Explorations in Tea

Model wearing Purple Rain small silk scarf — a gift for someone who loves art, from Teascarf Brooklyn

The Best Birthday Gift for Someone Who Loves Art

A scarf goes with them, not with their apartment. If they love art, wearing something made from an original painting is a different kind of gift than buying them a...

The Best Birthday Gift for Someone Who Loves Art

A scarf goes with them, not with their apartment. If they love art, wearing something made from an original painting is a different kind of gift than buying them a...

Teascarf Brooklyn silk scarf laid flat — how to store a silk scarf so it lasts

How to Store a Silk Scarf So It Lasts

Silk doesn't need much. It needs to be left alone correctly.Don't hang it. Hanging stretches the fabric over time, especially along the shoulders of the fold. The weight works against...

How to Store a Silk Scarf So It Lasts

Silk doesn't need much. It needs to be left alone correctly.Don't hang it. Hanging stretches the fabric over time, especially along the shoulders of the fold. The weight works against...

Rare Earth tea-printed artwork — the tea decided where the pigment went

What the Tea Decides

I arrange the bags. That part is mine. Once they're down, the tea does what it does. The thing I didn't plan is what I'm looking for.

What the Tea Decides

I arrange the bags. That part is mine. Once they're down, the tea does what it does. The thing I didn't plan is what I'm looking for.

Blue Dream silk being cut at the production facility — from original artwork to wearable textile

The Studio Process: From Steep to Silk

Steep. Arrange. Wait two days. Press with iron. Photograph. Print on silk. That's the whole process. Every scarf in the collection started exactly this way.

The Studio Process: From Steep to Silk

Steep. Arrange. Wait two days. Press with iron. Photograph. Print on silk. That's the whole process. Every scarf in the collection started exactly this way.

Rare Earth tea-printed artwork — the marks the tea left behind on watercolor paper

What Happens When Tea Dries on Paper

While it's wet, you can still move it. Once it starts to dry, the tea decides where it goes. What's underneath when you peel it back is the print.

What Happens When Tea Dries on Paper

While it's wet, you can still move it. Once it starts to dry, the tea decides where it goes. What's underneath when you peel it back is the print.

Reed Slater making tea-printed art in his Brooklyn studio

How Tea Bags Became Art

It started as an experiment. One tea bag pressed onto paper. Then another. The marks it left behind were more interesting than anything I could have drawn.

How Tea Bags Became Art

It started as an experiment. One tea bag pressed onto paper. Then another. The marks it left behind were more interesting than anything I could have drawn.