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.
Orange Blossom is one of our most difficult collections to prints. In this post you will get a sense of the workmanship it takes to bring it to life. Beware– this not one of those posts that you simply skim through 🙂 It all starts with a seemingly simple step, which in reality is not simple at all!
In the process of being made, our intricately hand-embroidered cotton quilted throws and blankets are touched and nurtured by numerous hands, rendering them exquisite works of functional art. The pattern on our quilts is first block printed. Artisans in our Sanganer printing studio print the design using a set of intricately carved wooden blocks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
