Eripalmo vintage wallpaper

I'm definitely going to look into getting some of this stuff by Eripalmo S.A. This company is located in Ecuador.

Duskyward designs

Tracy Robinson (Duskyward) does some really great graphic design. I love her style.

Mibo patterns

More great patterns and color combinations. This is a great pattern to pair with white or gray... Mibo designs from Design Public.

The Collection, "au mur"

I've been trolling the design blogs (namely Oh Joy!) and found that lots of people are talking about wallpaper. This makes me very happy. I specifically want to mention The Collection, which is a french wallpaper studio. This is very fitting, seeing as I named murami in homage to my French-major background (mur = wall, ami = friend). Anyway, I love The Collection's collection (how was Joy able to display the photo on her blog?). Now, if only I could get a miniature version!

Glam photo shoot of the knobs

Ever hear of Glamour Shots?

Why is fun wallpaper so hard to find?

I don't necessarily mean that cool funky wallpaper doesn't exist (for example, see funkis or tappetitalo), but it doesn't exist for those who don't need to cover a room with it. ;)

I know most people want to cover rooms/walls/etc. with wallpaper, but not me! I want to cut it into little squares and make it into something totally new! My resin knobs. (Click "knobs" on the right-hand side of the page.)

I just cast a whole mess of knobs on Sunday. It's really fun (if you ignore the smell and the mosquitoes). Well, I think it's fun. Especially when I get to see the end product. Photos coming soon.

Anyway, what I want is busy patterened wallpaper, because each knob is only 1 1/4 " wide and I want some action going on in each one! But alas, most people don't want repeating patterns of 1 1/4 " on their walls. Therein lies the conundrum! Aside from the fact that I want sample sizes, and I don't blame manufacturers for looking down their noses at me when I ask for "just a little bit" of their wallpaper. I've contacted a few others that I found today (see above!) so hopefully they'll pull through.

Retro and funky fabric patterns

I'm looking for wallpaper similar to these patterns to use in my knobs. I'm into the hip retro look at the moment. These are from kitty craft. Joy from Oh Joy created this very useful layout of photos. Thank you, Joy.

retro & quirky fabric...

Photos from Adams Morgan Art Market

Here is our booth at the Adams Morgan art market on July 22, 2006. It was HOT but the day turned out to be sunny and beautiful and we got a lot of positive feedback about the frames. We'll be going back!

DC Western Market - July 22, 2006

Starting this Saturday, Murami will be selling frames at the DC Western Market in Adams Morgan. The show starts at noon and goes until dark. It's a weekly event, and I hope to be able to participate weekly with lots of new frames and styles. The bonus for going to see Murami frames at these shows is you'll be able to see brand new designs that may not be available online yet. I'll also be selling a few choice pieces of my handmade jewelry, which won't be available online either. Please come see us!

Murami's reseller list is growing!

Blue Heron Gallery - Jennifer Flynn's Gallery of Empire

Tari's Gallery:

Murami now has FOUR retail partners! Our first was Tari’s cafe and Wild Women Gallery, located in Berkeley Springs, WV. The stores we've added since then are the Jennifer Flynn Gallery in Empire, MI; Maybings in Glen Arbor, MI; and Hutcheson Fine Jewelry in Reading, PA. Thank you to our resellers! We hope to keep adding more stores to our partners list, so if you’ve got a store and you want our frames, or if you know of a store that might, please let us know!

Here she is!

Thank you to Tian Qiu Xia!

Murami’s most excellent web developer, Tian, has just wrapped up work on our beautiful new website. Check it out at www.murami.com! I think you’ll agree with me when I say that she did really first-rate work.

Through murami.com you’ll be able to view our entire collection, order frames online, find a local reseller, and keep tabs on shows and events where we’ll be showing our work.

Check back often…we’re always introducing new styles!