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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'Tis the season and all that so I've been working on a set of screen printed Christmas cards. I wanted to keep things minimal, and based on areas of London I've become familiar with this year: Upper Street in Islington, Kingsland Highstreet in Dalston and finally, Bloomsbury. Much of my art recently has been focussed on unusual architecture. For these cards, I aimed to represent landmarks from these areas in silhouettes, with some abstract snow flakes drifting upon the rooftops. For example, the Bloomsbury card features the Wilkins Building at University College London, the houses around Bedford Square and the Curzon cinema at the Brunswick Centre: The finer detail, particularly on the houses in this card really pushed the limits of my screen and there was some blue air in the studio as I had initial trouble with ink smudging. Thankfully, with some good advice I rectified the issues (there was a lot of playing around with clamps, vices and screen bed heights) and completed the series on Friday. There are three street designs, each with two editions of different coloured snow flakes. Here's the Bloomsbury card again, this time in red, pre-folded and on the drying rack: My Upper Street card has a few cafés, Union Chapel and Screen on the Green, while the Kingsland Highstreet card features Ridley Road Market, Kingsland shopping centre and the Rio cinema. Each has the series titled printed on the back.
I'm hesitant to throw up lots of pictures of the series because I intend to actually send them to people and don't want to spoil the surprise: but if you insist, use the below slideshow to see the other designs! I'm also looking to sell some of these on the cheap to help cover my costs, so drop me a line if you're interested in a few blank ones. |
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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