Emeralds (Mat paper)

Inspired by the illustrations of the 17th-century botanist and entomologist Maria Sybilla Merian, who travelled to Suriname and documented hundreds of species of insects and their food flowers. Emeralds is a geometrical pattern of jewel-like scarabs and other insects in emerald green and ultramarine blue on a neutral grey background. The arrangement of the little creatures in concentric circular and square formations echoes the highly decorativeazulejo tiles of Spain and Portugal. Available as a wallpaper, or as a completely organic and sustainable linen woven with a light herringbone pattern.