Newmor expands designer range
Newmor has collaborated with textile artist Ptolemy Mann to bring her signature ikat prints and hand-woven designs to the commercial wallcovering market. A collection of fabric backed vinyl wallcovering designs; Newmor’s Ptolemy Mann range offers nine designs in a selection of colourways.
Bridging the gap between craftsmanship and industrial production, the range has been digitally created from hand-dyed and woven rugs and fabrics. Some options are smooth and focus solely on transitioning colours, while others faithfully reproduce the original tactile surfaces, which can be enhanced by printing onto textured base materials.
Mann comments: “I’ve never applied my signature ikat designs to a wallcovering before. This is brand new territory for me and it’s very exciting to see large-scale repeats and different finishes. All of my work is directly taken from scans and photographs of pieces I have hand-dyed and woven so I’m keen to keep the handmade references within the designs. Different weave and textile textures will be combined with colour and geometry. I really believe that new digital printing technology can be used to bridge the gap between handcrafted and industrial production. I’m interested in daring and dynamic colours but with a neutral component which makes the designs easy to apply to hospitality interiors. I’m determined to bring more colour into our lives.”
Mann is the third artist to collaborate with the brand as part of its Newmor Designer collection, following ranges by Iona Crawford and Paul Robinson.
