Hester evokes geometries by Bauhaus masters, where textile structures meet painting. The original artwork for Hester—created by Joe Kievitt—began with the meticulous and labor-intensive process that he has developed to build his rhythmic patterns. Drawing with a straight edge, Kievitt lays out his initial design on sheets of paper using customized widths of masking tape that he has cut using a set of handmade tools. Watercolor marks and textures are added, in a complex interplay with the masked areas. The tension of this process is rewarded when the tape is removed and the context of the whole image is revealed. Translated into wallcovering yardage, Hester expresses Kievitt’s balance of order and relief—in a design that is both graphic and subtly meditative. Available in five colorways.