20 May 2026 · The Workshop
How we draw a lighthouse
Every lighthouse on a BCT mug starts as three line weights and a single horizon. Here is the order we work in.
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What we're drawing, where we go, what makes the cut.
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Photography coming soon 8 May 2026 · The Workshop
The cheeky line — why we sell sweary mugs alongside lighthouses
A short, plain answer to the question we’ve had three times this month — why does a Cornish maritime brand also do novelty mugs?
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Photography coming soon 26 April 2026 · The Workshop
Notes on Cornish working boats
Why we draw luggers and crabbers rather than yachts — and the canon of forms we work from.
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Photography coming soon 30 March 2026 · The Workshop
The Admiralty chart, simplified
How we redraw Admiralty charts into single-page etchings — what we keep, what we drop, and why the soundings always make the cut.
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Photography coming soon 12 March 2026 · The Workshop
Made-to-order — why we don’t keep stock
A short, dry explanation of the three-day press-to-ship cycle and why we don’t warehouse mugs.
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Photography coming soon 22 February 2026 · The Workshop
Limited editions, not limited-time sales
Why "only 3 left — buy now!" pop-ups are off the table, and what edition numbering actually means here.
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Photography coming soon 28 January 2026 · The Workshop
Letters from the workshop
What goes into the newsletter, what doesn’t, and why we send one at most once a month.
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