New Artist on our Radar - Alice Tait @alicetaitdaily

It's always exciting when a new artist comes on the Red Door Gallery radar!!
We are happy to welcome Alice Tait in to our gallery space with her wonderful cheery litho prints.
Alice has worked with an array of dream clients including Chanel,Vogue and Jamie Oliver to name but a few.
She has taken on the task of a drawing a day for over a year now which can be seen on her blog an Illustrated Life of Alice Tait. She has some wonderful drawings up there.
If Alice wasn't busy enough, she also finds time to teach Illustration at Saint Martins.
You can buy a selection of her prints up on our website here  or stop by the gallery to see them in their full glory!!
Our personal favourite is the Illustrated World Map below

There will be lots more to come from this talented illustrator.

Dedicated follower of...Peter Jensen!

We obviously love a bit of print here at The Red Door Gallery along with a great bit of quirky fashion! Which is why we love Danish designer Peter Jensen so much! Jensen (also a tutor at Central Saint Martins) specialised in Menswear originally before moving into womenswear as well (thank goodness!) His womenswear collections are usually playfully inspired by cult icons in the form of actresses, fictional characters or infamous eccentrics like Gertrude Stein or Tippi Hedren and always embody his colourful, fun and quirky signature style! Check him out!

New Coffee Stop In Town @LockupCoffee

There's quite the coffee scene emerging here in Edinburgh, and we're always on the quest to find the perfect Flat White.
Our new favourite coffee stop on the scene is @LockupCoffee, it's situated on Broughton Street Lane in a Lock Up of course, it's a pop up venture from the guy behind Freemans in Marchmont,
Only open on a Saturday & Sunday is a cool little space.
They will be featuring a different coffee every week from small coffee roasters around the UK. You can also purchase beans to take home too.
They have a rather novel loyalty system in the shape of a Loyalty Door, Pop your name up and add a tally every time you have a coffee!
Definitely a Must Visit and they have exciting plans ahead.

Stare At The Sun

After a few sunny days in Edinburgh we're back to gray skies!! To keep our spirits up and to remind ourselves that there will be hot sunny days on the horizon.......well we can dream!
One of our new favourite  sunny tracks is by Eleanor Friedberger of Fiery Furnaces fame.
Her new album Personal Record is out the 4th of June.
Here's her video Stare At The Sun to get a wee taster of what's to come.

She's a talented lady with quirky style to boot!! We're big fans here in the gallery!

Enjoy.........

The Red Door Gallery presents Tommy Perman, Leith in Black and Red, April 25th, 7.30 pm

Tommy Perman is an artist who challenges you to notice and delight in the details of the design decisions that surround you.  “Leith in Black and Red” is a folio of prints which boasts a bold red and black palette and continues his series of sought-after studies of urban areas.  Tommy explores Leith’s characterful streets and the idiosyncratic design choices made by shop owners, town planners and the local residents alike.  This subtle playfulness is spelt out most clearly as he gleefully highlights the unique, nameless shop signage reading “Bacon Rolls Etc”.

“Brusnwick Street Stairs” (above) was once a busy access point to the local post office depot intended to transport the public, parcels and Posties safely to and from the building, but the foliage has overgrown creating a treacherous path.  Throughout the exhibition, re-appropriation, protection and faded glory become apparent themes: the heavily safe-guarded yet derelict property with welcoming signage; the deliberate and practical modifications made to listed buildings which contradict their original aesthetic or function.  The artist’s own design decisions are carried out with the same scrutiny he reflects in his work.  This exhibition includes a variety of print techniques, paper types, editioning procedures and application of his work.  Including some limited edition skateboards printed in collaboration with FOCUS, a superb local skate shop.  Alongside his new works, we will be exhibiting a handful of pieces from his wider collection of studies, including depictions of the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and buildings in the surrounding East End of Glasgow. All works available from www.ediburghart.com from April 27th and prices start at £15 for a poster of “Brunswick Street Stairs”.

