About Us

Studio Blackthorn specializes in creating lighting and home décor pieces, meticulously designed, crafted, and assembled in Newmarket, Brisbane. Our artisanal approach ensures each item is a distinctive work of art, blending artistic elegance with functional beauty.

Lead Artisan

Dominic Daly is an industrial designer with a deep-rooted fascination with creative problem-solving and design.

His lifelong curiosity about the inner workings of nature, objects, materials, & textures propelled him towards a path of creativity and craftsmanship.

Inspired by the maker movement and a passion for the locally made, he focuses on innovative, sustainable craftsmanship.

Crafted in the Future

At Studio Blackthorn, we prioritize environmentally conscious and socially responsible manufacturing methods to ensure sustainability and ethical production of our locally designed lighting & home décor.

Each Studio Blackthorn piece is additively manufactured (3D printed) using thermoplastic polymers.

We use renewable plant-based biopolymers (PLA) derived from sugars in plants like sugarcane or corn.

We also use sustainable PETG made from a percentage of used beverage, food & liquid containers that have been processed back into usable materials, where available and possible, and if not we ensure we use materials that can be recycled back into usable objects.

PETG filament is more durable, longer lasting and is easily recycled using chemicals to break the polymer chains back down to their original components.

These components can then be used as raw materials for the manufacture of new polymers.

Artisan Community

We place a distinction between craft and industry and support our local small businesses and artisans.

As a small business ourselves we value our artisan's independence and always strive for quality, substance & meaning in all of our projects.

We encourage everyone to; make, share, give, learn, play, participate, support and change.