I just love the negative space between this pair of painted pilasters, forming the shape of a kind of upside-down minaret.
Erin does most of our London period house interior design schemes and she's lately tended to use this "distressed" technique a lot. I asked her what it was called and she said she didn't think it had a name, so we've named it Erin's Technique for Going Totally Apeshit With a Paint Scraper.
For me, the jury's out, as I like to conserve original wall finishes rather than attack them like a psychopath, but it certainly produces some accidentally artistic effects.
So here we go with yet another photopost string: Accidental Art. More coming soon.
5 comments:
I think the "distressed" look has been done to death in interior design. The look seems like a staged magazine shoot. Restoring to its original condition is my preference. But what do I know? I'm neither an interior designer nor a conservation expert. (I agree with you about the upside-down minaret!) xoxo
I'm with you, Savannah. On all counts.
Yup. On Trinity College, Cambridge I spent tens of thousands gradually getting down to the original surface in the non-panelled rooms, which was which was pale dusky pink silk wallpaper on canvas on timber studs. The specialist managed to get all the lining paper off the silk without much damage and with a bit of careful restoration it looks amazing.
I'm not letting Erin near any of my projects, let alone with a paint scraper in her hand.
The best part of this is definitely the minaret! So did Erin leave these pilasters in this "distressed" state or was this mid-process?
I'm afraid she left whole rooms like this, Katie. It's a "thing" in London but I really hope it doesn't spread.
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