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Lucinda Rogers In Tottenham

June 1, 2015
by the gentle author

Under a Mercedes

Contributing Artist Lucinda Rogers draws on location, making her atmospheric detailed pictures with ink, crayon and watercolour, to capture the drama of workplaces and record these parts of London that are seldom seen except by those who are employed there.

She has accumulated a portfolio of large bravura drawings – from which these pictures are selected – recording the workshops, yards and factories of the trading, repair and small manufacturing companies in Peacock Estate, White Hart Lane, Tottenham, currently threatened by redevelopment as part of Haringey Council’s programme of  “restructuring the borough’s employment land portfolio.” Just as in the East End, these plans put active businesses at risk and jeopardise local jobs for the sake of high-density housing developments – a short-sighted policy that has been summarised as, “London is eating itself.”

Lucinda Rogers’ exhibition entitled EMPLOYMENT LAND PORTFOLIO opens today at Heyne Tillett Steel, 
4 Pear Tree Court, Clerkenwell, EC1R 0DS and runs for one week until next Sunday 7th June, as part of London Festival of Architecture.

DW General Wood Machinists  (Click this image to enlarge)

Santwynn Garment Manufacturers (Click this image to enlarge)

Fausto using a Capstan lathe, Archway Sheet Metal Works (Click this image to enlarge)

Pressers at Santwynn Garment Manufacturers (Click this image to enlarge)

DW Timber Supplies (Click this image to enlarge)

Making Doner Kebab Grills at Archway Sheet Metals (Click this image to enlarge)

Britannic Auto Transmissions (Click this image to enlarge)

Roy’s Tyres

Peacock Estate

Drawings copyright © Lucinda Rogers

Lucinda Rogers exhibition is open Monday – Friday from 11am until 5:30pm, and on Saturday and Sunday from noon until 4pm.

You may also like to take a look at

Lucinda Rogers’ East End

Lucinda Rogers’ Spitalfields Suite

Lucinda Rogers’ Cards

6 Responses leave one →
  1. June 1, 2015

    Amazing sketches and what a coincidence with the first pic: I have to get my car to the garage today…!

    Love & Peace
    ACHIM

  2. June 1, 2015

    Lucinda’s work is really, really good! Valerie

  3. Peter Harrison permalink
    June 1, 2015

    I’m a practising artist, and I must say Lucinda’s draughtsmanship and style of expression is admirable. The subject matter, too, is presented in a fresh, original way that really gives a feeling of discovery. I wish Lucinda every success in her work.

  4. Neville Turner permalink
    June 1, 2015

    Drawings that capture the every day workplaces of where lots of people work they are as remembered and plctured in the memory of those working in them,realistic and interesting to look at,easy to make a contact with,let’s see more of

  5. Pauline Taylor permalink
    June 1, 2015

    An artist who can actually draw, what a treat. I too wish Lucinda every success in her work.

  6. June 10, 2015

    Glorious drawings, so full of life. I really find them astonishingly skilful and rich and moving. I don’t know how you produce so much work of such high quality, Lucinda.

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