From Kunming to the 28-point circle
When Sandry Law first proposed a bandana for the constellation he was standing in a Yunnan cotton mill, inspecting bolts destined for overseas brands. The procurement team had been sourcing unbleached natural cotton for tea-room uniforms across China, and the same tight-weave, low-fluff fabric was perfect for a print that had to survive daily wear.
Sandry worked with a small family-run print shop in Dali that still uses hand-carved screens. The design brief was deceptively simple: render all 28 sibling sites in a single ring. Every name had to be legible — from Mí Lán Xiāng to Puerh.app — and the central constellation mark (the same anchor used on our tea chests) had to hold the circle together without stealing focus.
After three rounds of sampling, the printers found the right water-based ink that would soften rather than crack after repeated washes. Sandry personally inspected every batch, rejecting any where the registration was off by even a millimetre. The result is a bandana that feels as honest as the tea leaves it represents — and a map you can carry from the tea house to the mountain trail.