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Getting Blameless with LeithLate to create a mural in Edinburgh

Art collective Blameless has just completed a large public artwork in the heart of Leith in Edinburgh, in collaboration with LeithLate.

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Six members of art collective Blameless stand in front of their completed blue mural featuring a ship and geometric patterns in Leith, Edinburgh.

The giant mural is situated on the corner of Halmyre Street and Gordon Street, previously the site of one of the last public commissioned murals in Edinburgh - back in the 1980s. Unfortunately, due to a financial dispute, this mural was destroyed by the artist himself shortly after its completion.

The site sat ruined for decades before Blameless took it on again to create a new mural for Leith. The new design (collectively created by Blameless) is a large reworking of the Leith Persevere crest and depicts a ship sailing across a striped sea.

The ship in the mural is based on the SS Explorer, the last steamship to be registered to Leith and which is currently undergoing restoration by a team of volunteers and enthusiasts. The initials L.H. are on the boat, pertaining to Leith Harbour, and a nautical flag to the rear tells its readers ‘Open For Communication’.

Artists involved include Skint Richie, Rabiya Choudhry, Martin McGuinness, DUFI and Fraser Gray. Watch the following video to find out more about the project in the making.

Black car parked in front of Blameless's Leith Persevere mural on a red brick building, showing a ship sailing across striped seas with graffiti tags below
Stacked metal scaffolding and ladders leaned against a graffiti-covered wall on a paved street, with brick buildings visible in the background
Artist on scaffolding working on the Blameless mural in Leith, with the blue striped sea design visible on the wall below
An artist works on a large blue mural featuring abstract wave patterns and geometric designs on a street corner in Leith, Edinburgh
Close-up of two tattooed legs wearing white socks and boots, with spray paint cans blurred in the background, one leg showing "so it goes" tattoo and the other a pink graphic design
Blue mural featuring wavy striped patterns, a sailing ship and text reading "Leith Herring" created by art collective Blameless on a corner in Edinburgh's Leith
Blameless artists posing together on metal scaffolding in front of a blue mural during its creation in Leith, Edinburgh
A person's hand holds a white template showing the outline design against a large blue painted mural section on scaffolding
Blameless mural in progress on a Leith street corner, depicting a yellow steamship and underwater scenes in blue, flanked by metal scaffolding
Close-up of weathered metal pipe with water droplet, with blue mural visible behind metal railings under construction scaffolding
Worker in high-visibility clothing pressure washing the pavement below a blue and teal mural featuring a ship and text reading "Ocean Herring
Blameless mural in Leith showing a yellow and black ship with flying birds above, sailing across blue wavy waters filled with underwater imagery, flanked by red brick walls
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