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The Frame Games

Andrew Scott's 'The Frame Games' is a May 2026 release of three framed editions with Stowe Gallery: 'Seesaw', 'Tic Tac Toe' and 'Tug of War P. II'. Each turns a childhood playground or pencil-and-paper game into a frame-altering work, with the frame itself drawn into the game.

All The Frame Games Works By Andrew Scott (3)

Significance & Analysis

This is the release where Scott made playing the explicit subject of his frame experiments. "Above all else, these frame experiments have always been about play," he wrote when announcing it. "I really wanted that to come through in a literal sense with these works." Through late 2025 he had been, in his words, "focusing on childhood games a lot more and building my ideas around those", and this collection gathered the strongest of those ideas into one release.

Three games, three ways of using the frame

Like most of his work, these pieces come from the small prototypes Scott makes each week before turning the best into finished works. 'Tic Tac Toe' grew out of a shadow-box prototype he first posted in September 2025, in which paint on the glass casts a shadow that, in his words, "adds a lot of depth to the piece." 'Tug of War P. II' is a new variation on his 2024 'Tug of War', made while he was "revisiting concepts using strings and thread". 'Seesaw', a new kind of experiment for the artist, completes the set.

The release

The collection was offered first to subscribers to Stowe Gallery's mailing list as a pre-order, then went on general release at 10am EST on 4 May 2026. They are numbered limited editions rather than timed ones, and 'Tug of War P. II' is the smallest of the three, at 100 copies.

Before and after

'Tug of War P. II' looks straight back to 'Frame of Mind' (2024), which included the first 'Tug of War'. After 'The Frame Games', Scott moved from altering the frame towards adding new material to it: hand-blown glass in the 'Glass Blower' editions in June 2026, then woodcuts that extend past the frame's edge in 'The Beyond Collection' that August.

How Many Copies of Each Frame Games Edition Exist?

'Seesaw' and 'Tic Tac Toe' are editions of 250, and 'Tug of War P. II' is an edition of 100. Artist's proofs were also produced for each work. All three have sold out.

Are The Frame Games Editions Signed?

Yes. Every edition in the collection is framed, hand signed on the reverse and numbered, so the signature and edition number are on the back of the frame rather than on the image itself, which is standard practice for Scott's work.

How Is Tug of War P. II Different From the 2024 Tug of War?

The 2024 'Tug of War' belongs to Scott's 'Frame of Mind' release, where it was issued as a collector's edition. 'Tug of War P. II', first shown in December 2025, is a new drawing of the same game, made when he returned to working with string and thread, and it was released as part of 'The Frame Games' in an edition of 100. The two are separate works with separate editions.