Layers of Meaning

Edouard Benedictus

LoM's Edouard Benedictus gallery features textile and wallpaper designs by a French designer and print maker. Benedictus worked in the Art Deco style, using the pochoir technique. Benedictus' fabrics are still in production, as are Benedictus carpets. His work continues to inspire others. There is a Benedictus wallpaper print in the background of this image: Chesterton in the City, by Lesley Anne Ivory. Art Quilter, Rose Rushbrooke has created an art quilt based on a Benedictus design.

More on the pochoir technique: "Pochoir Technique: The pochoir process is the hand-coloring of an individual black outline prints. The was done with the help of a thin zinc or copper cut-out stencil guide. Each color is applied separately brushed by hand on each print, one stencil for each color. The paint used was watercolor and gouache. The only difference being watercolor paints (aquarelles) are transparent and gouache paints are opaque."

The Seguy gallery has been updated, with more images.