Three main questions:

1: What was the living condition of lower class during the Victorian Era? And what were the main reasons that cause the lower class stay in poverty?

2: What are the characteristics of Victorian Era wallpapers? Are they designed for wealthy group? and if it was, then why Victorian wallpaper were only designed for higher class?

3: Could higher class and lower class be easily switch? In what way or when lower class people get chance to know wallpaper? 

  • External resources

Toiles:

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  • Sin in Linen

 

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  • Magazines-24: Toile wallpaper, black toile wallpaper, blue toile wallpaper
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  • Toile Fabric French Farm Toile Fabric Tan Black Toile Dog Fiddle Vervain
  • Victorian Era Wallpaper:
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  • Cultural artifacts

In the early steps, I did more than 5 texture experiment, which intended to explore wallpaper in different materials. The material I used: black board, glue gun, black marker, ceramics,  cigarette ashes and Photoshop,

  • T Glue Gun “Wallpaper” texture: ( Toile Fabric French Farm Toile Fabric Tan Black Toile Dog Fiddle Vervain)

 

  • Wallpaper & Texture (Lower Class) :(ceramics,  cigarette ashes)

     

  • “Wallpaper” made by Photoshop

 

  • Hand Drew Repetitive Pattern: (Markers)

  • Website Involved:

  • http://www.bradbury.com/victorian/victorian.html
  • https://www.wallpaperstogo.com/s-690.aspx?searchEngineName=toile
  • https://www.thevictorianemporium.com/publications/history/article/history_of_wallcoverings
  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/victorian-wallpaper-got-its-gaudy-colors-poison-180962709/
  • https://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/articles/poverty.html

  • Plan to Contact

  • Wallpaper factory/ design store in NYC: (http://nymag.com/homedesign/listings/wallpaper/) 
  • 1: Calico Wallpaper
    • 275 Conover St., nr. Reed St., Ste. 3G; 347-294-0317; calicowallpaper.com          
    • With traditional paper-marbling techniques and handmade papers, Calico creates patterns evoking the intricate organic forms of sponges or ocean foam, and washes of color resembling a dawn sky. $$-$$$
  • 2: De Gournay
    • 243 E. 59th St., nr. Second Ave.; 212-564-9750; 
    • degournay.com
    • For the most discriminating New Yorkers, De Gournay is the go-to studio for hand-painted wallpapers and silk fabrics. It specializes in 18th-­century chinoiserie and 19th-century French designs, in addition to various Japanese, Korean, and French prints, such as its remarkable Papiers Peints Panoramiques. $$$$ (consulting services)

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    • Printing Technique: Lino Print

      I came up with two ways to make my own wallpaper, first one is to make a connection with wallpaper design company and another one is to use Lino printing technique to print my own wallpaper. I will redesign my pattern again before I start, and watch some Lino printing tutorials on Youtube.

    • Things needs to buy:
      • A piece of lino.
      • Lino cutting tools.
      • Paper.
      • Printing ink (black, white and blue)
      • Smooth surface for rolling out ink.
      • Palette knife.
      • A brayer.
      • A baren