26/08/2026
Anthony Ratcliffe MAFA is a professional printmaker and retired senior lecturer at Manchester School of Art. His work is based around an exploration of British landscape.
We have a selection or woodcuts on the website. The three latest arrivals are shown here; November, P**e Hill and West Nab.
Anthony says:
My latest print 'November' has been made for the MAFA 'Artful Remembrance' exhibition at Stockport Gallery in September, it is an image of a world war two aircraft wreck on Bleaklow with a Hen Harrier added for poetic composition.
The other latest coloured prints -West Nab and P**e Hill are of local Pennine areas near my home. I am currently working for an exhibition at Dean Clough in 2028 which will have a strong Yorkshire/ Pennine connection.
Alongside this work I have started to build a collection of black and white woodcuts of birds, this started with requests for Postcard sized prints from a variety of charities and includes the 'Wren' prints I made for the 10x10 Saul Hay exhibition. I have also framed a series of watercolour studies created before making the larger woodcuts.
The standard practice for my printmaking starts with sketchbook drawings, Watercolour studies and small compositional plans which are squared up into the large images on woodblocks.