Leith is a district in the north of Edinburgh.  Once a busy industrial port, Leith is now packed with local businesses, restaurants and bars and is home to a cross section of Edinburgh’s population including artist, designer and musician, Tommy Perman.  Tommy graduated from Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, in 2002, since which time he helped established FOUND, an art collective and band who have received numerous awards including Creative Scotland’s Vital Spark Award, a Scottish BAFTA and The List Award for outstanding contribution to Scottish art in 2011.   As a solo artist Tommy has exhibited widely around the UK as well as Holland, USA and Canada.  Tommy recently left FOUND to concentrate on his own artwork and to spend time with his son Patrick who was born on 18 January 2013.

Dedicated follower of...Funkis Clogs

Are you a fan of clogs? Yeah us too! We have recently been having a drooly drool drool over these particularly special clogs by Funkis! Funkis are an Australian based brand with a foundation in Swedish design, who also work hard at maintaining an environmentally conscious ethos. There clogs are produced in Sweden one of the fore runners for sustainable materials and they come in so many delicious colours and styles. We can't wait till it's warm enough to get our toots out in a pair of these!

Who is Jarvis joined by today?

We thought we would give you a heads up for those of you who are fans of Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service on Radio6 music! This Sunday at 4 O'clock he is joined by Sir David Attenborough, and they will be talking a bit about the legendary music archivist Alan Lomax and the film The Song Hunter that Attenborough directed back in the fifties! Why not settle down with a cuppa and give it a listen? It's guaranteed to be a fascinating eye opener we're sure!!

Perfect Spring Reading @OhComely

We are smiling from ear to ear today as issue 15 of everyones favourite creative magazine lands in the gallery.
As ever it doesn't dissapoint with beautiful photograhy, illustration and inspiring reads. A few of our favourite features this month are the surreal illustrations of Show Chicken and Wild Colours Beautiful Noise - Beautiful Fashion Photography with much coveted fashion pieces. We do love a bit of pattern here in the gallery.
If the sun is shining where you are like it is here in Edinburgh, grab the latest copy of @oh Comely Magazine wrap up warm and find that perfect little coffee shop with a suntrap and read your favourite magazine with a cup of something warm and a delicious slice of cake!

 

The perfect Sunny Day Reading, Enjoy............

@DavidBowieReal has released some videos to vimeo, Space Oddity is our fave so far!

Just loving all the synths and graphics along side the acoustic guitar.



An interview with the man who collects personalities.

Dedicated follower of...Eley Kishimoto!

I hope this post introduces you to the wonderful design duo Eley Kishimoto or hopefully it just reminds you again of how great they are!! We just love there ethos which is to 'cover the world in print'  and we certainly wouldn't mind, some how we think it might make things a lot more fun and dare we say very very cute! They have collaborated with numerous others and do a range of home ware products as well, so they really could cover everything with their graphic wonders!

Happy Cheery Tunes

It's a gorgeous sunny day here in the gallery, it's a little bit chilly but the sun is out putting a smile on everybodys faces!!
It puts us in the mood for lots of happy cheery tunes in the gallery. Our current favourite today is the family trio Kitty Daisy and Lewis.
They've got us tapping our feet away to their ever so catchy tunes!
One of our favourites is their cover of the Canned Heat classic Going Up The Country.
There video is as cool as the three of them, they rock some enviable rockabilly style!

Grassmarket Bike Race 30/03/13! @rebeccajkaye @GrassmarketArea

Visual Compendium of Cycling Parts & Terms - £25

Track Litho £12.50

 

Commuter Card £3

Easter Weekend is going to be packed with activities here in Victoria Street, and we are raring to go -   so much so, that we have a little road running through our windows, with new bike themed pints double parked! The talented, Edinburgh based Rebecca Kaye and Tommy Perman have provided us with a mix of works that will have you inspired to power your journey by pedal.

