Rather a grand statement it has to be said, but nonetheless true!
I am pleased to report that I have just completed my second framing project for the indomitable Carina Contini of Centotre and Scottish Café fame. Many of you (hello Edinburgh Coffee Morning goers), will no doubt have seen the fantastic shots from the lens of local photographer, Shannon Tofts, that are currently gracing the walls of Edinburgh’s most popular eatery. I had the privilege of working with Shannon on that project, undertaking the framing, hand-setting the captions then hanging (with the aid of wonderful handyman Dave) the final 15 shots.
Last Sunday, while most of you were probably still in bed, me and my ‘humper’ (his words, not mine)), husband Mike Coulter, were hard at it again. Hanging pictures. But this time in the hallowed halls of the Scottish National Gallery no less.
It is here, that the Contini’s run The Scottish Café (on the Princes Street Gardens level) where the very best of Scottish produce is championed.To mark their second anniversary, Shannon was commissioned to take portraits of their team of wonderful suppliers and producers, highlighting the provenance and quality of the ingredients the café uses.
As with the Centotre project, I made the frames – simple tulip wood, hand finished with a pale grey wash – and painstakingly, hand set the captions beneath each shot. This really was a labour of love, tweezers in hand, carefully composing, with 3mm rubber type, the words which hopefully convey just how important these people are to the whole ‘Scottishness’ that is the Scottish Café.
The results, if I may say, look great. Shannon’s portraits looking every bit worthy of hanging in such esteemed surroundings. And I’m rather chuffed with my frames too. The National Gallery – who’d have thought?
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