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A studio designed Morpho Peleides & Amathonte Butterfly Wallpaper in flock Silk finish with a pearl ink layer

Author: Distil Ennui | Post Date: 05-04-2020

I recently designed and printed this morpho butterfly wallpaper, the colour on the test rolls was promising enough but would be further enhanced at the next stage by adding an extra pearl ink print layer masked perfectly to the butterfly outlines and using UltraChome™ inks, finishing off in silk velvet flock making for an incredible finish with a deep sense of touch. 
 

These original underwater photographic plates were created by utilising waters refractive quality to intensify the natural colours of these incredible rare butterfly specimens, all of which were hand reared in the studio on projects that took over a decade to complete. The design is made up from the 'Swarm' (2008 - 2011) and 'Transparency of a dream' (2013 - 2016) photographic series. 

 

'Plate 0813-021' from the series 'Transparency of a dream' dated 2014

The digital test print wallpaper rolls were produced with Cole & Son, London; operating since 1875, by appointment to Her Majesty The Queen.
 

installation view from the exhbition 'Death of the dream' 2017.