100% unbleached cotton tea towel made in New Zealand by Wellington artist Melina Martin. Each tea towel in her range has been hand screen printed from her original drawings.
Measures approximately 51 x 75 cm.
ABOUT THE ARTIST : Fashion, Art and Craft have always been my passions. After working in the fashion industry for a few years I decided I had to break out and do my own thing. I wanted my designs to look as if they came from NZ and nowhere else, to reflect and celebrate Aotearoa.. I do all my illustrations from scratch, with pencil on paper and then fill in with ink. My drawings take from 10 -20 hours, depending on the size. I draw directly from life when I can, for example the Pohutukawa (New Zealand"s Christmas tree) and use photographs as guides when my subjects won"t stay still! (for example the fantail). I then transfer my images onto a silk screen and print all my tea towels by hand, using mostly water- based textile ink.