New work in from The 1985 collective!

Just thought we would let you know we have just recieved in some new work from The 1985 Collective in the form of the rather detailed Birds In Paradise print above by Lindsey Brown! This is adding to a bunch of lovely goodies we already have in store from them, such as this hilarious ruler set and sausage dog cushion designed by Martin Baillie! The sausage dog also comes in scarlet red which is exclusive to The Red Door Gallery!

Underground Music to check out!!

If you don't have plans already to go down, it's definately worth venturing out to the Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh on Tuesday night for some seriously special underground music from The Doozer, Long Distance Runner and Shareholder. The Red Door are especially fans of the Long Distance Runner, which is a four piece led by the talented Edinburgh based Wee Rogue (also worth checking out on myspace). Although, those of you already fans of the Rogue shouldn't expect his usual meloncholy tales of war over Faheyesgue guitar, the Long Distance Runner find influences in Neil Young circa 1990's, Slint and The Replacements amoungst other cult post rock groups. Definately worth going down to check out some rare performances from some of  Britain's best kept secrets!

A gallery that will blow your socks off!

For those of you who are fans of taxidermy and all things creepy crawlie, this place will be heavenly! This beautiful 170 year old gallery has everything from your usual framed butterflies all the way to Giraffes and Zebras too! If you are ever in the the Rue du Bac, area of Paris not far from the Louvre, you have to have a wee look in Deyrolle, even if only for an ogle! This is not the only shop like this either, there is another similar to this on Boulevard Saint Germain which is even more approachable and affordable, and the tremendously friendly shop owner is amazing (including his big grey moustache) and will give you a wee giggle and a story while you browse!

@LiveFromTheLQ

 We were lending an ear to Live From The Latain Quarter on Fresh Air FM this morning and we were just tickled by their tribute to St Patrick's day from the hillerious Father Ted that we thought we'd pass it on.  Happy St Patrick's Day!

Are you the next Vagabond gal or guy?

Fancy the career change of a lifetime? Well here's your chance if you got a spare bob or two (or thousand!) - Vagabond Van online store and 1952 Airstream Boutique is for SALE! Brainchild of Lucie Galt, Vagabond Van brings 'eco-chic', ethical fashion all the way from Africa to the UK and has toured many of the UK's biggest festivals. Now I did say it was a one-off opportunity, so if you fancy a punt there's an Ebay auction with more details found online at: www.vagabondvan.com/. Happy bidding!

Only 3 followers till 1,000!

Almost time to cleabrate, for now, here's some PES cake!

Western Spagetti by PES

Frankly this is such an inspirational piece of stopframe animation it should speak for itself, hungry for more?  Seconds soon...http://eatpes.com/

Count down to 1000 followers on twitter!

Oh yes!  We are nearly at that bench mark 1,000 twitter followers!  Are you curious to see what happens?  How we celebrate?  Well, so are we!  Rats, probably not supposed to admit that.  We do have some events to look forward to - now we know your out there we wanna make this a little more fun.
Infact, we are all set to lunch of our first lil competition, with the nimble fingered Miso Funky. Whose gonna be number 1000?  Can hardly wait!

Fancy making you own shop?

Alice Melvin's beautifully illustrated and designed Alice's Emporium Make Your Own Shop Kit is available for £13 and accompanies her equally beautiful children's book The High Street - £10, by TATE publishing. Easy to assemble the kit includes everything you need to make your own cardboard shop including furniture, stock and even your own characters! Suitable for ages 5+, adults and children alike!

Sunday, Take Two...

We have Issue 9 of 'Oh Comely' now in stock - a £4 magazine, perfect for a lazy sunday with a cuppa and some tunes on the radio.. here's one that popped up on Red Door's playlist today, from one of my favourite female singers, oh yes the fabulous Nina Simone..

Storytelling and magic combine in Astrid Jaekel's papercut illustrations for the children's book series the Crow Girl and the Crow Girl Rises. Simply stunning in real life these magical books are available to buy from Barrrington Stoke publishers. See a wide range of Astrid's inticate papercuts here at Red Door too!

We all know #LeapYear is Ladies day to propose, but what happens next?

Clear up any wedding night nerves with Carolyn Alexander's flick book.

Hello Zooey from gromain on Vimeo.

Christina Sun Kim on 'unlearning sound etiquette' - a fascinating short film that I just had to share looking at the work of sound artist Christina.. take 10 minutes our of your day to be inspired!

Music to make you smile!

Some of you might of already heard Francois and The Atlas Mountains, especially if you are an avid Radio 6 listener! Mark and Maconie have been championing their latest single Les Plus Beaux for the past couple of months and we want to join in! Their album El Volo Love has been blasting through the speakers in the Gallery and making many a customer tap their feet, we can't blame them though! It's such bittersweet sunshine infused music with great african style drums and eletcro pop synths.  We would recommend anyone with the winter blues to go check them out live...the music makes you want to dance about like a kid on summer holidays, the fact that the guys dance about in shiny disco outfits definately helps!!!

Ok, so the whole world must now be waiting for the lunch time update on #pancakes for 3 meals in one day, well the wait is over!  Beardie Man, Birdie and Red Door-ettes had a lovely pancake with a morrocan style finish - perfectly presented on our keep-it-for-Sunday-Best Donna Wilson plates (they are usually on the wall).  Can't believe it's been over a year since Sarah Kelk made us a farewell banquett, that would be the last time we had pancakes here!

#pancakes, for three meals in one day?  Perhaps a foolish quest, certainly not one the ole waistline will thank you for but just the thought of it rekindles a latent sense of rebellion not felt since the heady days of primary school midnight feast's. 

So this morning's jolly effort is shown below, an adaptation of Kate Sutton's marvelous recipie shown above (£10).  We did have maple syrup as Kate reccomends but the result of our mini dispute (the vegetarian Vs the omnivour) led us to opt for blueberries, maple syrup, youhurt AND optional cripsy bacon.  A little too much you say?  Wait till lunch time...

Late Valentine? We Heart The List

We  have had a lot to shout about over the last couple of weeks and The List Magazine seems to agree with us!  The wise and well read out there will already have Feburary's copy, and yes we are a little tardy in telling you about the fantastic Valentine's spread they did... but well better late than never!  In amongst other top treats you will find Zena's Yes/No decision maker necklace £18, Stuart Gardiner's Love/Hate oven Mit £16 or £25 the pair, Andy Smith's 'Lonely Goldfish' limited edition Screen print £50, Mengsel's 'Hello' lmited edition screen print £40 and the pun-tastic collection of cards fresh from Full Fat Cards.... rumour has it The Guardian has also been shouting about Full Fat Cards, so they are now even more firmly on our One To Watch List... oh yes we have one, we do.

If your Valentine let you down or your just a little late like us... drop us an email and we'll stop, wrap and post on demand.  info@edinburghart.com

A cool wee tune accompanying Arnie in action to mark the passing of Valentine's day perhaps? Our amazing house of cards is gone from the Red Door window and soon our love inspired display will be changing too so watch this space...!

Happy Valentine's....

Check out these romantic and funny cards from Full Fat cards we recently got in store!!Absolutely brilliant! They have recently been featured in the Guardian and are proving quite a hit with love birds across the UK. They are going fast so if you still need to pick up a card for that special someone, better be quick!!

All that sparkles...

Add a twist to Valentine's Day pressies with this new collection. Here's a sneak peek of new Tatty Devine work about to adorn our shelves at Red Door.. make way for bejeweled Swarovski skulls, Frida Kahlo necklaces and Parakeets!! Loving the glitz and glam of it all!