$46.00
The Castile Mustard placemat is block printed in a mellow mustard color with accents of blush pink in the buti flower. Used alone, or layered over a tablecloth, placemats add versatility to any table.
Hand block-printed on a substantial oxford cotton by traditional artisans with hand-carved teak blocks at a fair-trade workshop in Jaipur, India.
13" x 19", Set of 4
Made in India
Textile designer & printmaker Elizabeth James fell under the spell of hand block-printed textiles on her first trip to India in 2001. Before leaving India, she had already teamed up with a fair-trade block-printing workshop in the pink city of Jaipur and began work on her first home goods collection. Working from her California studio, her ideas and experiences are downloaded and distilled into her unique design recipe that includes riffs on classic Indian Mughal motifs, a Fauvist inspired color palette, and a playful California sensibility. Her designs are sent to the workshop, where skilled artisans carve the printing blocks by hand. Witheach collection, Elizabeth travels to Jaipur to oversee the color mixing and sample making. After lots of tweaking to get everything just so, production begins.
