Celina Mancurti Linens and a Giveaway!

HoneyBeGood is proud to now offer an assortment of flax linen in original designs hand screen-printed by Celina Mancurti. Her linens are well-suited for a variety of uses: everything from apparel to pillow covers, to window treatments to kitchen textiles to you-name-it!

Based in Tampa, Florida, Celina finds inspiration in her travels and in her natural surroundings close to her native Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has been influenced by organic fibers and eco-friendly notions turning her vision toward a more sustainable product. Today, the definition of sustainability is ever-present in her designs. Take a look …

Celina was recently featured in Where Women Create magazine and can be found teaching her craft to others at CraftArtEdu.

By way of introduction to HoneyBeGood followers, Celina is offering a giveaway. The winner will receive a generous 58" wide yard of their choice of design (selected from HBG's offerings).  

To enter, visit our Celina Mancurti page and then come back here and tell us which of her work resonates most with you. The giveaway closes on November 10, 2013 at which time the winner will be chosen at random.

Be sure to give us a way to get in touch with you. Your email address will not be visible to the public.

Good luck! 

Update on November 11, 2013 by Karen Daniel

Thank you to everyone who entered our giveaway. Our winner is comment #47 (selected by random.org) Beth Peters. Beth we'll contact you by email address to confirm your print selection.

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.