Blue Rooms: Indigo Inspiration
Tweet We’re celebrating our Indigo colorcrush with a collection of rooms that make us swoon for blue! Hopefully they will inspire you, too!
Textural Blue Stoneware: Elephant Ceramics + west elm
Tweet We’re thrilled to work with Brooklyn-based artist Michele Michael of Elephant Ceramics! Michele’s beautiful blue color palette and textural forms make her handmade work instantly recognizable. Michele wished to try something new in her first attempt at designing for mass production and her collection of five vases for west elm do just that…
Blue Stamp Collection in a Gallery Frame by Sweet Paul
Tweet FEATURED: Gallery Frame WHY IT WORKS: We love what stylist extraordinaire Sweet Paul did with our 13″ square Gallery Frame! He gave new life to a stamp collection by organizing them by color!
Aquamarine Blue
Tweet Aquamarine is an ideal color for this time of year — it brightens the grayer days and adds a jolt of color reminiscent of a beach or tropical destination. Check out our entire assortment of aquamarine accents by clicking the images above or visiting west elm | Aquamarine Dream.
Pinteresting: Aquamarine
Tweet We’ve got a color crush on Aquamarine! Whether it’s found in the coolest interiors, vivid textiles or sparkling glass, we love the look of the crystalline blue hue. It’s perfect for late winter and its jewel-like brightness will take us right into spring!
Rishtan Blue: Ceramics from Uzbekistan
Tweet Hand/Eye Magazine visits the small city of Rishtan in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan. Known for their ceramics, the city is home to over 2000 potters (approximately a tenth of the total population) who use the local clay and a traditional blue-green glaze called iskor. From Clare Brett Smith for Hand/Eye Magazine: The brilliance...
Indigo
Tweet Indigo - a natural color dye created with leaves from Indigofera tinctoria and related species – has been in use for thousands of years. Because of its natural properties and intensely deep hue the color is undergoing a resurgence in high-fashion and home decor. SHOP INDIGO Click the images above to shop west elm...
Indigo: Nature’s Blue
Tweet The image above shows Indian workers processing natural indigo dye — It’s a still from the feature documentary Blue Alchemy: Stories of Indigo by Mary Lance. Highlighted in Hand/Eye Magazine, the documentary explores the revival of the use of indigo as a natural dye. While we know it as the color of raw denim, natural...