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Read the Blackwater Studios blog for our latest printing updates. Find artist interviews, features for our artist designed screen printed boxes and other announcements. You can also subscribe for updates.
Updates to Our Premium T-Shirt Option: Introducing the Gildan GD15 Softstyle Midweight
Discover the comfort and quality of the new Gildan GD15 Softstyle Midweight T-shirt. Now available as a premium option on our Gildan deals.
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Jack Teagle – Artist Interview
Jack Teagle is a freelance illustrator based in South West England. His work has been used by many high profile clients including Adobe, Netflix, Apple and Mojang. He also self-publishes his own work globally.
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How to Create a T Shirt Design with Procreate
How to create a t shirt design for screen printing using the Procreate app for iPad. See the process from start to finish, and learn some tips and tricks along the way.
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Felix Griffiths – Artist Interview
Felix Griffiths is a self-taught artist and illustrator from Cornwall. He enjoys creating bizarre pieces filled with bright and bold colours.
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Summer 22 Box – Felix Griffiths
For our late-2022 revamp of our boxes we handed the reins to one of our resident artists, Felix Griffiths.
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Michael Brown – Artist Interview
Michael Brown is an architect technician, illustrator, musician and skater living in Cornwall. Originally from Weymouth, this multi-talented individual focuses primarily on structures and perspectives.
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Grace Finnie – Artist Interview
Grace Finnie is a photographer and visual artist from the UK, utilising the unique medium of infrared photography.
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Max Whetter – Artist Interview
Max is a painter based locally, here in Cornwall and was kind enough to invite us to his studio. Max’s portraits are both painterly and graphic; haunting and serene.
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Updates on our operating status during COVID-19. Please keep checking back for more information as this situation continues to develop.
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Winter 20 Box – Handsforfeet
Handsforfeet is an illustrator andsign painter whose work can be recognised from festivals, coffee shops, and markets up and down the country.
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AW/19 Box Design by Samuel B. Thorne
An exclusive interview with London based designer and illustrator, Samuel B. Thorne. He gives us an insight into his preparatory work; the doodles, the thinking, the experimentation and the development of ideas. The interview is well worth a read in its entirety. It is a healthy mixture of in-depth answers that are informative, instructive and inspiring.
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Summer 19 Box – Freak City
A few words with French illustrator, Freak City about our Summer’s screen printed box design collaboration. Fascinated by urban life, his work highlights the unexpected beauty in battered store fronts, natural overgrowth and half deserted streets.
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Hélène Jeudy Winter 2019 Box Design
We caught up with Hélène Jeudy in our latest artist interview to discuss her winter box design. Her work explores the realms of dream, memory and imagination where you are forced to see beyond the horizon line and into an endless window/void that make you believe that such universes could exist.
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Spring/19 Box – Donya Todd
Donya has graced our Spring 2019 Boxes with one of her macabre-inspired illustrations. Her artwork is a carnival of twisted reimaginings that somehow manages to be simultaneously morbid yet adorable.
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Blackwater Studios Organic Sample Store x Bene Rohlmann
Bene Rohlmann’s ‘Hoodoo Tiger’ for our sample store. Bene creates original work inspired by death cults, traditional art, native tribes and nature.
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Collaboration Store – Organic & Vintage
We launched a new artist collection and Embroidered Vintage Denim Collection with artists Alxndra Cook, Victoria Clare Gray, Benny Brown, Cat Sims & Robbie Jones.
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Winter/18 Box – Cat Sims
Cat Sims is an artist based in London. Her work covers a broad range of mediums, from graphic design to comics and printmaking.
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Alxndra Cook – Artist Interview
Alxndra Cook is a London based freelance illustrator and designer. With an East meets West aesthetic, she in inspired by Japanese culture and “Kawaii”.
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Robbie Jones – Artist Interview
Robbie Jones is an artist from North Cornwall, UK. He’s known for his unique hand carved woodcuts, which are inspired by traditional tattoos and nature.
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Cat Sims – Artist Interview
Cat Sims Cat Sims is an artist based in London. Her work covers a broad range of mediums, from graphic design to comics and printmaking. She has worked as a freelance illustrator for over ten years‚ her recent clients include: V&A‚ Barbican, Sisters Uncut and...
Victoria Clare Gray – Artist Interview
Victoria has always been attracted to intricate mark making but also hand-printed simple forms; offering contrast and balance.
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Collaboration Store
We have collaborated with Becky Harris to assist us in our shoot with our new collection.
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AW/17 Box – Cousins Collective
Cousins Collective has collaborated with us for our Autumn Winter 2017 illustrated box. Ellie designs and creates Pins, Pennants & Patches in Nottingham.
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SS/17 Box – Jürg Lindenberger
Jürg Lindenberger works as a freelance illustrator in Basel. He collaborated with us to design our Spring Summer 2017 box.
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AW/16 Box – John D Kilburn
John D Kilburn has designed our Autumn Winter 2016 illustrated box. He creates silkscreen prints, paintings, books and comics in Cornwall.
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Tallulah Fontaine – Artist Interview
Tallulah Fountaine is a freelance illustrator currently based im between Toroto and LA. Her style reflects on home, using watercolours and traditional printing techniques for art shows, collabrations and Zines.
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Maddy Young – Artist Interview
Maddy Young is an illustrator based in Melbourne who is known for her drawings of moths and roses. She is focusing on her shop and journey into tattooing.
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Carla McRae – Artist Interview
Carla McRae is a Melbourne-based illustrator. Growing up on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, she spent her childhood hunching over a sketchbook.
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Benny Brown – Artist Interview
Benny Brown Benny Brown lives in Ipswich. Skateboarding and drawing are the two main passions in his life. Drawing was his main focus from starting college. Selling on Depop allowed him to keep doing it after he finished Uni - the app where he is now most known.-...
Michael Hsiung – Artist Interview
Michael C. HsiungBorn in China Town, Los Angeles. Michael works with a large number of collaborations including brands such as Vans, enjoi skateboards and Dr. Martens. His work is inspired by mythological creatures, mainly creating bearded men, mermen and...
Bene Rohlmann – Artist Interview
Bene Rohlmann from Münster, Germany now lives and works in Berlin. He’s worked with large names including Google, The New York Times and Converse.
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Mark Breed – Artist Interview
Mark Breed is an illustrator that has become well known for “Hoodbats”. “Home of the Death Party. Keeping things disgustingly nasty since 2013”.
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Ivo Matic – Artist Interview
Ivo Matic is a designer and illustrator based in Toroto. From Croatia. He has received multiple awards and has been part of many exhibitions for Croatian Design. He is now creating a name for himself in Toronto where there is a stronger appreciation for art.
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SS/16 Box – Skeleton Cardboard
Skeleton Cardboard has collaborated with us to design our Spring Summer 2016 illustrated box. He’s mostly known for his skeleton illustration.
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