This month we will be heading to Mote 102 for the first time to see an exhibition of new work by artist, maker and designer Gail Turpin. We will be joined by the artist and gallery-founder Alice Bain.
A not-for-profit, changing space in Leith, Mote 102 hosts local artists, makers and gardeners with an eye to the wider world. Exhibitions, events, residencies, shop pop-ups take place throughout the year.
Gail’s new exhibition Clearing, features new textile works made from unravelling and using some of the precious pieces of fabric, paper and objects, accumulated by her family and in her own life. She says of her work:
‘Something happens to us when we clear out parents’ house after they’ve gone. The responsibility of dismantling a life or lives, to the person who says what stays and what goes, what is precious, what should be retained, loved and appreciated.’
Gail studied graphic design at Edinburgh College of Art and her career in design has taken her to London, Amsterdam and back to Edinburgh. In all areas of her practice, she’s come to work intuitively – whether making a monoprint collage, designing a textile, making a functional object, working with type or creating an image.
