Shop Profile
Hand Painted By Carmel offers unique, hand painted coated table cloths, placemats, chair cushions and upholstery fabric. The collection consists of distinctive vibrant and original co-ordinated designs. This ‘mess-free’ range of products is ideal for inside or outside, owing to its unique easy and simple wipe-clean properties.
Hand Painted By Carmel has been in business for 17 years having been established in 1997 by Carmel and Benjy Stoch, a brother and sister team, which in the past two decades has become a name renowned for distinctive signature tablecloths, covering tables in Australia, South Africa, the UK, USA and Canada.
The birth of Hand Painted By Carmel happened by chance when Carmel graduated from The Ruth Prowse School of Art in Cape Town. One of Carmel’s textile designs gained the recognition of an esteemed fabric buyer who immediately bought it and put it into production.
This inspired Carmel to develop her talent and style for textiles on her own, and she soon created her own range of designs. The next stage for Carmel was to turn her talent into a thriving business. Her brother, Benjy a successful businessman within the restaurant industry, realised the potential and joined forces to drive the business forward. Together, Carmel and Benjy created a signature product, which would become the unique selling point of Hand Painted By Carmel - THE COATED COTTON TABLECLOTH. Our products are designed to be highly functional whilst saving our clients money at the same time.
The designs, which are HAND PAINTED onto a 100% raw bull denim cotton, are sealed with our own specially developed coating making them completely stain and liquid resistant. These specialised tablecloths need never be laundered and are simply wiped down after use. The result is an artistically designed, customised hand painted product with complete functionality for home and hospitality use. This is a time and money saving product for busy Australians.
Today we have a state of the art coating and manufacturing facility based in South Africa where we have a formidable team of trustworthy, loyal and talented staff. Carmel and Benjy grew up on a farm and many of the people with whom they grew up with have since joined the company. For us it is important that our staff enjoy their work and that they know we care about them and their wellbeing. We provide basic medical care with a monthly visit to our factory by a nurse for those in need. We also cover our staff transport costs and for those in need of glasses an in-house optometric service is on call.
The painting team comprising of twenty-seven women contribute great vibrancy and energy to the business and in turn we invest time and money into skills training, and personal development.
Since 2009, Kevin Fine has been responsible for driving this business forward in Australia, with a brand and company ethos that is creative and energetic and which must have a positive association for all who come into contact with us.
Hand Painted By Carmel Australia currently supplies both the domestic and hospitality markets comprising restaurants, aged care facilities, sports clubs and RSL’s with their own customised designs. We look forward to providing you with a solution for your home, business or hospitality facility.
Hand Painted By Carmel has been in business for 17 years having been established in 1997 by Carmel and Benjy Stoch, a brother and sister team, which in the past two decades has become a name renowned for distinctive signature tablecloths, covering tables in Australia, South Africa, the UK, USA and Canada.
The birth of Hand Painted By Carmel happened by chance when Carmel graduated from The Ruth Prowse School of Art in Cape Town. One of Carmel’s textile designs gained the recognition of an esteemed fabric buyer who immediately bought it and put it into production.
This inspired Carmel to develop her talent and style for textiles on her own, and she soon created her own range of designs. The next stage for Carmel was to turn her talent into a thriving business. Her brother, Benjy a successful businessman within the restaurant industry, realised the potential and joined forces to drive the business forward. Together, Carmel and Benjy created a signature product, which would become the unique selling point of Hand Painted By Carmel - THE COATED COTTON TABLECLOTH. Our products are designed to be highly functional whilst saving our clients money at the same time.
The designs, which are HAND PAINTED onto a 100% raw bull denim cotton, are sealed with our own specially developed coating making them completely stain and liquid resistant. These specialised tablecloths need never be laundered and are simply wiped down after use. The result is an artistically designed, customised hand painted product with complete functionality for home and hospitality use. This is a time and money saving product for busy Australians.
Today we have a state of the art coating and manufacturing facility based in South Africa where we have a formidable team of trustworthy, loyal and talented staff. Carmel and Benjy grew up on a farm and many of the people with whom they grew up with have since joined the company. For us it is important that our staff enjoy their work and that they know we care about them and their wellbeing. We provide basic medical care with a monthly visit to our factory by a nurse for those in need. We also cover our staff transport costs and for those in need of glasses an in-house optometric service is on call.
The painting team comprising of twenty-seven women contribute great vibrancy and energy to the business and in turn we invest time and money into skills training, and personal development.
Since 2009, Kevin Fine has been responsible for driving this business forward in Australia, with a brand and company ethos that is creative and energetic and which must have a positive association for all who come into contact with us.
Hand Painted By Carmel Australia currently supplies both the domestic and hospitality markets comprising restaurants, aged care facilities, sports clubs and RSL’s with their own customised designs. We look forward to providing you with a solution for your home, business or hospitality facility.
