This is the Evening News article from monday about the exhibition!

by Louise Ellen Gibson, 15 Apr 2009

Sculptures add character to pavements of city

Published Date: 13 April 2009
A SERIES of curious characters are to adorn the pavements of the Capital as part of the Tollcross Public Art Exhibition.
The sculptures will be placed on the High Riggs pedestrian pathway close to the Bank of Scotland for a weekend to intrigue passers-by.

Sculptor Louise Gibson, 24, who is a final-year student at the nearby Edinburgh College of Art, is creating the works specially for the event on May 9 and 10th. The works are inspired by the shops in the area, and Ms Gibson has been visiting several local businesses regularly over the past few months to find out about them and their owners.

She hopes that after the weekend, the sculptures will be exhibited in other areas of Tollcross, either outside or on top of the shops that inspired their creation, or in another location.

Among the businesses taking part are John Saunderson’s butchers and Lupe Pintos Mexican Deli, both in Leven Street.

Ms Gibson said: “My work should be quite colourful against the greyness of Tollcross. There’s so much going on there, and so many shops. The sculpture is just about having work that’s relevant to the place. I wanted to do something contemporary that people could relate to a bit more.”