Sisal wallcovering is made by harvesting stiff fibers from agave leaves, drying and dyeing them, and then weaving them onto a paper or non-woven backing.
Harvesting and Extracting Fibers
Cutting leaves: Farmers cut mature leaves by hand from the Agave sisalana plant.
Decortication: Machines or hand tools crush the leaves and scrape away the fleshy pulp.
Washing: Clean water washes away sticky sap to stop rot and keep the fibers strong.
Drying and Treating
Sun drying: Workers lay the clean strands in the sun to straighten them and lighten their color.
Combing and grading: Artisans comb the dry fibers and sort them by length and thickness.
Dyeing: Workers bundle and dip the fibers into eco-friendly or vegetable-based dyes by hand.
Weaving and Backing
Weaving: Skilled craftspeople weave the dyed sisal fibers on traditional or non-mechanized looms into a tight, tactile structure.
Backing: The woven textile is glued to a biodegradable paper or non-woven backing ground to give the roll stability and make it ready for hanging.
Every roll of our natural sisal grasscloth is designed and made by hand, telling a unique story. Sisal fibres are extracted by hand from agave leaves, and then carefully dried and bleached under the sun. This lengthy, artisanal process creates unique variations across every strand. Once fully dry, the sisal grasscloth fibres are skillfully woven by hand into an open weave and then backed onto a non-woven paper ground for stability. We then print our designs onto the grasscloth using eco-friendly inks. The natural variation across each and every roll further enhances the hand-painted artwork of our designs and brings a textural, hand-crafted aesthetic to a room.