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Take a peek inside the bright and colourful world of Emelia Simcox

Flair and scale are just two of the dramatic qualities that make Emelia Simcox’s wallpapers simply irresistible - by Words Vera Klein, Styling Lisa Hilton
  • 19 Apr 2017
Take a peek inside the bright and colourful world of Emelia Simcox
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Wallpaper designer Emelia Simcox spent her childhood covered in glitter and paint, exploring huge, prop-filled studios. As the daughter of scene-designer parents who created large-scale backdrops for the Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera Company (now Opera Australia), she was immersed in the realm of make-believe and knew, one day, she would follow in her parents’ creative footsteps. “It was wonderful fun and I fell in love with the idea of creating an entire new world on a piece of thin canvas,” she says.

After school and a brief stint studying theatre design at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Emelia trained as a scenic artist at Opera Australia. Time in London’s theatreland followed before she returned home and added a graphic design degree to her skill set.

That blend of mastering the old and learning new techniques led her to wallpaper design. “Wallpaper, for me, is a coming together of the two worlds,” says Emelia. “I freelanced for Opera Australia while studying [graphic design], and I thought of all the amazing things that I could do by combining traditional scenic art and fine art techniques with the fabulous digital world.”

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In her new business, Simcox Designer Wallpaper & Upholstery, Emelia has created eight beautiful wallpaper designs, many of which nod to her theatrical past. All her work starts with a hand drawing, often on a one-to-one scale. She then uses techniques learnt as a scenic artist – laying paper on the floor and walking the length of the sheet, embellishing her designs with a long-handled paintbrush as she goes. “I want the wallpaper to feel like someone’s touched it… that it’s created by hand, not by computer,” she explains.

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Emelia will soon release fabric collections based on her wallpaper designs, and plans on selling them by the metre through her website. “That was always going to happen, as I love fabric and finally had the time to develop it,” she says. It’s a perfect addition to her range and brings the worlds she conjures off the wall and into other parts of the home. “It’s satisfying to know that what I do works for people in their own environments. It’s wonderful when they ‘get it’ and love it.”

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