In this pair of videos we will explore the fascinating record of Edinburgh’s past in the works of Ron O’Donnell’s exhibition ‘Edinburgh: A Lost World’. These remarkable images of still, unpeopled interiors of shops and other spaces offer a glimpse of long-gone shopping experiences, or interiors we all recall vividly.
The first video will concentrate on shops, old and new, and explore how changing tastes are revealed through these intriguing photographs. In the second video, we will explore the idea of ‘ghost signs’ - old painted lettering revealed during shop refurbishment which reveals the fascinating story of a building’s past through surviving hand-painted lettering. Artist Tessa Asquith-Lamb will show you how to make a decorative 'weathered' painted letter or number with shadowing and gilding.
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Ghosts of Shops Past