Revival Wallpaper | Laura Bigger

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Written By Elsewhere Living Museum & Artist Residency

For the project Revival Wallpaper, Laura Bigger designed a wallpaper series based on historic wallpapers found on premises at the museum.  In several designs she reproduced the wallpapers as they may have originally appeared as an act of historical preservation. Other designs are based on the current condition of the wallpapers and  incorporate signs of their distress and decay as decorative elements.

These wallpapers are available for purchase through the museum and on Spoonflower, so that you can add a little Elsewhere to your home.

Revival Wallpaper: Leslie
Revival Wallpaper: Olga
Revival Wallpaper: Charles

Revival Wallpaper: Silvia
wallpaper design, the restored wallpaper from the Ghost Room in Elsewhere Museum
Note: Spoonflower rendering is incorrect because the pattern is intended to be staggered

Revival Wallpaper: Olga
wallpaper design, a repeating, weathered version of the Ghost Room wallpaper

The Ghost Room and its wallpaper in 2014

Revival Wallpaper: Leslie
wallpaper design, a decorative reinterpretation of the deteriorating map wallpaper from the 3rd floor landing
Note: Spoonflower rendering is incorrect because the pattern is intended to be staggered

Revival Wallpaper: Charles
wallpaper design, a repeating, weathered version of the wallpaper from the 3rd floor landing in Elsewhere Museum

The 3rd floor landing wallpaper in 2014

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Laura Bigger
Laura Bigger

Laura Bigger is a multimedia artist whose work addresses the various relationships that exist among humans, animals, and ecosystems, particularly in terms of the food chain, raw materials, and the human tendency to exert control over natural systems. She received her MFA from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, where she currently resides. Prior to graduate school, Bigger lived off the grid in subtropical New Zealand, serving as a family’s cook, gardener, and nanny, which proved to be a formative experience. She aspires to integrate urban permaculture into her life as an artist.

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