Edinburgh

Well, I made it to the exhibition at the Owl and Lion gallery...

click on the picture to see it bigger!

Some great books, all on their own little shelves, which I thought was rather nice :)

The books that struck me the most were those of artist Ellen Knudson, such beautiful craftsmanship (definitely something to aspire to!)

I love visiting Edinburgh, the winding streets, alleyways and steps. I love how you look up and see streets on bridges above you, almost Escher like... I found time to visit the lovely Red Door Gallery packed full of printed and handmade goodness, and my friend found a complete set of natural history encyclopedias in a secondhand book shop for a bargain price. So even though the journey home was a long one (We arrived home at about half past 5 in the morning, in the glorious sunshine, birds singing, looking forward to getting up for work in 2 hours...) it was definitely a trip work taking :)

saturday outing

Today I visited the Time and Space exhibition at the Bowery gallery in Headingley...

Comfy chairs ...

And book works relating to the idea of domesticity, nostalgia and memory...

I think the curator has done a great job of arranging all the books on vintage shelves, tables and dressers. Here's my tree book popping out of a drop leaf cabinet, and I think it fits here well. Kind of mirrors the trees folding out from the book, I like the idea of a forrest folded up in a cabinet, ready to burst out...

And I love the little alcove my other my other book has found its way into :)

Definitely worth a visit (and there's a cafe downstairs too, organic cake and cups of tea, how can you resist...) 

The exhibition is on until 1st August

things to do

If you're any where near Edinburgh before the 11th July and stuck for something to do...


Looks like a good one (and I'm not just saying that because I have a book or two in the exhibition...) More information on their website (and pictures on here if I make it up to Scotland before it closes, fingers crossed).

Also, if you're in or around Headingley, Leeds before August 1st The Bowery, a new visual arts center, has an exhibition of artists books relating to time, memory and domesticity, all available to handle in a comfy living room environment... (and definitely expect pictures, as I would have to pretty rubbish to miss this one!)

Happy Wednesday!