I was happy with how the London Snow Christmas cards came together and off the back of that I had a commission for a Bristol version. This was another fun card to do and I used some nicer, thicker stock for the print. From left to right the card shows the Bristol Cathedral, Clifton Suspension Bridge and Wills Memorial.
That's all for the Christmas cards this year but I might look at doing a large poster version in the near future!
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It's my mam's birthday this week so I wanted to send over something a little different! She's a proud Roscommon lady, who has the patience of a saint to ardently follow the fortunes and misfortunes of their Gaelic Football team. For the present I wanted to create a strong visual with Roscommon colours and symbols, including their sheep emblem and oak leaves. "Roscommon Abú" is a combination of Irish and English and means "Roscommon Forever", a typical sporting battle cry in Ireland. The font was adapted from Dieter Steffmann's 'Eileen Caps' and the icons adapted from the Roscommon GAA crest. I'm assuming that neither parties would object to their inclusion in this birthday present! This was a three layer print and I did some touching up by hand afterwards. Thankfully Royal Mail delivered it in one piece back to Ireland!
When our washing machine broke a few weeks ago I assumed we were pretty screwed for clean clothes. A few days in and beginning to stink, we turned to a launderette around the corner on Blackstock road. I had never actually been in a launderette and the experience jolted me into realising just how many are dotted around our neighbourhood. Launderettes somehow still stand as bastions against new wave coffee shops, wood-clad ramen restaurants and micro-brew pubs: they're part of the fabric of London life yet barely noticed amidst encroaching gentrification. For this print I wanted to give some more longevity to the launderette that got me out of a pinch. Based on a few photographs, I re-drew the façade and used half-tones to create a confused, noisey background. The launderette gets centre stage here, with the London street around it depicted as transient and shifting. I've been working on a few prints of other Blackstock Road launderettes under this theme and click here for part 2 and part 3.
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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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