This print is based on a shot taken while on a lovely road trip with my dad last Christmas. He insisted on taking me through the North Side of the city and I have to admit, that amongst the flaming bins and aggressive Dubliners, there were some nice sights! From Howth Head we saw this trawler slowly slipping out to sea. In the print, the ship drifts out into an unknown space. The verdant, detailed foreground gives way to dark, murky waters and I can't help but tie this contrast to the conflicting emotions felt by "Generation Emigration". From a technical perspective, this was easily the most difficult print I've attempted. It's a four layer A3 print, using different green and yellow tones to evoke the rugged countryside. Lining up each layer was extremely difficult, as even a millimetre out ruined the effect. Frequently, these prints are either difficult at the photo editing stage or the printing stage but this was tricky all the way through. The carousel below shows how I gradually layered up the print. There's a few more shots from this trip that I'll be working on and I'm interested to hear what people think of this style versus other pieces I've created.
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For Valentine's Day this year I wanted to go with a beach theme and worked from a photo taken in Bray a few years ago. In a wonderfully twee moment we arranged stones in a heart shape and I've used that photo as a basis for this three part screen print. The brown and yellow stripes give a sandy texture (and go well with my partner's Sea Shanty Choir uniform!) while the hot pink gives it a pop feel.
This one definitely isn't for sale! This print, as part of the launderettes of Blackstock Road series, was a fun departure from the architecture of the buildings. The monotony of the large, dull washing machines is contrasted with colourful clothing spinning inside. As you can see below, it was pretty tricky to keep the colours separate as I worked the ink with the squeegee. In the end, I gave into the temptation to blur everything together and I'm happy with the unusual results of that experiment. Hopefully I can wash the ink out of my clothes! |
Tadhg CaffreyI'm an Irish printmaker, living in North London and focusing on urban landscape, construction and abstract geometry. My first name sounds like "tiger" without the last bit.
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