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The Broughton Deli, Barony Street.  Delicious Food and home to a series of Exhibitions from back in the day!  First show was called Self Catering and it involved creating display areas within the deli.  It was a wonderful project to be part of, still so greatful to all the artists and makers who participated andContinue reading

Some of the works we featured on our Studio 203 Gallery blog from Merriment Makers 2011.  The Christmas Pop Out Boutique was filled with beautiful gift ideas made by Scottish creatives in the design, music, art and illustration sectors.

Merriment Makers 2011

2011 saw the return of Merriment Makers Pop Out Christmas Boutique to Studio 203 Gallery, Edinburgh.  This year we were delighted to see some returning contributors as well as some new works.  In colaboration with the wonderful Sharon Kirby, we transformed the busy Studio into a shop packed full of artwork and carefully designed andContinue reading “Merriment Makers 2011”

In 2011, before the design duo relaunched, Tom Pigeon was run by Kirsty Thomas alone and was called Lovely Pigeon.  Lovely Pigeon hosted “A Right Royal Pop Up” in anstruther and I was invited to contrubute artwork along with a stash of upcycled ceramics… if memory serves, I helped out in the shop too!

Throwback from 2010!  The First ever Merriment Makers event at the well loved, now closed Studio 203 Gallery.  A joint project between Sharon Kirby, Helen Stephenson and myself with photography by Rockstar Vanity (except the window snaps!).

I like to think of any art commercial gallery as a temporary home for all the artwork and objects – almost a stopgap on the way to their final homes, which in Scotland might just be a tenement flat. With this in mind, back in 2010 I constructed ‘Half Way Home’, a show created fromContinue reading