There is also a rather exciting Easter Hunt taking place in and around the grassmarket shops, the prize winner will receive £100 worth of grassmarket shop goodies - whooo!  A great day out for the family and the indie shopper alike, we hope to see you over the weekend.

International Women's Day - some highlights form our friends #IWD

We have rather enjoyed the furious posting International Women's Day has inspired in our femanist friends and collegues over the last 24 hours, so we decided to share our favourites with you here in one place.
Above is an excert from the Muppet Show, perhaps inspiration for the next generation, but perhaps some of you were raised on it!

 

There was a protest held in Glasgow on IWD designed to rid the Glasgow University Campus of accepted and ingraned gender discrepencies.  It's not just Glasgow University who are in the spotlight though, this should be taken as a  to us all.  For more information read this great article in the Huffington Post.

The Guardian published this interactive map showing the global prgression of Votes for Women, a real eye opener highlighting how far we've come, and how suprizingly recent a lot of the changes are.  Still room for improvement!

However you spent March 9th, I hope it gave you all time for reflection and focus for the future.

@NtlMuseumsScot #rbsmuseumlates Vikings!

 

 
The Vikings returned to Edinburgh on Friday February 22nd, for the latest evening of creative entertainment at The National Museum of Scotland.  This multi-award winning event called RBS Museum Lates is a regular favorite in The Red Door Gallery calendar as it gives us the chance to commission some participatory projects from one of the highly talented artists and illustrators we work with.  Astrid Jaekel's bold use of monochrome seemed the perfect fit for this Viking themed evening!

Astrid created 8 DIY badge designs which referenced tapestries, bed posts, coins and folklore all to be found in the Museum's Viking exhibition (on display until May 12th).  Her final black and white pieces were delightfully witty and playful but had enough room for the Museum Lates guests to colour them in.  They varied in complexity, which satisfied the speedy novice through to the painstaking professional as they added colour and text to the unfinished badges.  Ashley and Lindsey were on hand to help cut and stamp the badges into their durable shells, so everyone left with a truly unique, wearable artwork!

In keeping with the Viking theme, Astrid also designed a Cut-out & Make Viking Drinking Horn, inspired by the myth that Viking's wore horns on their helmet - they actually wore horns around their necks and used them to drink their water... or something a little more alcoholic from!  We were on hand with a Runic Alphabet so the participants could add their own secret message to the drinking horn or badge designs.  The sharp font gives a definate style and the people we were chatting with seemed to either write their name, or get a little rude!

Rude or polite, we would love to see photo's of your badges and drinking horns so please email them to nicky@edinburghart.com or tweet them to us.  You can also post them on our Facebook page, where lots of our photos from the night are up - and there are some good snaps in there so please have a peep!

There was an exhibit of some of Astrid Jaekel's works on the night, along with other pieces by The Lindstrom Effect, Mr Millerchip, Mrs Eliot Books, Laurie Hastings and many others.If you would like to see some more works by Astrid Jaekel, please click here - more to be added this week!    If a little something caught your eye, drop an email to nicky@edinburghart.com or call 01314773255 and we will trace it back for ya.

As always, thanks to The National Museum of Scotland for letting us join in the fun, to Astrid for all her beautiful works and y'all for making it such ruddy fun!  Museum Lates is back on May 17th and we think this may be the best yet, so keep the date free and check here regularly for notification of ticket sales!

New Tatty Devine

The start of a new week in the gallery and what could be a better way to start it than the arrival of.................

The NEW Tatty Devine Collection!!!!

 It's a feast for the eyes!!! Bright and Beautiful just as we come to expect from the lovely ladies behind the label. Their Spring/Summer 2013 collection is inspired by Spring Festivals, Indian Godesses and bright fluro colours that are really Hot right now!!
You can see some of the new collection in our online shop here Tatty Devine. If you're local to the gallery then do stop by to check it out. We think it's one of their best collections yet.

