Grasscloth Prints wallpaper collection Mark Alexander

Grasscloth Prints wallpaper by Mark Alexander: geometry on grasscloth

The Grasscloth Prints wallpaper by Mark Alexander places graphic patterns on walls of natural grasscloth. The fibres, the small knots and the irregular thread remain visible through the print, so each motif retains a slight roughness. The colours stay close to the earth: rust brown, taupe, cream and olive brown. What connects the patterns is the geometry; what distinguishes them is the scale, from a small weave of blocks to a line drawing across an entire wall. In the photos you can see them next to wooden shelves, oak cabinets and linen cushions. Wood and linen enhance the warmth of the weave.

Patterns in the Grasscloth Prints wallpaper collection

Tama wallpaper is made of hand-woven abaca. Short rectangles lie alternately horizontal and vertical, like a basket or chequerboard in rust brown with lighter and darker squares. Up close you see the pattern, from a distance the wall reads as one warm colour field. Offset wallpaper on jute places short horizontal dashes of varying length in vertical columns that shift slightly each time, taupe on cream. Odyssey wallpaper works on the largest scale: light beige lines, rectangles, diagonals and arcs run across olive-brown grasscloth, like an architectural drawing on the wall. Facet wallpaper is made of hand-woven sisal with a playful geometric pattern. Maze wallpaper combines hand-woven fibres with a contemporary pattern. Katama wallpaper keeps it calm with a natural texture and soft colour tones.

How to use Grasscloth Prints by Mark Alexander

Let the size of the room determine your choice. Tama and Offset fill a wall with a calm rhythm and fit behind a sideboard or sofa, as in the photos. Odyssey needs space: let the lines run across an entire wall. In a niche, put the pattern on the side walls and keep the back wall plain, so the objects on the shelves stand out. Mark Alexander wallpaper goes well with wood, ceramics and linen.