Who we are
Rapture & Wright was started by Peter Thwaites and Rebecca Aird in 2004. She, a successful Graphic Designer, wanted a change from creating packaging for sweets and engine oil. He, an illustrator, had been working around the world for interior designers, creating exotic murals and wall finishes.
At the heart of the business is the workshop, one of the few remaining handprint studios in the UK. This is where ideas become designs and those designs become fabrics and wallpapers.
Small scale, artisan production is time consuming and physically demanding but the results are personal and subtly different, reflecting the hand of the maker. Far from being trapped by tradition, Rapture & Wright adapt age old techniques in clever ways to make fabrics and wallpapers for contemporary and classical tastes alike.
Rapture & Wright are one of the few remaining studios in the UK that print by hand. The tools they use are simple, the process has changed little over the years. By adapting these traditional techniques, the ambition is to combine the subtle and personal results of hand production with a flexibility of design able to satisfy today's renewed taste for bespoke.
The design and production process goes something like this… (in brief)
Small scale production is time consuming, it can take a day for two people to print 30m of fabric, but the results are beautiful and unique.
Above is a brief summary of the day. This is to be used as a guide but we will adapt it to suit, allowing you to work at your own pace and making sure that you get the most out of the day.
Designers Peter Thwaites & Rebecca Aird have been commissioned to create a collection of modern hand-printed fabrics and wallpapers for the National Trust’s Arts & Crafts house, Standen in West Sussex.
We are delighted to announce that we are the Winners of The English Homes New Years Honours For Fabrics. The Collection of fabrics was part of a major project that we have been working on for an Arts & Crafts House in Sussex.
We have designed and produce a new range of lighting now available on the website. beautiful hand blown glass bases with Rapture & Wright fabric shades
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