Case study 1
The Old Forest
Shoreditch, London
2017
8.3 sq metres (50 sq feet)
6 weeks
A young family living in East London asked Trowel & Lime to decorate a brick wall in their newly landscaped garden. The sgraffito is visible from their bedroom window, allowing them to start a day with a view on a fantastic forest.
Case study 2
Summer Meadow
Bory Tucholskie, Poland
2008
30 sq metres (215 sq feet)
8 weeks
How to make summer last longer?
Natural earth pigments and stylised, large-scale flowers bring back the memories of a warm sunny afternoon. Trowel & Lime helped a renowned surrealist artist experience summer all year round at his countryside house in northern Poland.
Collaboration with K Ptaszkowska and A Rogóz.
Case study 3
The White Forest
Warsaw, Poland
2007
6.7 sq metres (72 sq feet)
About 5 weeks
When a family of four moved from a city flat to a new suburbian home, they asked Trowel & Lime to bring character to their new empty walls.
Organic shapes of sgraffito trees and a range of grainy textures give natural feel to a geometric, uniformely-finished interior.
Case study 4
Bathroom Pond
Warsaw, Poland
2007
1.5 sq metres (16 sq feet)
Under 1 weeks
Sgraffitos can be small gems too. A young family living in a flat in central Warsaw wanted to do something unique to decorate their bathroom.
Trowel & Lime designed a multi-colour sgraffito depicting reed bed plants to take the bathing experience closer to nature.
