Explorations in Tea

Close detail of hand-rolled edge on a tea-printed silk scarf — Teascarf Brooklyn

What Hand-Rolled Edges Actually Mean

Hand-rolled edges take longer and look different up close. More finished, with a softness a machine hem doesn't have. It's how the highest-end scarves have always been finished.

What Hand-Rolled Edges Actually Mean

Hand-rolled edges take longer and look different up close. More finished, with a softness a machine hem doesn't have. It's how the highest-end scarves have always been finished.

Reed Slater in his Brooklyn studio — every order over $50 includes an original tea print on paper

The Original Tea Print You Get With Every Order

Every order over $50 includes an original 4x6" tea print on paper, signed and dated. It's the thing I actually touched. Most people keep them.

The Original Tea Print You Get With Every Order

Every order over $50 includes an original 4x6" tea print on paper, signed and dated. It's the thing I actually touched. Most people keep them.

Model with Teascarf Brooklyn silk scarves on a bridge — selling direct, not through galleries

Why I Started Selling Online Instead of Through...

Galleries take a percentage and tell a version of your story. Selling direct means I know exactly who has these scarves. Some of them have written to me. I'll take...

Why I Started Selling Online Instead of Through...

Galleries take a percentage and tell a version of your story. Selling direct means I know exactly who has these scarves. Some of them have written to me. I'll take...

Model wearing Calm Camomile silk scarf at the Metropolitan Museum fountain — wearable art, Teascarf Brooklyn

What Is Wearable Art?

Each scarf started as a real painting. That painting no longer exists. The scarf is what's left. Whether you call that wearable art is up to you.

What Is Wearable Art?

Each scarf started as a real painting. That painting no longer exists. The scarf is what's left. Whether you call that wearable art is up to you.

Model wearing an oversized Rare Earth art scarf on a Manhattan rooftop, silk-wool tea-printed design by Reed Slater

Art Scarves Make Better Gifts Than Wall-Art

Original tea-painted art scarves, from oversized silk-wool wraps to lighter chiffon. A gift with more use than a canvas on a wall.

Art Scarves Make Better Gifts Than Wall-Art

Original tea-painted art scarves, from oversized silk-wool wraps to lighter chiffon. A gift with more use than a canvas on a wall.

Silk scarf laid flat — how to wash and care for a silk scarf, Teascarf Brooklyn

How to Wash a Silk Scarf Without Ruining It

Cold water, gentle soap, hand wash only. Silk has a reputation for being difficult. It's not, as long as you keep it away from heat and rough handling.

How to Wash a Silk Scarf Without Ruining It

Cold water, gentle soap, hand wash only. Silk has a reputation for being difficult. It's not, as long as you keep it away from heat and rough handling.