News - 15th Dec 2005

Wallpaper Design: COMMware International adds to portfolio

Lancaster based COMMware International Ltd has supplemented their extensive portfolio by adding specialist hand printed wallpapers to their product offer.

Mark Forrest, Design Director of COMMware International is particularly impressed with the new addition; “We design wonderful hand printed wallpapers - many of which are exact reproductions of a bygone era.” The evidence of these beautiful hand prints can be seen accompanying this article.

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To faithfully recreate historic wallpapers calls for considerable expertise in research, interpretation, colour and design accuracy, and reproduction, expertise that few companies today can offer, particularly for small quantity projects. Fulfilling this niche market where artwork and printing are done by hand, we can offer a flexible, highly personalized and professional service to interior designers, architects, individual clients and specifiers.

However challenging the project, our fresh and inspirational approach can rise to the occasion. We can reproduce any design, style or wallpaper type from original samples or individual ideas.

Every piece of artwork is hand-drawn from the original document or as a new concept. In reproducing an original design, artwork is conscientiously reconstructed - conducting in depth research to uncover any missing details if necessary - with emphasis on the balance between scale and colour to bring out the subtlety of the original reference.

Our skill and craftsmanship includes translating and adapting design, colour and texture to reflect the required character and status, whether a project calls for an exact reproduction, or a new design.

Our techniques bring astonishing depth and texture to hand printed wallpapers, resulting in a luxurious look and feel that is reminiscent of the finest fabrics. Each colour is printed individually by craftsmen with finely honed skills and instincts for depth and layering of colours, which is ultimately what brings the designs to life.

Colourways are mixed by the colourist to any specification. We can also match to a paint sample or fabric swatch. It takes about six weeks for our craftsmen to hand print your order.

For a minimum order of 6 rolls (60 metres), you can experience the difference unique wallpaper brings to any room, and our individually produced colour trials allow you to see the effect first hand.

The same craftsmanship and care also extends to the production of handprinted fabrics. We currently have a large number of handprinted fabric designs, with a minimum order of 10 metres.

We also have access to a rare and extensive archive of wallpaper documents which date from the 17th Century to the 1960's. The former includes some of the earliest wallpapers in existence, from China, France, Belgium, America and Britain.

Individual designs for clients can be subjected to rigorous research in a bid to perfect the colour and scale appropriate to the architectural setting.

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