Exhibition #1 - A Wee Tour!

Cabinets of Curiosities were placed in and around The Deli, chock a block with examples of arts and crafts made in Scotland and centered aroung the theme of tools of the artists and the kitchen. The cabinets were chosen to fit in with the Deli's style. The contents are a mixture of Art works, designed pieces and functional objects donated by friends, family and from The Deli itself.

Julia Douglas, Oven Ready, 2001, Branded cotton, plastic and wadding, £300
Xiao, Cup Cake badges, hand screen printed, £5
Laura Masson, Doily £7, Cup Cake £5, Crayon £5, Paint Pallet £10, hand made ceramics
Susiemaroon, Biro Bookmark, £8
Broughton Deli, Scales, NFS

Laura Masson's brightly coloured ceramics are a tiny treasure in your hand! Laura graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2009 and received the Scottish Arts Council Start Up grant in 2010. Laura has a studio shop in Glasgow and exhibits widely.

These beautiful crowns are hand screen printed, cotton napkins by Julia Douglas. When unfolded the surface pattern outlines instructions on how to re-fold your crown! The pattern is the famous willow pattern and the napkins are available for £12.

Also on display, Julia Douglas' plaster kit titled Bone Aid. The plasters were hand screen printed with the willow pattern as part of Julia's residency at Hospitalfield House. Some of the beautiful objects and furniture in Hospitalfields were slightly damaged and Julia repaired some of them with medical equipment like plasters and bandages with all the care and attention you would show an injured human. These plasters were printed to care for chipped or damaged china. They were displayed in a First Aid Cabinet as though intended for the Deli Staff to use.
Bone Aid, £200, Digital print on Card and Screen print on sticking plaster. Box containing 8 plasters, limited edition of 10.

These silhouettes of Six Wives of Henry VIII are also chopping boards and were a collaboration between Ticky and Wasted Wood. All the wood was sourced from off cuts which would otherwise have gone to landfill and the surfaces were hand embellished by Ticky.

A close up of the Anne Boleyn chopping board by Ticky and Wasted Wood, £80.

Ciara McDermott's beautiful, hand made aprons were designed to be worn by staff on the opening night as a fashion performance piece. Some of the aprons were made from ex-staff close and others feature embellishments which reflect Ciara's experiences of working in a Deli. Ciara is a Student at Edinburgh College of Art.

Wasted Wood provided the coat hooks which showcased Ciara McDermott's aprons when they were not being worn. Wasted Wood is the brain child of Sharon Kirby, who is a self-employed cabinet maker and crafter living and working from Studio 203 in Edinburgh's busy Pleasance. All of her wooden craft wares are hand made and finished to the highest standards.
Sharon Kirby, Coat hooks, £30 - £50.

Julia Douglas' hand screen printed paper plates Series made their home in this cabinet in the back room. Housed in the cabinet these delicate plates looked real as the completed Willow pattern is on an object which looks like china - what a trick! Julia Douglas is a freelance Artist, Designer and Maker who lives and works in East Lothian.

The built-in Deli Cabinets in the Main Room and the above the Deli counter were home to Doublethink Design's bright and beautifully printed cushions. Available in a range of colours, the cushions feature drawings of Tea pots and Coffee Pots, titled I Love Tea and I Love Coffee. Each print is limited to an edition of 100 and is taken from an original watercolour painting by Victoria Evans, who lives and works in Glasgow.

Doublethink Designs, I Love Coffee / Tea, £45.

Susiemaroon's ethical placements were framed up in our wee back room with a frame rescued from a house fire to make them stand out. Susiemaroon is an ethical eco-labed based in Edinburgh.