Nina Simone

£30.00

Nina Simone (1993 – 2003)

Nina Simone was an American pianist, singer, songwriter and activist in the Civil Rights Movement. Her musical styles ranged from classical, jazz, blues, R&B, and gospel to pop. Born Eunice Waymon, she changed her name so her family couldn’t find out she was earning a living playing at a nightclub in Atlantic City. Singing to her own accompaniment launched her career as a jazz vocalist.

Simone had always included songs in her repertoire that drew on her African-American heritage but from 1964 onwards she began to challenge racial inequality in the USA through her song writing, performing and recording.

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Description

KWATZ is a small T-shirt label producing limited editions of unique multi-colour designs individually printed by hand in a tiny studio. We cater for people who appreciate the difference between mass produced machine prints and the quality of original artisan work. The process is not mechanised at all – every print really is unique – the screens for printing are hand held, designs are hand dawn and all stencils are intricately hand-cut from paper, only producing small runs of each print before the paper stencils become unusable.

Amanda Roseveare, the artist behind KWATZ, seeks to bring new vigour to the T-shirt with a small range of flamboyant, distinctive designs inspired by the art and folklore of Africa and the colour and energy of modern street culture. T-shirts are an ideal vehicle for Amanda’s art, always a popular piece of clothing and a great canvas for ideas as ‘wearable art’.

The prints are soft, durable and colour fast, screen printed in ravishing colours using water based inks. Our standard T-shirt model is a top quality semi-fitted unisex classic 100% cotton jersey T-shirt, a wardrobe staple that can be worn all year round. It features a crew neck, short sleeves and is slightly longer in length.

  • Hand printed in the UK
  • 100% certified organic combed cotton 
  • Climate neutral
  • Ethically sourced
  • Slightly shaped fit with taped neck seam
  • Jersey 155 g / 4.6 oz

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