Solen Collet

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Day two of open 💙Celebratory selfie and snaps from yesterday morning before it kicked off and the sun was out. If you a...
06/09/2026

Day two of open 💙
Celebratory selfie and snaps from yesterday morning before it kicked off and the sun was out.

If you aren’t edinburghpsychfest today, pop down to Porty. If you are, post some videos cos I’ve got wild fomo.

Art House 12, Bath Street.
10-6 today and next Saturday&Sunday.

Why tho?⁠⁠Whichever process I'm playing with follows the same impulse - to notice and preserve the fleeting.⁠⁠I think ma...
04/09/2026

Why tho?⁠
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Whichever process I'm playing with follows the same impulse - to notice and preserve the fleeting.⁠
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I think making something just because you felt compelled to follow an idea is an act of rebellion.⁠
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Notice something.⁠
Make something from it.⁠
Share it.⁠
Keep it safe.⁠
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That's my WHY.⁠

Visit solencollet.com to see examples of all my work. Join the mailing list for upcoming exhibitions and art drops.
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I make photographs of people and the things they make (eg products, art, vows, a ruckus). Digital, 35mm & 120 film. I al...
02/09/2026

I make photographs of people and the things they make (eg products, art, vows, a ruckus). Digital, 35mm & 120 film.

I also make paintings, installations, prints, albums, workshops and other visual adventures.

And coming soon : small monthly art drops from my website (join the mailing list, link in bio).

It might look like lots of different things but it’s just different ways to use the same eye, energy and brain.

Sometimes you need a photograph.
Sometimes you need something tactile to keep.
Sometimes you need a whole visual world.

This is my WHAT (ok).

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Some film scans of summer, peachy portra tones and beach cults. Wish you were here postcards on Kodak 400, dev and scan ...
31/08/2026

Some film scans of summer, peachy portra tones and beach cults. Wish you were here postcards on Kodak 400, dev and scan by Gulabi⁠
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kodak portra 400⁠
olympus muji ii⁠
35mm moments

You coming to my gaff next weekend?⁠⁠It's already. I'm totally ready, not stressing out at all, no last minute rush to ...
29/08/2026

You coming to my gaff next weekend?⁠
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It's already. I'm totally ready, not stressing out at all, no last minute rush to finish and make work at all, don't even know what you are talking about.⁠
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I've made some abstract mixed media paintings on canvas and some on wood panels. All inspired by the feeling and memories of places I've visited over the last year or so. ⁠
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These here fellas are inspired by the delicious coves in the south of Mallorca that I visited in July. Rocking up early doors before the beaches got busy to take a quiet swim in the clear warm water, sun dancing patterns onto the sand, tiny silver fish darting around my ankles. Celestial. ⁠
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I'm selling all the new work I've made this year at a steal cos I'm obsessed with buying art supplies and I need a fix. Come help a pure jonesing sis out.⁠
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Art House 12, Bath Street⁠
5/6 & 12/13 September, 10-6 each day

A wee peek at some of the things I've been making for ⁠⁠I've a handful of teeny canvas lilies. These are made with acryl...
25/08/2026

A wee peek at some of the things I've been making for ⁠
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I've a handful of teeny canvas lilies. These are made with acrylics and oil pastels.⁠
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Ideal for a gallery wall, a flower lover, a gift for a stranger. Or like me, you can hang it up near your dead herbs or stopped clock. An affordable wee treat for your art lover. ⁠
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Art House 12, Bath Street⁠
5&6/12&13 Sept, 10-6⁠
Come buy my art so I can afford more oil sticks, ta x⁠
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Edinburgh art event⁠
Art Walk Weekends Portobello⁠
Edinburgh exhibition

Absolute favourite bridal portrait of all time.⁠⁠It was a total treat to witness and David elope, with a few of their f...
24/08/2026

Absolute favourite bridal portrait of all time.⁠
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It was a total treat to witness and David elope, with a few of their finest friends, last week, officiated by the always awesome

ART HOUSE 12Bath Street10-6 sat/sun 5&6/12&13 SeptThis is my third year opening doors of my flat for The first time, I ...
22/08/2026

ART HOUSE 12
Bath Street
10-6 sat/sun 5&6/12&13 Sept

This is my third year opening doors of my flat for

The first time, I painted my bedroom blood red floor to ceiling and showed some work around regaining my autonomy and a sense of safety from medical trauma and abusive relationships. A right hoot. A mix of self portraiture, poems, video and installation pieces. All theatre of the absurd Lynchian vibes. And that metronome clicking for a solid 8 hours a day…

Last year was a mix of our video installation commission at Nobles for the Arcade series and sharing my home with Ailsa Lochhead as we juggled making some work about b***s and the vaudeville in mixed media collage and cyanotype alongside busy self employed summers and school holidays…

This year I’ve challenged myself to try some new processes I’ve been keen to explore for a long time. A bunch of colour. Lots of layered processes. Some abstract mix media paintings remembering awesome moments in beautiful places and a bunch of flowers.

It’s really a covers record, robbing little elements of processes from the tunes of artists I admire as I play and find my own voice with different mediums. I’ve LOVED it.

It’s been joyful to just make and see what happens. And to work in layers that take time. My photography work is so often against the clock, trusting your creative decisions in the moment with no opportunity to let it evolve.

The focus of these images was firmly on lush wee moments I’ve had in adventures over the last year or so, letting memories of favourite places and being immersed in nature feed the outcomes. So the focus is the same as event photography - that preserves the fleeting - but I’ve been able to slow down and take my time in the making. What a treat.

Come see the beginnings of new things…
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Edinburgh art exhibitions
Art Walk Weekends Portobello
Art studio open doors
Local art festival

Just let it go, guys.
16/08/2026

Just let it go, guys.

Aaaaw, look who played with Canva templates while watching Javier Bardem being a total psycho in Cape Fear. Oooft....A l...
04/08/2026

Aaaaw, look who played with Canva templates while watching Javier Bardem being a total psycho in Cape Fear. Oooft....A little introduction, in case you've just landed here.⁠
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I make photographs, paintings and other tasty wee nuggets of visual alchemy for people who love their creativity served a little less polished and a little more human.⁠
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I'm into beauty with fingerprints on it, sharing creative play, exploring weird ideas, analogue processes, finding local treasures and having enough time to actually enjoy being alive. A tall order but I try.⁠
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And if you want the random rants, studio experiments, new work and things I can't fit on Instagram, come join my mailing list. No algorithm required. ⁠
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solencollet.com⁠
edinburgh artist, photographer, alchemist

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