Wallcovering Description

Alder wallpaper is a repeat pattern based on the original Alder wood installation by British Columbia artist and designer Brent Comber. Alder attempts to capture the impression of the intense contrasts of light and dark experienced as sunshine pierces through the dense coastal forest in North Vancouver, or watching the light of the fire burning between logs in the fireplace. By arranging the logs horizontally, Comber creates an eye-level orientation that reveals intricacies within the pattern. The Alder tree represents renewal and regeneration. These trees grow quickly to fill any available space in the forest, contributing to the constant shifts in light and composition as other trees are felled by commercial foresters or die. The works are constructed with salvaged wood rejected by the commercial wood industry that is then photographed. They have been digitally transformed in collaboration with the artist to be reinterpreted as wallpaper.