Among the Sparrows exists to celebrate creativity,
ours and yours.
Shop with us for beautiful items of utility to add more pleasure to your everyday living, come and take one of our workshops to re-engage with your creativity and meet our awesome community.
Hand printed in Dunedin by Among the Sparrows
Linen tea towel, hand printed with geometric pinwheel triangles print. S/N: 2024.17
This hand cut stencil is part of a new series of bold bright geometric prints. This print is inspired by traditional pinwheel windmill quilt patterns, and traditional batik patterns.
*Oatmeal linen tea towel
*Dimensions – 50 x 70 cm, 19.5 x 27.5 inches.
*Composition - 100% linen
*Screen printed with a hand cut pinwheel triangle print in transparent kowhai yellow water based screen printing ink
*machine washable
Gift wrapping - free with every purchase. If you would like us to include a special message, or if you have ordered more than one item and you would like them gift wrapped separately, send us a message.
Made in Dunedin by Among the Sparrows
Handmade duffel bag with digital print of Franciscana dolphin skeleton on charcoal linen.
This stunning duffel bag is lined with canvas to give you the robustness you expect from your go anywhere do anything duffel companion. Big enough to fit an A4 folder, your swimming gear or your medium sized EDC you'll be ready to go adventuring and make everyone jealous of your fabulous kit bag. Complete with a flap on the inside to protect your gear and a generous internal patch pocket for your smaller bits and pieces, this bag won't let you down.
I drew this dolphin skeleton in the Animal Attic at Otago Museum in Dunedin, New Zealand, Aotearoa.
This bag is available with 2 handle options - the classic duffel, 2m rope which can be worn as a backpack, or 3.5m plaited rope handle for the bucket bag option.
Duffel bag size - oval base 18x29cm (6.5"x11.5"), interior height 33cm (13") exterior height / Bucket bag height 40cm (15.5")
Made by Kate Watts in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Made in New Zealand by Crown & Feathers
These gloves are printed in a delicate korokio print, inspired by a native shrub with small leaves and gorgeous golden berries.
Design – Regular length glove with korokio print
Colour – mustard yellow merino, printed with dark silver eco friendly ink.
Length – 23cm, or 9 inches long
Size – one size fits most
Material – 100% New Zealand merino wool.
Wash – New Zealand merino doesn’t pill or shrink like other wools – We recommend hand washing but you can just throw your gloves inside out in the washing machine. Line dry.
Gift wrapping - free with every purchase. If you would like us to include a special message, or if you have ordered more than one item and you would like them gift wrapped separately, send us a message!
About Among the Sparrows
Among the Sparrows is a shop front and studio of textile designer Kate Watts in North East Valley Dunedin, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Among the Sparrows is a design project that comes from my loves of labour intensive textile processes, natural history museums, and designing textile products. It is a homewear label, with a few garments and accessories thrown in, with a focus on beautiful items of utility for every day.
Among the Sparrows is the name of the shop front that showcases these textile treasures, and also a selection of beautiful hand made goods from other local designers and makers.
Among the Sparrows is where we host a series of amazing creative workshops, inviting people in to reconnect with their creativity and to be part of our wonderful community of likeminded individuals.
Come and pop over for a visit! Our hours are a little erratic, send me a message, I’m usually here somewhere, I’d love to see you.
xx Kate
