The blackest black paint in the world! Black 3.0
A project in Poole, UK by Stuart Semple000days
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We've created a paint that absorbs 98-99% of visible light, we want to share this black hole in a bottle with all artists and creators.
Backers: 10648
Average Pledge Per Backer: £45
Funded: £478,923 of £25,000
Dates: Jan 28th -> Mar 22nd (54 days)
Project By: Stuart Semple
Backers: 10648
Average Pledge Per Backer: £45
Funded: £478,923 of £25,000
Dates: Jan 28th -> Mar 22nd (54 days)
Project By: Stuart Semple
£478,923
current pledge level
Last Updated: March 22 @ 04:01 -0400 GMT
1915%
of goal
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Latest News
Tonight - live chat! Can't wait to say hi and connect with you all :) 
March 20th - via: kickstarter.com
I'll be on my Instagram and Facebook live tonight if you wanted to say hi :) Hi everyone! I'm going to be on my Facebook and Instagram tonight, doing a little live chat and q&a so if there's anything you need to ask me or if you just want to say... (Read More)
Saying hi :) Checking in!
March 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone :) Hope you all had an amazing weekend! So we are approaching the end of the campaign now! This is all very very exciting :) To say I'm totally overwhelmed by all your love and support is a mega understatement. I actually can't... (Read More)
It's going to be even blacker than we thought!
February 18th - via: kickstarter.com
hey guys! We just got a test batch of our black formula back from the factory that is going to be making it for you all. We can't believe it, it's great news it's even blacker than we hoped. It seems that when they make it with their proper big... (Read More)
Cool video of Black 3.0 in action by one of our Beta Testers!
February 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone! This is getting so so so exciting now. I can't actually believe how many of you have got behind sharing this paint! You're too amazing. THANK YOU! I thought I'd share this really cool video that one of our beta testers made. We sent him... (Read More)
Wow some amazing articles about the project today!
January 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Great pieces by NYLON: https://nylon.com/stuart-semple-anish-kapoor-black FRIEZE: https://frieze.com/article/artist-makes-blackest-black-paint-world-protest-anish-kapoor and ARTNET... (Read More)
This Is A Kickstarter For None More Black
January 31st - via: hackaday.com
Vantablack is the darkest pigment ever created, capable of absorbing 99.96% of visible light. If you cover something in Vantablack, it turns into a black hole. No detail is presented, and physical objects become silhouettes. Objects covered in Vantablack are outside the human experience. The mammalian mind cannot comprehend a Vantablack object. (Read More)
We are going to work with BackerKit and everyone is getting stickers to celebrate hitting our target!
January 30th - via: kickstarter.com
A lot of you are asking if you can add extra bottles and materials into your pledges, I've just got off the phone with BackerKit and they will be supporting us at the end of the campaign. You'll be able to log in and add things, and change things... (Read More)
Wow we've done it!!
January 29th - via: kickstarter.com
I am speechless you lot are the most incredible ever! We did it in 38 hours... so this means WE ARE ALL GETTING THE PAINT! And my tem and I will be working really hard now to get everything made and ready for you. Again thank you for being so... (Read More)
Just wow and thank you!
January 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow I’m completely blown away. I wasn’t expecting to find so much love out there for paint! Not really sure how to thank you all for this - so for now THANK YOU!!! I love you all so so so so much :) Stuart x x x x (Read More)
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