‘go reborn’ has been a hive of activity all day. Claudia Massie has spent the day painting our tremendous view of the Old Town, all moody red-grey skies and endless arching bridge in luscious deep acrylics and spray paints. Amazingly she has created this piece in a matter of hours, buoyed up by an espresso doppio from one of the numerous nearby coffee bars. Karen and Susie have been busy in the workshop; Karen (a graduate from Galashiels Arts School) has already reproduced some blouses from her own collection and Susie (junior designer at Godiva) has been recycling Godiva vintage. Neil Perry from Owl & Lion has started a graff-pen design on an enormous canvas which he will be continuing over the next few days and doing live at our launch party on Friday 14th August. Neil spent some time chatting to author Ron Falconer, a Pacific island castaway who was passing through (check out his book on the Caroline Atoll on
AF Giles’ blog here). Solas Nicol arrived with his fashion and festival photography prints which look stunning alongside Kate McKay’s illustrations. Rachel Barron’s (ECA) cut-up love story and urban-inspired artwork set it all off very nicely.
This pop-up space is consistently evolving, and over the coming days many more artists, photographers, designers and misfits will be gracing us with their presence.
