Seppuku Tattoo is proud to be host to the Drowning Creek Art Gallery, showcasing some of the finest silk screened concert posters and rock art collectibles on the east coast. Although Drowning Creek prints have appeared in galleries, exhibitions, and in Hard Rock Cafes internationally, this is the first time the studio will have a dedicated space that serves as both art gallery and storefront for their work.

Drowning Creek has primarily labored producing concert posters for some of the biggest names in music, and the majority of the work is used for promotion for the bands and venues, like 311, The Allman Brothers, the Grateful Dead, Social Distortion, Danzig, Patti Smith, Godsmack, Incubus, Suicidal Tendencies, Murphy’s Law, Agnostic Front, The Circle Jerks, Less Than Jake, New Found Glory, The Wailers, Flogging Molly, Hatebreed, The Strokes, The Reverend Horton Heat, Insane Clown Posse, Audioslave, and Savannah’s own Perpetual Groove. The majority of these prints that aren’t used as adverts are sold at the show, and the remaining posters are usually fought over by collectors online, or at the festivals and concerts Drowning Creek attend as vendors.

In addition to the art created by Drowning Creek owner Jeff Wood, and Seppuku’s own Johnny Thief, the studio collaborates with many artists from all over the world, such as Coop, Frank Kozik, Jermaine Rogers, EMEK, Justin Hampton, Richard Biffle, Mikio Kennedy, Alan Forbes, Jason Goad, James Decker, and Mike Martin, to name just a few. The gallery will stock hard-to-find limited edition concert poster art by these artists, as well as glicées, lithographs, original art, books, and other highly coveted schwag.

Drowning Creek Studio’s is located in the mountains of Commerce, Georgia, housed in a converted slaughterhouse. The main silk screen press is dead center of the killing floor, the poster archive in the massive deep freeze, and shipping and packing is all done on stainless steel surgical tables. Overhead, skateboard decks and eclectic art hang from the rails that carcases used to dangle from. The walls are all metal, so posters are hung with magnets.

Owner Jeff Wood is one of the most accomplished artists in the field of screen printing, was one of the first to integrate digital technology into the process, invented many of the processes used industry wide, & is a nationally revered vanguard in the print making industry. His articles for trade papers & his amazing body of work for some of the biggest names in the music business has inspired an entire generation of adherents. Jeff has been a successful creative director, oversaw several impressive start ups, & is currently operating Drowning Creek at peak capacity.

Jeff's work is felt throughout the entirety of "The Art of Modern Rock: The Poster Explosion," no small feat for a book of 500 pages & featuring nearly 400 artists.

The second half of Drowning Creek, Judy concentrates on the business end of the creative entity of the studio, having been a business owner herself, owning & operating a silk screen operation in Louisiana, before teaming up with Jeff to form Drowning Creek.

Drowning Creek Studio LLC, designs and prints limited edition event and tour posters for bands, labels, and special events. They also handle a variety of other design projects ranging from CD packaging, ad-mat, and other merchandise design. Jeff and Judy have over 35 years of combined experience in screen printing, licensing, design, advertising, and merchandising.

DCS prints primarily on Living Tree Paper® with resin-based, eco-friendly UV inks. There are no nasty solvents used in the printing process. The degradable celluloid film positives are generated digitally, so there’s no developing chemicals. Biodegradable soy-based Franmar chemicals are used for clean-up and reclaiming needs. Packing materials and boxes are recycled, and waste water is triple-filtered. Printing doesn’t get much more environmentally conscious than that.

In the weeks to come, this site will feature shots of the gallery, and also announce any in store presentations that we have planned. For more information about Drowning Creek, or to purchase any of their collectible art prints online, visit them at drowningcreek.com.