Wounded Knee sings capella

Edinburgh based vocal artist and singer, Wounded Knee aka Drew Wright, has been doing his thing for a wee while now, releasing music on independent record labels such as Benbecula and Twos and Fews (Drag City) and performing regularly across Britain. His work orientates around traditional folk songs particularly Scottish tales and is usually and impressively performed capella although sometimes accompanied by loop pedals or unusual instruments. He is always part of interesting events and projects and its definitely worth checking his website out for any up and coming shows - if you head along you are almost guaranteed to experience something special!!!

Get yourselves some real Bobby Dazzlers

Don't miss Bobby Dazzlers contemporary jewellery sale featuring 6 local jewellery designers at Sofi's Bar, Leith this weekend. Get jewellery at bargain prices, eat some tasty cakes, meet some nice folk, have a drink and the best thing is you get to help not one but 2 great causes - local jewellery designers and Macmillan Cancer Support! Claire Pouget Wright is raising funds for Macmillan as part of her Edinburgh Half Marathon, 10% of all jewellery sales will go to Macmillan as well as all proceeds from her cake sale - take a sneaky peak of some of the delectable treats below... Find them on Facebook and get down to the the lovely Sofi's bar on this weekend only! (Sat 12-4, Sun 1-5)

The best chocolate in Edinburgh...maybe the world?!

For those of you who haven't already paid The Chocolate Tree in Bruntsfield a visit, stop what your doing and head down there!!! They offer possibly the most amazing hot chocolates, real hot chocolate too, none of this rubbish powder stuff!! There ice creams and sorbets are out of this world and if it takes your fancy you can get a take away and head to the bruntsfield links really near by or take a seat in there cosy cafe and have your hot choc served to you in a vintage tea cup. Everything is organic and produced here in East Lothian and even their packaging is environmentally friendly which just rounds up the whole wonderful shibang!!  

Our Ancestor's by David Fleck - Exhibition Opening Night

Our Ancestor's opened here at The Red Door Gallery almost two weeks ago now and since the opening night there has been a constant stream of compliments given, stories shared and questions provoked by the new body of work all freshly created by Glasgow based illustrator and architect, David Fleck.

We would love to hear from you if you have any thoughts on the exhibition whose inspiration lies in Italio Calvino's Invisible Cities.  If you haven't had the chance to flick through this influential, concentrated little book, we thoroughly recommend you do.  If your lucky enough to be passing our way, come in and have a peep.  There will be some photos of the work it's self available soon, for now just enjoy the atmosphere of our opening in the snaps above, another view of city life!

David's unframed, signed, digital prints start at just £10 and his hand finished screen prints such as Joppa above are £50.  Please drop us an email for more information, or visit our online shop.

A huge thanks to David for all his work and to everyone who joined us for his opening night - please send us any snaps you have to nicky@edinburghart.com.

For fans of foxes!

Just thought we'd quickly share with you these beautiful limited edition screen prints that just came in recently from Emily Hogarth! They are her new edition to her animal print family! Each design begins life as a hand cut piece and is transfered onto a silk screen to be hand pulled onto water colour paper! We also have in; cards, tea towels and other screen prints by her, all adorned with her trade mark hand cut animals, wildlife and her popular homage to her home town Edinburgh!

Queen of Tarts

Secrecy and intrigue combine with indulgent cakes and treats this weekend in the Queen of Tarts pop-up tea room. Previous weekends have gone down a storm with Queen of Tarts creating unique high-tea expereinces for her guests. Tickets are £20 and there's still time to book for this weekend's event held in a secret location in Leith.. one not to miss! See Facebook page for info on how to book - on Saturday and Sunday. Bon appetit! http://www.facebook.com/QueenofTartsEdinburgh

Hello Sunshine!!

We thought we would quickly share with you these lovely delights from Hello Sunshine AKA Jo Want! Her jewellery has proven pretty popular since we started stocking her stuff. The swallow brooches comes in wood too and is joined by a selection of other pinable goodies featuring trees and teapots! Her earrings range is especially popular, coming in black acrylic and including teacups and swallows, a cute little present for yourself or a friend for only 9 squid!!Woop woop!

Monkey Say No!

We just had to share this happening down at the Brass Monkey Leith today from 3pm all in aid of protesting the ridiculous Entertainment License that the Government would like to introduce. Join in the monkeying around with art for sale, beer, food and general fun n games you can't ask for more!

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.