This little guy is another of our favourites Reminiscent of vintage Victorian carved tortoiseshell jewellery.

Tatty Devine Jewellery is designed and made in the U.K - Support British made and buy from local artists and designers.
 Many more British and local artists and designers can be found online at The Red Door Gallery.

Bright and Cheery new collection by Me and Zena

Just as we were starting to think Spring was on it's way..............

We may still have to put up with more snowfall but you can cheer yourself up with the new collection from Me & Zena that's just landed in the gallery!!
This amazing ring above is sure to make you feel like spring is just round the corner!!

We have our eye on it along with this cute paint brush necklace in conjuction with the Satchi Gallery!!
You can see lots more online here Me and Zena and in the gallery.

Wrap up warm it's chilly out there and stop by the Red Door Gallery to bring a little bit of sunshine in to your life!!

The Sun Is Shining Over Edinburgh!!

 

It's a gorgeous day in Edinburgh, if you're lucky enough to be outside enjoying the rare apearence of the sun then you should pop on by the gallery to check out some of our lovely prints to brighten up your walls on this lovely sunny day!
Sunlight of Closed Lids have some of the Cheeriest Prints for your home, you can check out their collection here Sunlight on Closed Lids
We love a wee gander round Edinburgh in the sunshine, stopping by one of our favourite spots for Coffee and Cake.
Some of our favourites are the lovely ladies at Love Crumbs up at Westport. Only a short stroll from the gallery. Their cakes don't only look beautiful, they taste devine.
Our other favourite for the coffee geek in you is BrewLab, up behind the museum on South College Street, The boys at Brewlab know a thing or two about coffee, serving up the most perfect coffees from v60 to Flat White, there's something to satisfy every taste and they are always happy to recommend something new. Their delicious cakes are also by the lovely ladies @hellolovecrumbs
If coffee isn't your bag then why not Sunshine In A Cup from Victoria Street friends @HulaJuiceBar.
We are a little bit addicted to their Whirling Dervish Smoothie at the moment!!


Hope to see you  all soon........

Perfect Lazy-day Reading @ohcomelymag-now available in online!

The New copy of Oh Comely Magazine has arrived in the Gallery and in our online shop. We are all eager to get our paws on a copy.
It's perfect Lazy Sunday readying, full of excitng interviews, beautiful photograpy and illustrations.
In issue 14 there's an interview with Red Door Gallery favourites First Aid Kit, How to make your own cheese,Trashy Novels and Lego Car Races (you're never too old!!) to name but a few of the exciting reads inside.

That's our Sunday sorted, A trip to @StockbridgeMark for some local goodies, a flat white from @SteamPunkcoffee, cosied up on the sofa with our favourite read @ohcomelymag, most likely with a cat on our lap!

Bliss..........

Make some beautiful 3D shapes come to life and have your own fabric or paper palls!

These guys are keeping us company here in The Red Door Gallery and they make such elloquent friends!

The paper palls are £7-£7.50 and the beautiful sew your own plushes start life as a beautious teatowel so if you never get round to yer sewing they remain fully functional and just £11.50!  For more info and to see the full range click here!

We HEART @thelistmagazine

So Valentine's day is almost upon us, if your still stuck for the perfect gesture, have a look at The List Magazine's great round up of innovative, fun and irreverent gifts for those who love love and those who hate hearts in equal measure. 

It turns out those good looking, intelligent and utterly style conscious peeps at The List HQ think we have some gifts to shout about!  The 1985 Collective's "Take Me To Your Ruler" (pencil) with matching "I Am Your Ruler" ruler £4.50, is considered one of their top 8 Loved Up gifts.  If your feeling a little Down With Love, Carolyn Alexander's "Haughty Bitches" zine at £6 is bound to crack a smile.

This copy of the magazine also comes with free guide to Scotland's Festivals in 2013, so perhaps a copy of The List could set you up for the summer months too!