Maya Muse Textiles

At Maya Muse Textiles, we believe in creating meaningful and functional textiles for the home with purpose and intention. Inspired by Australian landscapes and botanicals, traditional textile techniques, and mindful creation, our collection is lovingly made the old-fashioned way; pure linen, hand-screen-printed with hand-mixed inks.

Our Story

Maya Muse Textiles was established in 2010 by Maya Queenan, a passionate textile designer with a vision to create a more sustainable and environmentally friendly textile industry. Maya's journey began while studying design at COFA (UNSW's College of Fine Arts), where she fell in love with textiles. After working as an in-house textile designer for a leading Australian soft furnishings company and spending five incredible years living and working in London, Maya returned to Australia with a yearning for creative freedom and a desire to contribute to positive change.

Our Design Process

Our designs begin as drawings or paintings, capturing the unique beauty of Australian landscapes and botanicals. We believe that this 'hand' approach complements the unique characteristics of the hand-screen-printing process and is reflected in the end result. Once the soul of a design is on paper, we take it onto the computer to resolve the repeat and layout. We enjoy working within the limitations of the one-color screen-printing process, simplifying a design, and playing with positive and negative space.

Our Print Process

Each piece of fabric is an act of consideration and carefully screen-printed by hand in our small studio in The Hills District in Sydney. We choose to see the positive in our small-scale production, allowing us to do small print runs in multiple color ways, to experiment with new print and color combinations more readily, and to offer more diversity in the collection. Screen printing is a time-honored traditional technique that imbues each piece of fabric with its own character and authenticity.

Our Ethics

We believe that there will always be a place for the handmade. That there is a yearning for simplicity, integrity, and enduring craftsmanship. We choose pure linen because it is a sustainable, durable, and functional fabric. It is an honest material, a considered choice, and designing with longevity and purpose should be fundamental to product design. In today's throw-away society, we seek to fill our homes with quality pieces that we love, that are made with integrity.