A Moment for Indigo

Color Crush: Indigo

West Elm has a color crush on one of my favorite colors: Indigo. Why is it we can never have enough of this color, deeply satisfying. There are rugs, cushions, curtains and upholstered furniture, enough to have a blue period. Funny yesterday I was listening to some fascinating blues...Muddy Waters Cold Weather Blues, I was having a crush on the other Blues.


The items are from across the top:

1. Bursa Rug
2. Everett Upholstered Loveseat
3. Watercolor Brushstrokes
4.Everett Upholstered Chair
5. Braided Cable Pillow Cover
6. Linen Cotton Blend Duvet and Shams
7. Boro Stripe Printed Jute Rug
8. Essex Upholstered Bench
9. Braided Cable Throw.

A Vintage Christmas Card

This is a Christmas card made in 1944. It is a lino cut, printed with 2 colors, yellow ochre and indigo. It is 2 angels one singing the other playing the harp.

I found this in an old scrap book. A very old scrap book, the kind that is bound paper and has cuttings of images from newspapers, magazines and books. A very early Pinterest.

We recently had a lot of old stuff taken out of storage. A lot has gone on eBay and a lot more will go. But as my husband and I are going through this stuff, I keep finding treasures, like this handmade lino cut. He doesn't like it. I marveled at it. It was most probably done by a student at an old art school when they used to teach these methods of drawing, making and printing and use of color: look how the layering of yellow and blue in the bottom left corner blend to green.

I marveled at the drawing and the vigorous cuts into the lino. There is a dark angel and a light angel singing and playing music. And doesn't it have the style and spirit of that period.

There is a message inside, handwritten: "With all good wishes for Christmas and the New Year" signed by Audrey.

Blue and White

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Source: huamao.tumblr.com via Kelly on Pinterest

Indigo

Indigo... a deeply moving color.