Explorations in Tea

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.

Model wearing Teascarf Brooklyn silk scarf in New York City — the scarf that starts a conversation

The Scarf That Starts a Conversation

Every time she wears it, someone asks. A gift for someone who appreciates art and would treasure the right thing.

The Scarf That Starts a Conversation

Every time she wears it, someone asks. A gift for someone who appreciates art and would treasure the right thing.

Tea-printed silk scarf — if you knew, Teascarf Brooklyn

If You Knew

Most people who would love this scarf have never heard of it. Here's what they'd know if they did.

If You Knew

Most people who would love this scarf have never heard of it. Here's what they'd know if they did.

Model wearing Teascarf Brooklyn oversized silk scarf at a restaurant — holiday gift guide for the person who wears art

The Holiday Gift Guide for the Person Who Wears...

For the hardest person to shop for: original tea-printed art on silk, in chiffon or silk-wool.

The Holiday Gift Guide for the Person Who Wears...

For the hardest person to shop for: original tea-printed art on silk, in chiffon or silk-wool.