{"id":259,"date":"2025-02-03T14:35:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conversationscaptured.wordpress.com\/?page_id=1"},"modified":"2025-02-03T14:35:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:35:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bekahaytch.uk\/conversationscaptured\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Beka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Hi and welcome!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is Beka and I am a live illustrator based in Yorkshire, UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I <a href=\"https:\/\/conversationscaptured.wordpress.com\/our-work\/\">capture conversations<\/a> to help people spread their word in an engaging and accessible way, helping to create a useful snapshot and visual prompt for discussions, meetings, conferences, celebration events and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve collaborated with <a href=\"https:\/\/conversationscaptured.wordpress.com\/reviews\/\">lots of lovely people<\/a> including staff at universities on a variety of socially-orientated research projects (including Newcastle, Manchester, Exeter, Sheffield and many more), two of the major UK banks, New Art Exchange (NAE), Cognitive Media, several regional councils and a number of local and national charities. I&#8217;ve worked with many clients multiple times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bekahaytch.uk\/conversationscaptured\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/beka_conversationscaptured-1.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-259\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My wider artistic work can be described by the term \u2018live illustration\u2019 but in different ways, including (but not limited to) live illustration or graphic recording (also known as visual minutes or \u2018scribing\u2018), 2D and 3D drawing and illustration, puppet and prop making, installations and live performance. My artwork combines drawing, interactivity and sometimes electronics and open source tech in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bekahaytch.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surprising ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conversations Captured is based at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtinshed.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Big Tin Shed<\/a>&nbsp;in Hebden Bridge, Calderdale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>If you\u2019d like to get in touch, feel free to ask for a chat <a href=\"https:\/\/conversationscaptured.wordpress.com\/contact\/\">via this (very short) contact form<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;I\u2019d love to hear from you!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find us on Instagram too, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/conversationscaptured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@conversationscaptured<\/a> for visual minutes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/frolickedtheatre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@frolickedtheatre<\/a> for brilliantly weird and witty outdoor theatre and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mischiefinthemaking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@mischiefinthemaking<\/a> for everything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Just for fun&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love puppetry (hello fellow&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jXKUb5A1auM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Muppet<\/a>&nbsp;fans!), stop motion animation (thanks to my brother, I was introduced to the late, great&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eO0Di-Iczuo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ray Harryhausen<\/a>), Hitchcock films (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A16YuzuKN58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nick Park, you\u2019re also amazing<\/a>), playing the fiddle and venturing into the Yorkshire hills and woodlands as much as I can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/conversationscaptured.wordpress.com\/contact\/\">Click here to contact Beka<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beka is a live illustrator based in Yorkshire, UK, specialising in capturing conversations to create engaging visuals for various events. She has collaborated with universities, banks, and local and national charities and organisations on socially-oriented projects. 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