Elliot Tupac x Recoat x Syrkus





In May 2015 Elliot Tupac, a world famous Peruvian artist travelled to the UK to take part in various mural projects and exhibitions. While in Glasgow he exhibited a beautiful exhibition at South Block and collaborated with us on a mural at a local school in Springburn. Elliot's text translates as 'Education with no boundaries- Working Together' and Syrkus painted a series of women from different cultures carrying objects to create a simple meal together. The mural celebrates the multi-cultural community that makes up the school and how hard everyone is working there to make it a success.
We're really proud of this project and how the mural worked as a whole. See all the photos here.

FiST x Recoat- Old Wynd Mural





In May 2015 we were commissioned by Glasgow City Council Regeneration Department to create a mural on the wall of McDonald's Bakery on Old Wynd just off Trongate in Glasgow.
We selected and collaborated with the hugely talented FiST on this large scale mural. We tried to create 'another world', something transformative and dreamy.
You can view all of the photos from the project here.

Recoat off to Edinburgh Book Festival

                       
 

Amy is chairing a discussion between the artist Stik and writer, Ryan Gatiss of Uglar Works on 29th August at the Edinburgh Book Festival. Tickets are just £7 for adults and there are various concessions. Both very talented dudes, will be very interesting to hear their stories.

GDFS Scotland 2015



Once again we will be taking part in the most excellent Graphic Design Festival Scotland! It is in October so get it in your diary and start saving those pennies. We're running a 1 day workshop in partnership with Harvest Skateboards again, you can sign up here-
There's also loads of other interesting projects, workshops, talks, competitions and exhibitions on the go, make sure to read all about it......

Mural at the Riverside Museum


The Riverside Museum (The new Transport Museum) commissioned us to create a drawing mural on their entrance to celebrate the European Museum Awards this month. The drawing was meant to be for one night only but staff and visitors have enjoyed it so much they have decided to keep it up. Get yourself down to check it out. Museum is pretty ace and worth a visit anyway!

Remarket Glasgow opens this Friday!


We are delighted to say we are hooking up with the wonderful and talented curators, Saltmarket this winter to create a series of events, installations and residencies in the lead up to Christmas. We have an even more amazing mix of affordable, high quality, hand-crafted Art, Design and Jewellery for you this year.

We’d love for you all to help us celebrate the opening of the Glasgow festivities this Friday at the Gordon Street RBS branch in Glasgow’s City Centre from 5.30-7.30pm. To attend you must email rsvp@saltmarketdesign.com with your full name, email, phone number and ‘company name’. If your names not down, you’re not getting in!

The show then runs from 29th Nov to 20th Dec. Exhibiting artists and makers include Russell Dempster, Jennifer Argo, Euan McWhirter, Kirsty Whiten, FiST, Shona Guthrie, Fraser Gray and Little Dot Creations.

Best|Ever- Barras- East







Best|Ever were our English reps on In Common, a duo of talented artists recently arrived back from a project in The Gambia. They painted a wall next to Moncur Street in the Barras. Their trip north of the border was fraught with problems but they battled through to create an amazing mural depicting an imposing female made of abstracted colours and photo-real features as a symbol of hope and change for the Barras and the East of Glasgow.

In Common was a Festival 2014 project to celebrate the Commonwealth Games coming to Glasgow. 5 murals were painted on the theme of 'Identity' across the city in July 2014. Here is a map to find all of the sites.

Thankyou to Barras Art and Design for accommodating us at such short notice and to all the local people who made us feel welcome.



Faith 47- Ibrox- South









Faith47 from South Africa painted a beautifully subtle piece for our In Common project in Ibrox. She worked through the sun and the rain to create an intriguing portrait of a powerful woman. A string is tangled in her fingers and a wrought iron feature guards her. A sentence runs along the wall that says, "THAT ONE CAN GIVE WHAT ONE DOES NOT POSSES, OH THE MIRACLE OF EMPTY HANDS".

In Common was a Festival 2014 project to celebrate the Commonwealth Games coming to Glasgow. 5 murals were painted on the theme of 'Identity' across the city in July 2014. Here is a map to find all of the sites.

Thankyou to World Wide Tropicals for accommodating us and to all the local people who gave us positive feedback and made us feel welcome.


Final night shot of mural by the talented Mateusz Sleczka.

Fintan Magee- Partick- West













Fintan Magee was the first arrival for our In Common project and our Australian representative. He painted an incredible piece on a Partick Housing Association building at 18 Purdon Street. The area has just set up a community garden and the flowers at the base of the piece are a link to that and the house and boat are symbols of his Brisbane home. Fintan was a great hit with the people who live there and you can see him getting photos taken with some of his new fans!

In Common was a Festival 2014 project to celebrate the Commonwealth Games coming to Glasgow. 5 murals were painted on the theme of 'Identity' across the city in July 2014. Here is a map to find all of the sites.

Thankyou to Partick Housing Association for accommodating us and to all the local people who made us feel welcome.

Final shots of mural by the talented Mateusz Sleczka.