Industrial Illumination – Forge of Light IV by Jenny Mason-Gunning Solar Plate Photogravure

Industrial Illumination – Forge of Light IVis a solar plate photogravure by Jenny Mason-Gunning, created as part of an experimental body of work investigating light within imagined industrial space.This series moves away from documentation and into invention. The structures feel industrial yet constructed — spaces assembled through composition, contrast and imagination. The atmosphere is intentionally stark and cold, stripped back to tonal extremes.In this piece, light becomes the subject. Rather than describing form alone, the work examines how illumination defines structure — how brightness carves through darkness, how shadow holds weight, and how contrast creates tension. Some areas are sharply revealed; others recede into dense, velvety black.Working with solar plate photogravure allows for subtle tonal shifts while maintaining strong graphic presence. The process captures both fine detail and expansive shadow, giving the image its distinctive clarity and depth.Forge of Light IV is part of an ongoing exploration — testing what works and what does not, pushing the boundaries of exposure, tone and atmosphere. The result is a print that feels deliberate yet experimental, controlled yet searching.This body of work reflects a fascination with industrial form as a vehicle for studying light itself — how it exposes, conceals and transforms.