Block printed wallpapers - Duncan Harrison, Matthew Meadows, Mark Amura & Pugin!

Designer Duncan Harrison, who also lectures at Leeds College of Art, created these pieces using the very traditional process of making wallpapers - block printing. He had 3 huge wooden blocks made, the full width of the Wallpaper & printed them in the traditional way. 
These images hardly do them justice - the pieces in the flesh are so rich in texture & colour - a wonderful quality & sort of glow that you cannot get any other way than by using those materials & that process. 

They are in the same room as the original Pugin Block, & Pugins historic wallpapers printed from it. It is incredible to see them - the colour is so intense, so contemporary. 

In the same space at the Imago is Matthew Meadows vibrant red & green hand printed wallpaper. He too is a block printer & his piece has such an intensity of colour because of the medium, & his complete skill in using it. 
Mark Amura printed his metallic gold & red wallpaper using polystyrene blocks - a beautiful piece made using such an innovative process with everyday materials. 

Images of the other pieces to follow - but for the time being here is a taster of Duncan Harrison's work. Do come and see it in real life. The show is on at the Imago Gallery until September 20th as part of the London Design Festival