Andrew Scott|Frame of Mind

'Frame of Mind' is the collection in which Scott moved beyond broken glass and found new ways for his figures to act on the frame. He spent a year developing it, and its ten originals, drawn in graphite and watercolour, had all sold before the show opened online on 8 July 2024. Scott presented the release in personal terms: "My aim with this collection is to celebrate the act of breaking free."

New ways to break the frame

Each edition turns on a different device. 'Dig' was his first experiment with a matted frame. 'Pull' is one he counts among his favourite string pieces. 'Firework' began as a test of cutting through the whole work, drawing and frame together, and Scott has explained the choice of subject: "It is innocent and childish, but there is also an underlying malevolent quality to it." 'Hide & Seek' comes from the first of his corner-frame works, which plays with the sides of the canvas.

Torn

'Torn' was conceived in September 2024, after the show closed, and released in March 2025. It belongs to what Scott calls his "recent exploration into paper manipulation": a child mid-tantrum, with the paper cut and fed through the figure's hands. It was issued in two sizes and sold out.

Before and after

The collection followed Breakthrough (2023), whose first editions hinge on hand-cracked glass. The paper and frame-shaping ideas tested here became the core of Parallel Worlds, his 2025 show in London, where folded paper and reshaped frames took over from destruction.