Blackward Design Co

Blackward Design Co Handcrafted Taonga uku (clay ) & Taonga porotāwha Driftwood treasure) in Aotearoa NZ

Today we celebrate International Women’s Day — and the incredible women who shape our lives in ways big and small.To the...
07/03/2026

Today we celebrate International Women’s Day — and the incredible women who shape our lives in ways big and small.

To the women who stand beside us, lift us up, hold us together, and sometimes carry us when we can’t carry ourselves… this day is for you.

To the mothers, daughters, sisters, aunties, grandmothers, and friends who pour love, wisdom, strength, and fire into the world every single day — you are magic.

Women are strength wrapped in softness.
Resilience dressed in grace.
Beauty forged through storms and sunshine alike.

Today let’s celebrate each other.
Let’s honour our stories, our scars, our laughter, and the power we carry in simply being who we are.

Fall in love with your strength.
Your resilience.
Your wild, beautiful spirit.

Because without women… the world would be far less colourful.

Happy International Women’s Day to every incredible woman out there — and especially to the remarkable women in my life who inspire me every single day. 💫

Meri Kirihimete from Blackward Studio 🤍🖤To everyone who has supported, followed, shared, purchased, encouraged, and beli...
24/12/2025

Meri Kirihimete from Blackward Studio 🤍🖤
To everyone who has supported, followed, shared, purchased, encouraged, and believed in Blackward Studio—thank you. Truly. From the bottom of my heart.
This year was… messy. Life was heavy, unpredictable, and at times overwhelming. I didn’t always show up the way I wanted to, and for that, I’m deeply grateful for your patience, your kindness, and the way you stayed anyway.
Blackward Studio is more than jewellery. It’s whenua and memory. It’s grief and healing. It’s the ocean, the mountains, the moon, and the stories we carry in our bones. Every piece is made with intention, with love, and with respect for where we come from and who we are becoming.
From my family to yours, I wish you a beautiful Christmas filled with warmth, rest, and moments that matter.
And next year… next year is going to be epic.
There are exciting things happening behind the scenes—new creations, deeper stories, and a vision that finally gets to breathe the way it was always meant to. I cannot wait to share what’s coming.
Thank you for walking this journey with me.
Here’s to a gentle end to the year and a powerful beginning ahead.
With love,
Blackward Studio 🤍✨

Ages of Pages is my favorite event ever!This year Il be there again!You can now Preorder my books for the event! Also th...
03/12/2025

Ages of Pages is my favorite event ever!
This year Il be there again!
You can now Preorder my books for the event! Also this year Aleisha Maree is bringing limited edition book box's..... Like Ummmm cool.. Dark delicious and just all things me.....
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✨ Blackward Studio Christmas Sneak Peek ✨There are some very exciting things happening behind the scenes… and I can fina...
19/11/2025

✨ Blackward Studio Christmas Sneak Peek ✨
There are some very exciting things happening behind the scenes… and I can finally start sharing a little magic with you all 🎄🖤
If all goes to plan (fingers crossed!), I’ll be launching my Shopify store front just in time for Christmas — meaning you’ll be able to shop Blackward Studio creations online!
I’ve been working my butt off bringing new pieces to life, including:
💫 Beautiful earring boxes
🎀 Little girl ribbon charm bangles & necklaces
🇳🇿 My Kiwiana collection — full of the spirit of Aotearoa
✨ And so much more goodness I can’t wait to show you…
Every piece is crafted with aroha, inspired by our whenua, our birds, our stories, and the heart behind Blackward Studio. I hope you love what’s coming as much as I’ve loved creating it.
Stay tuned… big things are on their way. 🖤🌿✨

With the Holidays coming around I just want to remind everyone that there is ALWAYS something to be grateful  for. ☺️Cho...
11/11/2025

With the Holidays coming around I just want to remind everyone that there is ALWAYS something to be grateful for. ☺️

Chocolate, cake, pies, ice cream, etc.

Blackward Studio will have some exciting things coming for gifts for loved ones or even yourself!

Whatch this space!

08/10/2025

Finally got to create! Redband gumboots and Jandles! Plus some cute cows! Cornstarch container and drill guide by the one and only .nz love working with her! Such a beautiful human! Cutters from no other than the beautiful people over at and the beautiful Leonie at xx couldn't do what I do without the people behind the sences!

I've been away—lost in the tides of life, in the weight of memories, in the chaos that swallows time whole. Blackward St...
13/02/2025

I've been away—lost in the tides of life, in the weight of memories, in the chaos that swallows time whole. Blackward Studio has sat in the quiet, waiting, much like the whenua (land) after a storm—patient, knowing the roots run deep. But creation calls me home.

I have carved out small, sacred moments to breathe, to shape, to weave, to remember. To honor why this began and whom it was for. I refuse to rush this—art, like whakapapa (ancestry), is not meant to be hurried.

Blackward Studio is reborn, truer to me than ever before. No noise, no clutter—just raw, soulful pieces infused with the whenua, the moana (ocean), and the whispers of those who came before. Every creation tells a story, sings a song, holds a heartbeat.

New designs are coming. New pieces, new visions, new wairua (spirit). Stay with me. Watch this space. And thank you—for your patience, for your aroha (love), for simply being here. The best is yet to come.

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Te Awamutu

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