Timorous Beasties
Timorous Beasties was established in Glasgow in 1990 by Alistair McAuley and Paul Simmons, who met studying textile design at Glasgow School of Art. Today, the studio is a diverse operation and has emerged as a multi-award-winning, internationally acclaimed icon. Timorous Beasties’ work embodies a unique diversity of pattern, ranging from design that echoes a golden age of copperplate engraving (a time-honoured classic is the Thistle range; or Merian Palm superwide wallpaper) to examples of a distinctly edgy nature, an elegant transgression, a display of chic irreverence.
Bloomsbury Garden Wallpaper
£320.00
Bloomsbury Garden is one of a trinity of designs inspired by the Victorian pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement, William Morris. In this pattern, plants including briars and fruiting vines swarm with butterflies and beetles, all illustrated by hand and digitally printed with a level of heightened detail Morris could not even have dreamed of.
Sold as a 10 metre roll. Printed to order, 4-6 weeks lead time.Pinyin Tree Superwide Wallpaper
£135.00Pinyin Tree is a unique decorative design featuring an abstract image of blossom-covered trees created using an innovative painterly technique. The name references a type of brush used in Chinese calligraphy that can produce similar blotchy marks. These textural elements are connected by hand-painted tree trunks and branches to create the distinctive pattern. Superwide and digitally printed.
Sold by the metre.Pinyin Tree Velvet Fabric
£165.00 /mPinyin Tree is a unique decorative design featuring an abstract image of blossom-covered trees created using an innovative painterly technique. The name references a type of brush used in Chinese calligraphy that can produce similar blotchy marks. These textural elements are connected by hand-painted tree trunks and branches to create the distinctive pattern, which is printed onto a soft velvet fabric.
Timorous Beasties fabrics are supplied in full metre increments only.Storm Blotch Velvet Fabric
£160.00 /mStorm Blotch transforms any space with its intense, abstract pattern. The design is part of a series created to take advantage of contemporary digital printing technologies. Random splotches of inks and dyes are layered together using computer software and digitally printed onto this soft-touch velvet fabric, which is available in several punchy colourways.
Timorous Beasties fabrics are supplied in full metre increments only.Thistle Linen Fabric
£95.00 /mThistle fabric is a stunning, intricately hand-drawn thistle plant design, with the thistles trailing upwards. The linen used as the basecloth for this design is a natual product, which means it’s colour is largely determined by environmental conditions. Therefore, please note that growing and production processes may cause slight changes to the colour of the basecloth across different batches. Printed to order, 4-6 weeks lead time.
Timorous Beasties fabrics are supplied in full metre increments only.Thistle Linen Union Fabric
£95.00 /mThistle Union Linen fabric is a stunning, intricately hand-drawn thistle plant design, with the thistles trailing upwards. Printed to order, 4-6 weeks lead time.
Timorous Beasties fabrics are supplied in full metre increments only.Thistle Superwide Wallpaper
£80.00Thistle Superwide wallpaper is a stunning, intricately hand-drawn thistle plant design, trailing upwards in a hand drawn effect. Superwide and screen printed.
Sold by the metre.Thistle Wallpaper
£80.00Thistle wallpaper is a stunning, intricately hand-drawn thistle plant design, trailing upwards in a hand drawn effect. Flexographic cyclinder printed.
Sold as a 10 metre roll.Thunder Blotch Cotton Fabric
£126.00 /mThunder Blotch is an extravagant multi-hued fabric that combines abstract drips, stains and blotches to create a densely decorative pattern. Its unique layered design is an example of Timorous Beasties’ pioneering use of digital printing technologies. The versatile cotton fabric can be adapted so the broad patterned stripe starts at the base of a curtain or covers the backrest of a sofa.
Timorous Beasties fabrics are supplied in full metre increments only.Tropical Clouded Leopard Linen Fabric
£140.00 /mJourney into the jungle with this richly decorative fabric inspired by 19th-century natural historians, botanists and explorers. A reclining leopard takes centre stage in a scene of tropical splendour filled with exotic flora. The detailed pattern references the copperplate prints produced by the great scientific illustrator, Maria Sibylla Merian, while the design’s layered composition is created using the latest digital technologies.
Timorous Beasties fabrics are supplied in full metre increments only.
