EDINBURGH EXHIBITION (DOVECOT STUDIO)

Edinburgh was looking well in the autumn afternoon.

Next to John Lewis's is a clutch of cranes.  Not the sort of thing you see on the Edinburgh skyline. Worth a few photos I thought.

I paid a visit to the Dovecot Studio which was holding an exhibition of Liberty fabrics, i.e. an exhibition of various garments using their fabrics.

This is the studio where weaving frames are erected on which carpets and wall hangings will be made. The building is actually an old swimming pool. The ceiling still has the original iron supports and beams. The pool itself has been turned into a floor as seen above.

A lovely book about the history of a selection of fabrics or wallpapers which includes the hex colours selected from the samples.  Very useful when choosing colours in Photoshop.

Liberty garments.

 A book on their fabrics of the 50s and 60s.

Coffee in the cafe with a bowl of soup after I spent time 'exiting through the gift shop'.  The reason I took the photo on my iPhone was to capture the blue colour of the wall in the cafe.  Lovely!