'Prestongrange: Hoffman Kiln (24 hours in blue)' by Edward Cawood

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Dimensions (HxWxD):

89 × 89 × 1.8 cm

Materials:

Cyanotype on Tile

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Photography

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2024
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"Prestongrange, East Lothian, Scotland, was the site of huge industrial activity, once home to one of Scotland's oldest collieries (with coal first extracted at the site during the 12th century by Cistercian monks from the nearby Newbattle Abbey), a large brick and tile works, salt extraction, a glass works and a bustling merchant's port. Manufacture boomed at Prestongrange from the onset of the Industrial Revolution and continued accelerating throughout the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The port was filled in during the first half of the 20th century, followed by the colliery's closure, mandated by the National Coal Board in 1962. These closures forced Prestongrange Brick and Tile Works to cease operation in 1975. Prestongrange: Hoffman Kiln (24 hours in blue) comprises of 36 square tiles arranged in a square grid, each featuring cyanotype on tile. The process, specifically designed for ceramic by the artist to create these photographic tiles, with the image embedded into the surface, is unpredictable, resulting in variation of contrast and colour across the work. The tiles come together to form one whole image, Prestongrange's Hoffman Continuous Kiln - a 24 chamber kiln used to fire bricks. The kiln has not seen any use since the closure of Prestongrange Brick and Tile Works. The title of the work references both the kiln's 24 chambers and the exposure time needed for the complete set of tiles, with each tile taking 40 minutes to expose. Creating this work was a labour of love."

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