Waldart — Natural Forms for Modern Walls

Xanthoparmelia — XanthoparmeliaRyan Hodnett · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image source

One family. One shared world.

Lichen brings irregular patches into close company. No single shape takes command; differences in texture and green turn the surface into a landscape worth exploring at close range.

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NGC 3372 · Hubble — NGC 3372 · HubbleNASA, The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) · Public domain · Image source

Lichen I

Lichen I in a room

4 sizes · 30×20–140×100 cm

04 / Field notes

Where the compositions begin.

Every Waldart palette starts outdoors: which greens sit next to each other, where light catches, how much empty space a surface needs. The first two images are nature studies for this design family; the others are photographs from our walks. The panels themselves are made from preserved moss.

A granite boulder covered with a mosaic of different lichens — 01 / Mosaic
An old granite boulder carries a dozen lichens side by side: yellow-green, orange, grey-green, with small moss patches between them. None dominates. Lichen is composed the same way.

Yellow-green map lichen with black borders on granite — 02 / Borders
Close up, map lichen divides the stone into small territories with thin black lines. Each patch keeps its edge, together they form one surface.

Close-up of moss on bark with bright green tips — 03 / Light
Only the tips catch the light. That is why the brightest green appears sparingly, as an accent rather than a surface.

Moss spreading across grey limestone, a single leaf above — 04 / Edges
Moss never stops in a straight line. Colour fields fray into each other, and we let them.

A woodland stream running between mossy stones and fallen leaves — 05 / Intervals
Water makes the spaces between stones visible. Empty space is part of the composition, not what is left over.

01–02: nature studies for this design family. 03–05: photographs from our walks, October 2026.