Lettering & Commemorative Arts

The Memorial Arts Charity works with over seventy fine lettercarvers, encouraging Britain’s long tradition of lettercarving to flourish through our Apprenticeship Scheme, Lettercarving Workshops, The Art & Memory Collection, and various illustrated publications. We have also helped and advised over three thousand five hundred people across the British Isles and also overseas, with the commissioning of commemorative works and well designed, unique memorials for churchyard, cemetery, private garden or public space. Please see our commissioning site www.memorialsbyartists.co.uk

Please see the NEWS page for details of our presence at Art in Action in July this year.

Art & Memory Collection

The purpose of the Art & Memory Collection is to show how beautiful and varied contemporary lettering and memorial art can be, with the emphasis on fine lettercarving – a much neglected art form. One in three of us will commission some kind of memoria…

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Commissioning Commemorative Lettered work

To speak to someone who can help  you with the commissioning of a unique commemorative work, please get in touch by telephone or email, or visit our website Memorials by Artists.

Education & Training in Lettering

Please visit our Training page to download our 2012 courses leaflet.

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2012 Letter Drawing & Carving courses

The Memorial Arts Charity has organised five Letter Drawing & Letter Carving workshops for 2012. These will be held in Cambridge (3 workshops) (with Tom Perkins & Eric Marland), Newburgh, Fife (John Neilson) and Dent, Cumbria (Pip Hall)

Our courses tend to prove very popular so we recommend early booking

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Lettercarving

The Memorial Arts Charity is helping to maintain and renew the UK’s long tradition of fine lettercarving.

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