Explore Cat Alexander's Nature-Inspired Wallpaper Launch

Guided by the historic ink arts of Japanese suminagashi and Turkish marbling, Austin-based designer Cat Alexander is now transforming her handmade art into an array of eponymous wallpapers and textiles. “Every one of my prints is inspired by a distinct experience in nature,” she shares. Often named for their muses, the designs evoke the look and feel of locations ranging from the Alpine meadows of Cortina, Italy, to Austin’s Lady Bird Lake. Each artwork is the result of hours spent over a basin of ink and water, which Alexander has set up outside her studio under the shade of a pecan tree. The print is then adapted into a wallpaper or textile with rounds of iteration to consider scale and size. Finally, she translates it into numerous colorways that designers feature on vibrant walls, furniture and even lampshades.