Handmade in Georgia

I recently came across the wonderful designs of textile artist Sara Lee Parker and as a bonus discovered she and her husband produce their hand screen-printed textiles in rural Georgia, practically just up the road from our shop!

Sara Lee Parker Textile designs are inspired by traditional textile imagery as well as the natural world. Sara says she loves browsing through the library or walking in the woods to find something that sparks a new design. Screenprinting has a satisfying degree of technical involvement, yet it is a transparent process that she is in love with. When designing a pattern, she usually starts with pencil, brush and ink, or rubylith - an old-school method of making color separations. The marks and gestures from these tools are carried through to the final piece with a tactility that is often absent in modern digital printing.

The prints are transferred to a mid-weight hemp/organic cotton blend, perfect for tea towels, napkins, placemats, pillow covers, quilting ... you name it!

I hope you enjoy our selection from these wonderful prints as much as we do! 

A view inside Sara and Simon's studio.