists around me were getting their news, either good or bad and I just couldn’t settle!
It is an absolute dream to have work accepted to the RA Summer Exhibition and to know that people I have met along the way of my art journey (bleurgh, need to think of another phrase!), have also been accepted, is so exciting! I can’t wait to see my work and the work of others in the RA!
Thanks to Anne Desmet, prolific wood engraver and RA member, who I know selected and curated my work and the room in which it is going to be in!
Shortlisted - Summer Exhibition 24
I never thought that I’d get shortlisted for the Summer Exhibition but since dropping it off in London with it’s two bar codes, it all suddenly feels very real and you can’t help but want it!
February 2024
This shows how shocking bad I am at updating the ‘news’ part of my website I am! I was very excited to have my latest wood engraving ‘Potter’s View’ be accepted to exhibit in the Society of Wood Engravers 86th annual exhibition! I went down on the 10th of February to see my work hung next to people I have admired for years!
February 2023
I once again had been lucky enough to have had an engraving chosen to tour with the Society of Wood Engravers Exhibition! ‘Snowshill Manor’ will be shown alongside some amazing work that I feel so privileged to be even close to. Every time I go and see the SWE Exhibition it fuels my own work and drive to become better, because of the talents and techniques that are shown there every time! If you would like to see the exhibition, the dates and locations are currently available on my ‘Exhibitions’ page of on the SWE website (make sure you’re looking at the new website and the not the old one, which is the first to come up when you type the society in).
June 2022
June has been a whirlwind. Specifically June the 15th. That day I found out I’d been accepted to be part of the Wirksworth (one of the best art trails ever) Art and Architecture Trail. I found out my location for the Shrewsbury Arts trail; which was the museum and art gallery and also on that day I found out that both my submissions to the Derbyshire Open Art Exhibition had been accepted. Not only that; ‘Wirksworth’ had won one of the 5 Derbyshire County Council awards. That prize has gone towards a new press, which means I’ll be able to do demonstrations now.
January 2022
This was a complete shock to the system! Not only did I get accepted to exhibit with the Society of Wood Engravers; I was awarded the ‘First time exhibitor’ prize for my ‘Woodland Floor’ print!! It is a complete honour to be part of this amazing community of artists and I can’t wait to see where this goes.
December 2021
I was commissioned by Greene King to create a pub sign for the newly named ‘The Quarryman’ in Wirksworth (one of my absolute favourite places). It was a complete honour and a challenge that I thoroughly enjoyed. Here’s hoping that something like that comes my way again!
November 2021
I was lucky enough to be awarded the ‘Printmakers’ Printmaker 2021’ award at the Sheffield Print Fair! As a result I got a £50 gift voucher to spend at Hawthorn Print Supplies; as a result I took away 3 tubs of black ink, all different. They were red/black, brown/black and ultra black (you don’t realise how exciting this is as a print maker who only prints in black) and they are going to last me at least 15 years!
October 2021
On my way home from Cheshire print fair I had the email to say that my triptych print ‘Woodland Floor’ had been accepted for ‘The Society of Wood Engravers’ 84th annual exhibition. It has been a huge goal of mine to be accepted since I started and is so exciting and a privilege to now be touring with them next year!! Who knows where this will lead…?
August 2021
‘Hands, Head & Heart Part II - Little did I know how much the world would change in the few short years since I completed this project. Which got we wondering what effect has a global pandemic has had on artists and their creative process?’ - https://jameswarman.wixsite.com/hands-head-heart/the-project
I saw on the My Shrewsbury magazine’s social media that photographerJames Warman was looking for new artists to be in part 2 of his project ‘Hands, Head and Heart’. So I got in contact to say I was interested and I was lucky enough that James did want me in the project along with 5 other wonderful artists! It was a great project to get me thinking about my own practice and how it’s changed over the last few years.
February 2021
I was delighted to be asked by the Shropshire Star if they could write a feature article about me and my work. As you can see it turned out to be several pages and some lovely photos by Jamie Ricketts and equally excellent article was written by Heather Large.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/2021/02/21/keeping-the-craft-of-wood-engraving-alive/
January 2021
I am thrilled and honoured to say that the composer Marco Galvani (a childhood friend) has recently composed a piece based on three of my engravings; Anglesey Abbey, Attingham Park, Kitchen Garden and Drummond Greenhouse.
Marco's compositions have been performed throughout the UK, Europe, and North America and has had choral commissions from ensembles such as The Sixteen and The Choir of Salisbury Cathedral. The Sixteen performed Marco’s ‘On Christmas Morn’ throughout their Christmas tour in 2017; it was a piece that was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society and Classic FM. Currently he also teaches composition at the world-famous Yehudi Menuhin School.
‘Three Engravings’ (2020) is composed for septet: flute, clarinet, percussion, harp, violin, viola and cello and hopefully it will receive its premiere when live performances can start again!
You can hear Marco’s work here https://www.marcogalvani.co.uk