The Tea Towel Tribe

The envelope arrives, and you know what it is the moment you see it. You open it right there at the counter, still holding your coffee.

Inside is this month's original. A red owl perched among orange blossoms, saved from an old California crate label and set loose in colour that makes the whole room brighter. You hold it up and you grin, because it is exactly right.

It goes on the oven door. Your daughter notices it. Your friend asks where it came from, and you tell her, I belong to the Tea Towel Tribe. It's an exclusive monthly subscription from KWEST. The artist is Kristena West — she's a painter and designer, she has her own boho fashion label, and she creates every one of these herself.

Next month it is a woman with a meadow blooming out of her hair, sitting on a multicoloured striped rug with her cat purring beside her, peace and love in the air, giving vibes of contentment.

They make good gifts too. Housewarmings, birthdays, graduations, a friend moving into a new place.

Cotton twill, eighteen by thirty inches.

They sell for twenty-four dollars each. As a Tribe member you get yours for twenty. Twelve originals across the year, and forty-eight dollars back in your pocket.

How the Tribe works. Your first towel ships as soon as you join. After that, towels ship on or around the fifth of each month. Manage, skip, or cancel any time from your KWEST account. Ships within the United States.

Join the Tribe. Tea towels beyond the obvious.

ART REVIEW 2020 & 2 BOOKS PUBLISHED