Here’s a behind the scenes look at our recent Take a Seat! project, featuring a video of the process. We painted the bench for weeks, so we could fully immerse ourselves in the East Leeds community. We painted on-site and were able to converse with a range of different people. It was a lovely experience to have following months of isolation.

Take A Seat! has brought colourful benches across the city to celebrate local communities and how they rallied together during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a commemorative project for the people of Leeds, and we knew we wanted to be a part of that!

We recently uncovered a surprising family connection with the Hepworth Gallery. We had visited the gallery on numerous occasions without realising a piece of our family history was being stored in the archive.

We made the discovery in an old newspaper clipping (attached to a wedding invitation), ensuing the passing of our late Great Auntie. It referred to the painting and exhibitions in Scarborough and London that Ernest Sugden had been involved in.

Hello everyone, Abigail here! We recently had the exciting opportunity of producing a painting in store for Leed's Fred Aldous (read our interview with them here). Chloe and I loved spending the day painting as we often create our work digitally. We'd really recommend pulling out the paint brushes every now and again.

View our day in pictures...