Mythica – a Clarke & Clarke collaboration with artist Emma Shipley

Mythica, a new collection from Clarke & Clarke, is a vibrant and fantastical collection where bold and expressive design meets the far reaches of literary imagination, for an immersive collection of fabrics, wallpapers and exclusive mural designs. Step inside the world of these intricate hand-drawn illustrations, plunge into the water’s depths, and find a world of swaying coral, anemones and sting rays before rising to the surface to the Costa Rican cloud rainforests with resplendent quetzals, hummingbirds, and beyond.

“My love for wildlife is at the heart of each design for Mythica,” explained designer Emma Shipley. “This collection brings in my influences and experiences travelling to some of the most biodiverse places on earth, like the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, which have been alchemized to create this collection that goes further into myth and fantasy than ever before.”

Bosque Dreams invites us into a jungle dreamscape inspired by the artist’s travels in the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. An enigmatic puma stands centre-stage, surrounded by other fantastical creatures of the forest, including macaws, monkeys, sloths, and ocelots. Printed on a beautifully soft cotton velvet, this Bosque Dreams fabric can work across an array of interior projects, from upholstery to curtains, cushions, and more.

This design also takes a bold turn as a jacquard in the collection. Created as a wildly intricate jacquard weave in a toile style, Bosque Dreams is set on a cream ground in two impactful colourways. The design is woven on a larger scale than the print fabric, highlighting the texture and depth unique to Jacquard.

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Discover a Lost Adventure in the wallpaper mural of the same name, inspired by the adventurous tales of Jules Verne and the captivating wildlife of Africa. With hand-drawn curious peacock-tailed zebras, winding foliage, towering mountains and mighty dinosaurs in the distance, there’s a whole world to explore within this intricate design, set against subtle rose quartz and smoky midnight grounds.

The Highland Wonder wallpaper mural takes you on a magical trip to the Scottish Highlands. Inspired by tales of the Loch Ness monster, prehistoric creatures and fantastical stories, this design will transport you to a realm of magic and wonder. The surreal scene comprises two of Shipley’s bestselling designs, Highlandia and Wonder World, to create something altogether new and beguiling in a mural piece.

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The Cloud Forest Mural is a journey to the enchanted cloud forest, inspired by the resplendent quetzal bird and the flora and fauna found in the Costa Rican cloud forest. These elusive creatures are surrounded by other enchanting wildlife, such as hummingbirds, bats, lizards, and a tiger heron, all perched upon the vines and moss of the forest in the artist’s imagined world. In mural form, these creatures are all the more magnificent.

Escape to unknown lands with the magical Paradise Lost design. Inspired by myths, legends, fairytales, and the unique beauty of the natural world, this fantastical design features a menagerie of  illustrations. Made with 100 per cent cotton in three colourways, Paradise Lost has a touch of the Toile de Jouy influence but is utterly transformed by depicting these otherworldly, whimsical realms.

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Seaforest was inspired by the 19th-century antique botanical drawings of zoologist Ernst Haeckel and the novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, inviting you to escape into a fantastical new world beneath the water’s surface. Discover a flurry of stingrays, shoals of fish, and gently wafting coral. See mythical sea horses that happily careen on by or anemones that gently sway through a scene that invites you to dream. This beautiful hand-drawn illustration comes to life in fabric; the ground colours allow the detailed drawing to pop and twist through the design. While the Blue and Mono colourways retain their illustrative edge, Seaforest in Aqua becomes ‘of the sea’ in the fabric’s movement and tones.

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