GIFFORD PARK MEADOWBANK STADIUM

THE FIRST BOARD OF ARTWORK IS PART OF A PARTNERSHIP PROJECT BETWEEN ABBEYHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL, ROYAL HIGH PRIMARY SCHOOL, LIGHTBULB ARTS, BUILD HOLLYWOOD AND THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL.

WHILST WORK IS UNDERWAY ON THE NEW FACILITIES AT MEAD-OWBANK, JACK ARTS TEAMED UP WITH SPECTRUM ARTS AND EDINBURGH COUNCIL TO CREATE A SPACE FOR GRAFFITI.

THERE ARE FIVE SITES AVAILABLE AROUND THE CITY FOR EXPERIENCED GRAFFITI ARTISTS TO SUBMIT THEIR WORK TO REMAIN ON THE BOARDS FOR A MONTH.

ARTISTS WHO HAVE CREATED GRAFFITI ON THESE BOARDS INCLUDE TRE-PO PARKER FROM MEXICO, DLA1 FROM INVERNESS, BABY/PURE FROM EDINBURGH AND FABRIK/MOVER & SHONA HARDIE ALSO FROM EDINBURGH.

LOCATED 1.5 MILES EAST OF PRINCES STREET

LOCATED 1.2 MILES SOUTH OF PRINCES STREET

IN 2015, ARTSIST KATE GEORGE ANDVOLUNTEERS MADE THIS GRAFFITIWALL WHICH WAS COMMISSIONED ANDFUNDED BY SUSTRANS AND THE CITYOF EDINBURGH COUNCIL. IT WAS PARTOF THE UPGRADING OF THE CYCLEPATH BETWEEN THE INNOCENT RAILWAY PATH AND THE MEADOWS.

LEITH WALK MARINE PARADE WALL

LOCATED 1.2 MILES NORTH EAST OF PRINCES STREET

LOCATED 2.4 MILES NORTH OF PRINCES STREET

‘ELPH’ BY ELPH GRAFFITI. THIS MURAL WAS PAINTED IN 2016 AND IS SITUATED ON THE WALL OF LEITHWALK’S ‘LOVELLA BEAUTY SHOP’, THIS PROVIDED A PERFECT GABLE-END SPACE FOR ILLUSTRATOR, DESIGNER AND PAINTER ELPH TO MAKE HIS UNIQUE MARK.

ELPH IS ARGUABLY ONE OF EDINBURGH’S FOREMOST ARTISTS WORK-ING IN THE STREET. HIS INSPIRATION COMES FROM COMICS AND JAPANESE CULTURE, WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN A LOT OF HIS WORK AROUND TOWN.

THE MURAL IS A COMMISSION FOR THE LEITH LATE PROJECT, ELPH HAS PAID ATTENTION TO THE SURROUNDINGS AND HAS USED A COLOUR SCHEME THAT HELPS THE PIECE BLEND INTO THE SHOP, AS THEIR AIM IS TO INCORPORATE ARTWORK INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.

ELPH STARTED OUT BY TAGGING BUS STOPS IN HIS NATIVE DRY LAW, BUT HE HAS SINCE GONE ON TO CREATE BIGGER MURALS ON BUILDING SITES AND UNDER BRIDGES AND HAS EARNED HIMSELF A MORE RESPECTA-BLE ROLE AS A STREET ARTIST. HE HAS NOW EXHIBITED HIS WORK IN NEW YORK, BERLIN AND LONDON ALONGSIDE BANKSY AND ADAM NEATE.

THE MARINE WALL IS THE UK’S LONGEST GRAFFITI WALL WITH A TOTAL OF 330M BEING PAINTED, SURPASSING THE CURRENT LONGEST ONE IN DUNDEE BY 190M.

IT HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE COUNCIL WHICH HAS HELPED BRING TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL ORGANISATIONS. ROCK THE DOCK

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LOCATED 0.9 MILES SOUTH EAST OF PRINCES STREET