Works on paper, wood, textiles and in mixed media by Edinburgh artist, maker and designer Gail Turpin.

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Selected works

Nesting 3
Giclée print
Between 10
ink & acrylic on wood
Between 11
ink & acrylic on wood
Nesting 2
mixed media on paper
Nesting collage 1
mixed media collage
Nesting collage 2
mixed media collage
Between drawing 2
Acrylic, pencil, charcoal and pastel
Between artist's book 2
mixed media
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UPCOMING EXHIBITION

Clearing

NEW TEXTILE WORK BY GAIL TURPIN

MOTE 102, EDINBURGH
1 JUNE - 9 JUNE 2024

Something happens to us when we clear our parents’ house after they’ve gone. The responsibility of dismantling a life or lives, to be the person who says what stays and what goes, what is precious, what should be retained, loved and appreciated.

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WORK

A selection of prints and original works in mixed media.
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Turpin worked with whatever she had to hand—wood, fabric, paint—to recreate these foraged feathers. A process, she says, that was full of happy accidents from printing and sanding.
Alice Fisher


The Guardian / The Observer

ABOUT

A lifelong maker, I am also an artist and designer. My career in design has taken me to London and Amsterdam, but I’m now based in Scotland – where I make work in mixed media in my Edinburgh studio.
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