Much of my stuff to date has used colour blocking so this print was a nice chance to try some overlapping. I love the iterative process of screen printing: it's fascinating to create a digital image, separate it into layers and build the image back up again by hand. As you can see in the images below, I started with the yolk, layered on the shell followed by the spoon and finally added the egg cup. The inks mixed up nicely though next time I'll likely make all of the colours a bit lighter to balance it out. I also had a few issues with an old ghost image knocking out some of the shell colour but I think the mottled effect on the shell adds to the finished piece. It was an EGGsperiment after all!
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This was a fun print that I worked on a few weeks ago. I wanted something easy and recognisable, and I settled on a one layer print of some ears of corn. There were no grand ideas behind the print, I just wanted to focus on getting my technique right. As it was a one layer, I decided to give it the full space of my 90 thread mesh screen. I messed around with a few inks and papers, mostly light weight stock and a few coloured backgrounds to go with it. It was a really simple and satisfying session in the studio, though it had me dying for a snack right after!
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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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