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The Beyond Collection

'The Beyond Collection' is Andrew Scott's August 2026 release of six limited editions with Stowe Gallery, offered at A3 size and as larger collector's editions. In every work a woodcut figure notches into the outer edge of the frame, so the character's story continues beyond the frame itself.

All The Beyond Collection Works By Andrew Scott (6)

Significance & Analysis

This collection marks a change of direction in Scott's frame experiments. For years his characters have interacted with the frame by breaking its glass, tearing its mount or pulling at its edges. Here they leave it. "Rather than simply interacting with the frames, the characters move beyond the frame using woodcuts notched into the outer edge," he wrote at launch, after a year spent exploring the technique.

Six ways out of the frame

Each of the six works, 'Getaway', 'Hold On', 'Kick', 'Pass Through', 'Peer' and 'The Seat', takes a different route past the frame's edge. In 'Peer', Scott noted, only about a quarter of the character sits outside the frame, "but it makes such a big visual difference." 'Kick' needed its own solution: the separate wooden piece has a magnet set into it, so it can be fixed to the wall and turned to whatever angle the owner chooses. 'The Seat' began as an experiment Scott shared in June 2026 as "something a little different just for fun", one of the year's new ideas rather than a reworking of an older one.

The release

Scott introduced the works one at a time through late July and early August. Mailing-list subscribers could pre-order from 7 August, and the full collection was then on sale through Stowe Gallery for one week, from 19 to 26 August 2026.

Before and after

'The Beyond Collection' follows the 'Glass Blower' editions of June 2026, which added blown glass to the frame rather than cutting into it. Both point the same way: towards building new material onto the frame. In 'Parallel Worlds' (2025) his characters reached across two frames; in this series they reach past the outside edge instead.

What Are the Edition Sizes in The Beyond Collection?

The A3 editions of 'Getaway', 'Hold On', 'Kick', 'Peer' and 'The Seat' are editions of 250, and 'Pass Through' is an edition of 100. Artist's and Printer's proofs were also produced. Each of the six works were also offered as a larger collector's edition.

How Do You Hang Kick?

'Kick' comes with a separate wooden piece with a magnet embedded in it, so it can attach to the wall. Because it is not fixed in one position, it can be rotated to whatever angle the owner prefers. Keep the piece with the frame when the work changes hands, since the edition is incomplete without it.

What Does the Woodcut Do?

The woodcut is the part of each work that leaves the frame. It is cut to the shape of the character, or part of it, and notched into the outer edge of the frame so the figure appears to step out of the picture. That is the idea behind the collection's title.