MURAL WALLCOVERINGS COLLECTION
What are Mural Wallcoverings and how are they made?
Mural wallcoverings are panelled designs, printed digitally in order to create 3 different panels on one roll - that look like a dramatic mural or big picture when hung together.
Mural wallcoverings create interest and drama that bring a unique sense of style to any room. It's a great way to achieve the feel of an expensive hand-painted mural for less time and investment. These mural wallcoverings have been painstakingly developed to the finest detail and are all originally hand-painted by Georgette Sunderland.
It takes many months to paint the original artwork. Due to the extensive size of the final mural (210cm across x 335cm tall) the artwork must be painted at 50% in order to fit under an industrial rolling scanner (there are only a few in the UK). Therefore, knowing that the end design will be magnified when printed, details are painstakingly painted, with very fine brushes, small sections at a time. George often paints using a magnifier.
All Beautiful by George murals are painted by hand by George. Nothing is computer generated. George spends a long time planning the rhythm of the mural, the natural individual pace of the design and researches her features in great detail. It is important that the design flows but looks natural. It's quite the challenge to design panels that look like one large, hand-painted, continuous mural on only one roll of paper! It takes many hours in the design painting processes to ensure that every panel meets and joins perfectly and that the customer can seamlessly link many murals along a stretch of wall.
Prior to painting George researches her wallcoverings for many months. Her most recent wallcovering, 'Japanese Quince' involved many research trips, including one to the archive library in Japan House in London. Here George was privileged to look through ancient books on kimono patterns, Japanese plants and Japanese gardening books. George spent many weeks research the symbology behind several elements of her latest Japonaiserie design. You can read more about this symbology here.
How do the individual panels work together?
This is an illustration of a full repeat of the wallcovering 'Spring Tonic', shown in the colourway 'Morning Mist'.
This is 1 roll (1005cm long), divided into 3 panels (335cm x 70cm each) that together make one full repeat of the uninterrupted design (210cm wide).
If the area you wish to decorate is wider than 210cm then you will need to purchase more than one roll. Each new panel continues the design naturally, no matter how many you use in succession.