This post will walk you through a visual journey of how “Mosaique Bleue: a moroccan inspired tile print” comes to life one block at a time. It’s an intricate Moroccan tile print, consisting of cyan blue star burst motifs, set in pieces of chocolate tile, with accents of french blue, peacock green and apricot.
Behind the Curtain
In a world where beautiful things can be delivered to your doorstep like magic, we sometimes forget that real people are hard at work creating them. Here you will learn what happens behind the curtain and will get to know us better.
Printing of Midnight Lotus one magnificent block at a time
In this post we will walk through the block printing process for Midnight Lotus. Symbolizing renewal, Midnight Lotus has ethereal white lotus blossoms gently adrift on a deep Persian blue ground. We start with the border. Block #1 2nd row of the border.
Dancing Paisleys come to life one block at a time
In this post we will walk through the making of Dancing Paisleys – one beautiful block at a time. This is a Kashmiri shawl inspired vintage paisley print consisting of blue, red and cream paisleys patterned across an opulent red ground.
Making of our Thanksgiving centerpiece
This year we decided to do a Thanksgiving special photo shoot. We picked our orange paisley print, Indian Summer, tablecloth. It doesn’t seem to be an obvious choice this time of the year, based on our sales data, but it lends itself nicely to the colors of the season, and we are hopeful that seeing the tablecloth in context will motivate more of our customers to try it for their holiday celebrations.
Relaunching Spice Route: Recreating the moroccan souks
Spice Route, our signature Indian Moroccan inspired print, has been a perennial favorite for many years now. This season we decided to pay our respects to this print by re-photographing it. You can see the end results on the Spice Route collections page.
Making of Spice Route: how colors, blocks, and the human hand together make magic
The traditional craft of block printing is a labor of love. In this post we will walk through the process of printing Spice Route. Clicking on any of the images will bring up a larger version in a carousal view. Process starts with the printing of the border.