Karman Grech is one of those people whose incredible talent should be bottled. I recently met the 'go-to-guy for hand printed wallpapers' and was blown away by his extensive range and knowledge. Karman has been in the business for over 40 years and specialises in reproducing period wallpapers (ie. wallpaper from as early as 1890). He can also create one off designs - all you need is a little bit of visual reference for him, and off he goes - to design and hand print anything, in any colour - all at his humble Carlton studio. As you can imagine, I left our meeting dreaming about my personalised (and surprisingly affordable) wallpaper. Karman also mentioned that he has struggled to find an apprentice truly dedicated to the craft, so if there is anyone out there looking for a new trade - you might want to consider the art of wallpaper?
Beautiful and I hope he finds an apprentice to carry on this great tradition !!!
ReplyDeleteWow, I want to get my own wallpaper designed now! K x
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing. I've always loved wallpaper feature walls. One day I'm sure I will have an appropriate wall for it and now I have his details bookmarked for that day!
ReplyDeletemy dream job would be to make wallpaper all day! love love love!
ReplyDeleteWow! I'd love to have a go at that! Looks incredible xx
ReplyDeleteif i weren't already almost 30 I would take him up on that offer. We actually just wallpapered our sons room with an Isak penguin print. Im addicted to the stuff now.
ReplyDeleteand, um, if you cant already tell, im going through your archives!