I visited the South East Combined Heat and Power station during Open House London this year and had a fantastic tour. The station generates electricity from refuse and I even got to pitch in and help operate some heavy machinery to contribute to their work. That simple act evoked thoughts of inter-connectivity and how the infrastructure created by stations like this silently and secretly connect us all together. I'm hoping to do a few prints based on the power station and to work around these ideas of energy through connection and networks and how these places passively influence urban life. For this first print, I wanted to capture some of the energy coursing through industrial cables inside the plant: starting within the station and then fanning out throughout Deptford. I experimented with a split fountain: the process of blending inks together while in the process of printing. I tried this with a triple yellow/blue/red combination which had mixed results and an orange/pink version which was more successful. A black layer finished up the print, with a combination of line half-tones over the cables and dot half-tones for the background detail. Lots of experimentation in this print and lots to learn from as I refine the series.
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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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