New work is in store today by Edinburgh based Jenni Douglas, a.k.a. 'A Pair of Blue Eyes'. From her studio in the Old Town, Jenni creates original linocut and photography art prints, greetings cards and hand-printed textiles. Her striking prints depict the tall buildings of the Old Town, where she grew up, and play with repetition and colour. She also draws and paints botanical forms.

Tea Towel £10

British Birds and Porcelain Vessels

This August, two makers come together at Concrete Wardrobe for a joint Maker of the Month Exhibition.

Kittie Jones is an Edinburgh based printmaker who specialises in creating vivid prints of British birds. Susan Kemp is an East Lothian based ceramicist working in porcelain to create functional pieces, hand painted in floral designs.

Jones’ inspiration comes from British nature. Her practice begins out in the field making drawings from life. These drawings are then transformed into prints, drawings and paintings. A large part of Jones’ work takes the form of screen prints and monotypes. Her exhibition forms part of the British Birds series she has been developing over the past three years. These prints are square format and small scale. The aim of the British Birds series is to celebrate and highlight the diversity of bird life in the UK.

Susan Kemp moved to Fife to start her ceramics business over four years ago. After experimenting with a range of clays, Kemp has settled on porcelain as her medium of choice. Having used transfer patterns in the past, she has recently moved into hand painted designs, inspired by the green-blue colours and floral patterns of early Islamic ceramics. Kemp’s range to debut at Concrete Wardrobe includes tall and squat linear forms, contrasting with floral designs and a mix of blue and green-blue hand painted decoration. She explains, “Whilst the pieces are functional the forms are pushed just beyond that. They refer to function without being limited by it.”

Alongside her prints, drawings and paintings, Kittie Jones is exhibiting a range of greetings cards and tea towels. Of her exhibition at Concrete Wardrobe she says, “my work will be shown amongst some fantastic examples of contemporary Scottish craft, and to be on sale in August with so many visitors to the city, is very exciting. Who knows where my work will end up?”

Kittie Jones and Susan Kemp will be on display at Concrete Wardrobe from 1^st to 31^st August 2013.

Concrete Wardrobe is open Monday to Saturday 11am to 7pm. (Sunday 12 - 5pm.)

Concrete Wardrobe 50a Broughton Street, Edinburgh EH1 3SA

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PR: Katherine Emtage. Co-Owners: James Donald & Fiona McIntosh. 

Edinburgh based Donna Mathieson of Himalayan Princess is a self taught illustrator who enjoys creating characters that inhabit both imagined and real worlds. 

These images come in 2 differing formats A5 and A4 prints as well as blank greetings cards for your own private message!

Those of you who have visited Edinburgh in the past may even recognise some of these quirky and fun views of Edinburgh!

If you're looking for the perfect greeting card, come to Concrete Wardrobe and check out the wonderful designs by Mairi MacSween. Edinburgh based MacSween designs greeting cards, postcards, prints and wedding stationery. Her designs are nostalgic and very witty. The ones above are from the Patsy and Diane range. Can you spot where Patsy is riding her horse? Her other designs include ceramic animals in outdoor locations, such as a Jack Russell eyeing up a tree trunk! They will make you smile. And her postcards are only 50p!

We at Concrete Wardrobe are very pleased to introduce our latest Edinburgh based print maker  - Nicola Murray.

These rich blue limited edition fine art prints, which come in a variety of sizes have all been hand printed using a blueprinting method.

This early "sun printing" technique was origionally used to document botanical specimens and later became a means to of replicating architects plans.

These prints are based on the "Water of Leith" - a river that runs through Edinburgh and Leith to the North Sea.

Another new arrival into Concrete Wardrobe are these fantastic A4 - sized high quality giclee prints called "Alphagrams" featuring hand drawn decorated letters by Aberdeen trained Victoria Fifield, who goes under the trading name of Hipster Spinster. 


The prints featured on the blog are water marked but the full compliment of 26 letters arent and they would look fantastic on your wall in a domestic or business setting.


We especially love the C and the W ... can't think why! 

 New in !!!!! These fantastic cheery screen printed pieces by Dundee based duo "YOKE" These pieces will be be sure to put a smile on your chops! 

Keep watching this space for more new and exciting pieces by our favorite Scottish based and trained designer makers and crafts folk!