You were the dreamboat pedalo...

As promised we said we would get something up here soon so will start with our week in Edinburgh working on the Halmyre Street mural with our buddies as part of Blameless (website coming soon!).


The whole project was organised by the superbly energetic Fraser Gray and Morvern Cunningham (of Leith Late fame)  and our theme was a watery one - which tied in well with the weather we had for most of the week!

Have a selection of images below from talented photographer and nice guy Eoin Carey (with a couple of iPhone pics by me) and a brilliant film from the equally talented and good folks at Cagoule Productions.

The s.s.Explorer rides the waves with all kinds of detritus and creatures below the surface while the sky betrays nothing of the turmoil beneath with birds enjoying the setting sun (which also represents the people of Leith - see the profile? Our contribution was a text piece breaking the surface reading "Wha'll Buy My Caller Herrin'". A song sung by the local fisherwomen of the of the past.

As usual, great fun, collaboration (with the discussion that surrounds that...) and also food - the best home-cooked Thai meal EVER.

Here's to the next one.

Oh, and for those of you who follow our musical additions to our posts its worth checking this one out. You would think the lyrics were written especially for this job... - FIN

photo © Eoin Carey 2013

photo © Eoin Carey 2013

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Glasvegas - Lonesome Swan
Glasvegas (2008)

As promised we said we would get something up here soon so will start with our week in Edinburgh working on the Halmyre Street mural with our buddies as part of Blameless (website coming soon!).


The whole project was organised by the superbly energetic Fraser Gray and Morvern Cunningham (of Leith Late fame)  and our theme was a watery one - which tied in well with the weather we had for most of the week!

Have a selection of images below from talented photographer and nice guy Eoin Carey (with a couple of iPhone pics by me) and a brilliant film from the equally talented and good folks at Cagoule Productions.

The s.s.Explorer rides the waves with all kinds of detritus and creatures below the surface while the sky betrays nothing of the turmoil beneath with birds enjoying the setting sun (which also represents the people of Leith - see the profile? Our contribution was a text piece breaking the surface reading "Wha'll Buy My Caller Herrin'". A song sung by the local fisherwomen of the of the past.

As usual, great fun, collaboration (with the discussion that surrounds that...) and also food - the best home-cooked Thai meal EVER.

Here's to the next one.

Oh, and for those of you who follow our musical additions to our posts its worth checking this one out. You would think the lyrics were written especially for this job... - FIN

photo © Eoin Carey 2013

photo © Eoin Carey 2013

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Glasvegas - Lonesome Swan
Glasvegas (2008)

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In this line of work, it never hurts to plan

In the last seven weeks, we have been tearing around the country like sales reps on double time.

Between: Fin running workshops in Dunoon; an exhibition install in Helmsdale; holidays in Mull (Fin wanted to see Balamory); holidays in Lake District (Al needed mint cake);  painting a mural in Leith with the Blameless crew; the start of our project in Banchory; and tremors of things in Derby; we have found ourselves on the road a lot.

Far too much for one blog so what we are planning is to do some posts over the next few days.

In the meantime here is a picture of a hedgehog. - AL

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Jeremy Messersmith - Deathbed Salesman
The Reluctant Graveyard (2010)

In the last seven weeks, we have been tearing around the country like sales reps on double time.

Between: Fin running workshops in Dunoon; an exhibition install in Helmsdale; holidays in Mull (Fin wanted to see Balamory); holidays in Lake District (Al needed mint cake);  painting a mural in Leith with the Blameless crew; the start of our project in Banchory; and tremors of things in Derby; we have found ourselves on the road a lot.

Far too much for one blog so what we are planning is to do some posts over the next few days.

In the meantime here is a picture of a hedgehog. - AL

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Jeremy Messersmith - Deathbed Salesman
The Reluctant Graveyard (2010)

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But if you're worried about the weather, then you picked the wrong place to stay

This weekend was the summer solstice, and we spent it ducking out of the rain and relishing patches of sun at the Solas Festival in Perthshire. Like the cliche goes the forecast for the festival weekend was cloud and rain.

Blameless (that being the proper noun for all us usual suspects that meet up to collectively clart something in paint!) were asked to do a large graffiti piece at the festival. 

We were told we would be painting onto "canvases stretched through the trees." A prospect that had us a little worried, with visions of bedsheets mud splattered and flapping in the wind! But to our delight, when we arrived we found the canvases right in the middle of the festival ground - stretched trampoline-tight, impeccably primed and with a cracking view of the stage (Thanks to George and his team)! 

Heard some great music including a bouncing gig from We Were Promised Jetpacks. There was also plenty of other great bursts of creativity with a buzzing performance from poet Harry Baker being one of the highlights.

We used the opportunity to experiment with some ideas and techniques that were sparked off at Freedom Versions V1 and have been brewing away every since. We hope you like what you see! - AL

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LCD Sound System - All My Friends
Sound of Silver (2007)

This weekend was the summer solstice, and we spent it ducking out of the rain and relishing patches of sun at the Solas Festival in Perthshire. Like the cliche goes the forecast for the festival weekend was cloud and rain.

Blameless (that being the proper noun for all us usual suspects that meet up to collectively clart something in paint!) were asked to do a large graffiti piece at the festival. 

We were told we would be painting onto "canvases stretched through the trees." A prospect that had us a little worried, with visions of bedsheets mud splattered and flapping in the wind! But to our delight, when we arrived we found the canvases right in the middle of the festival ground - stretched trampoline-tight, impeccably primed and with a cracking view of the stage (Thanks to George and his team)! 

Heard some great music including a bouncing gig from We Were Promised Jetpacks. There was also plenty of other great bursts of creativity with a buzzing performance from poet Harry Baker being one of the highlights.

We used the opportunity to experiment with some ideas and techniques that were sparked off at Freedom Versions V1 and have been brewing away every since. We hope you like what you see! - AL

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LCD Sound System - All My Friends
Sound of Silver (2007)

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