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...
VIDEO | Hand Blocked Prints: From Rajastan With Love
Tweet After meeting the world’s great hand-block printing artisans on a recent trip to northern India’s Rajasthan, we asked them to make a special collection of quilts just for us. Watch here as they create an array of striking designs, all printed using intricately carved teak blocks and richly colored pigment dyes. Shop west elm’s...