“Bee Kind” is inspired by my fascination with bees. Of course, I want to remind people to be kind to our honey bees and native bees alike. I also can’t help but be grateful for all our bees do for us humans. From pollinating our crops and flowers, to making honey and wax; we owe so much to these incredible bee-ings!

Process:

As with all my work, each design is taken from my sketchbook drawings which I then rework, and create a screen for printing. I then pull each and every print by hand in small batches in my home studio in the Village of Mariemont, Ohio. Each print is then hung on a clothesline to dry, and finally heat set for ink permanence.

The Product:

I print “Bee Kind” using non toxic water based professional grade screen printing ink onto a high quality Turkish organic cotton tea towel in my signature hand mixed mustard yellow.

The tea towel measures a generous 27” x 27” and includes a handy corner loop for hanging. I have sourced these high quality “flour sack style” from a Turkish family who sources their organic cotton in Turkey, sews them there in their family owned and operated shop and are shipped to their relative here in the states. They are a lovely group of people and I am incredibly pleased with their attention to detail and craftsmanship.

Flour sack is an eco-friendly, lint-free, cotton fabric. Not just for show! Our towels only get softer and more absorbent with regular use and washing.

Care: Wash on warm, non-chlorine bleach as needed. Tumble dry warm. Warm iron as needed, although our towels come out of the dryer only slightly wrinkled as opposed to some others you may have tried. Personally, I never iron them and they look absolutely lovely in my kitchen.

I’m sure you will be pleased with our towels!

Elizabeth Ross