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In Assemblage’s Handmade Wallcoverings, an Artful Ode to Nature

A dedication to handicraft unites the wallpaper studio and Holly Hunt, which brings Euclid, Assemblage’s nature-inflected new collection, to its national network of design enthusiasts.

Since picking up from New York and decamping to the Ozarks to restore a former seed mill into their live-in studio, Assemblage founders Heidi and Christian Batteau have elevated wallpaper into fine art. To hear Heidi talk about her practice is to listen, rapt, as she speaks of hand-troweled marble and mica plasters, delicate application of precious metal leaf, silk-screening, ink, and resin. In a single commission (Assemblage uses a handmade-to-order manufacturing process), the Batteaus and their team of artisans can combine a multitude of techniques, including some of their own creation.