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Shell Grotto Wallpaper

Shell Grotto draws on the decorative tradition of shell-lined interiors, where natural forms were arranged into intricate ornamental patterns.

Formed through the studio’s exploration of scale and repetition, hand-drawn shell motifs sit within a flowing, structured repeat. The composition balances detail and openness, creating a surface that feels both playful and ordered.

A patterned wallpaper with a layered, expressive character. The design is translated from fabric into wallpaper, retaining the character of the original textile. Texture, subtle variation, and layered colour are carefully preserved, so the surface carries the same depth and nuance as cloth, gently blurring the distinction between cloth and wall.
Each Fermoie design begins on paper, where the full repeat is drawn by hand, then developed for print.
Colour is developed in the studio, where a colour story is created for each design. Palettes are built by eye, to sit naturally within the wider Fermoie collection, to match, to contrast, and to work together with ease.
Printed using water-based inks, with each design created in the studio and brought to life in-house in Marlborough, Wiltshire.