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WALL ART

Perhaps more than any other offering, our wall art collection demonstrates the precise hand-work and vibrant interplay of color, texture, and form that has become the Submaterial standard.

For our wall panels, natural materials such as wool felt, cork, leather, metal, and wood are worked with skill and craftsmanship to produce durable wall art that often features an additional and highly beneficial layer of acoustic dampening. The deeply textured surfaces and engaging patterns can add a warm, rich visual focus to any residential space. Custom panels can be created in a single color or a varied colorway; the look is up to you!​

For our wall hangings, it is all about connections. Modular pattern elements are fashioned individually and then connected creating a detailed and dimensional whole. Fabricated in soft, tactile materials such as leather and Ultrasuede, or colorfully variegated cork, the wall hangings almost beg to be touched.

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WALL ART

Perhaps more than any other offering, our wall art collection demonstrates the precise hand-work and vibrant interplay of color, texture, and form that has become the Submaterial standard.

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Design Trade Service

Are you a residential interior designer looking for ready-to-ship and custom products?

Signing up for a designer membership is free and easy. As a member, you will receive access to products only available to designers, a trade discount, and early notifications of new and pre-order pieces. Our Trade Service is an exciting opportunity for design professionals to source pieces designed and manufactured in the U.S. by craftspeople paid a living wage.

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Design Trade Service

Are you a residential interior designer looking for ready-to-ship and custom products?

Signing up for a designer membership is free and easy. As a member, you will receive access to products only available to designers, a trade discount, and early notifications of new and pre-order pieces. The Submaterial Trade Service is an exciting opportunity for design professionals to source pieces designed and manufactured in the United States by craftspeople paid a living wage.

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MOLLY ZIMMER + SUBMATERIAL
Limiting our environmental impact is one of our deepest-held values. It drives our decision to work exclusively with natural, sustainable, and renewable materials. We care about the sustainable creation of these materials before they arrive in our New Mexico studio. Equally important to us is the reuse and recycling of the scraps we create in our manufacturing process. For years we have provided materials to local artists and artisans. Molly Zimmer is an Albuquerque multimedia artist and textile restorer of Diné weavings who has been utilizing Submaterial felt offcuts in her practice for several years.

This collection of beautiful vessels by Molly Zimmer highlights transformation, not only the transformation of the rolls of felt into our products and resulting offcuts into works of biophilic art but also the transformations of a garden in the spring—the growth of stems, the emergence of monarch butterflies, and the unfurling of leaves. Much as gardens are a place for rest, rejuvenation, and sanctuary, these works bring that same calming spirit into residential spaces.

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MIRRORS
After years of designing wall coverings and panels, it was a natural progression for Submaterial to devise a series of mirrors for the home. The perfect marriage of form and function, our Wander Mirror collection has simple, clean lines and a modern feel. The ribbed effect of the wool felt strips turned on edge creates a deep texture that frames the contours of the mirror glass inserts. Each Wander mirror invites you to picture yourself surrounded by its stylish geometry.
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mirrors designed with neutral gray wool felt edging in circle square rectangle pill shapes lean against a wall above a cabinet
MIRRORS
After years of designing wall coverings and panels, it was a natural progression for Submaterial to devise a series of mirrors for the home. The perfect marriage of form and function, our Wander Mirror collection has simple, clean lines and a modern feel. The ribbed effect of the wool felt strips turned on edge creates a deep texture that frames the contours of the mirror glass inserts. Each Wander mirror invites you to picture yourself surrounded by its stylish geometry.
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Felt screen made of tan alternating rounded trapezoid shapes with lavender edges next to a desk in a home
Screens
Our homes have become multifunctional over the last few years. What was once merely a guest room is now an office for two. The kitchen table is a 3rd-grade classroom. With these increased and varied activities, our homes require new furnishings. Flexible space-organizing options that are practical and aesthetically pleasing are key. Submaterial’s new Divvy collection of elegant and airy screens works to define your personal space without confining it. And perhaps most importantly, the sound-dampening qualities of the materials used, wool felt and cork, provide acoustic separation.
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Three tree shaped design pieces made with wood bases, metal stems and white leather leaves sit on a table with books and art
OBJECTS
Since the early days of Submaterial, we have played with creating small sculptural objects that referenced natural forms, from pinecones to trees. We have also tested the waters with functional home items that double as beautiful decor. These works explore the territory between objects of art and objects of design.
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Screens
Our homes have become multifunctional over the last few years. What was once merely a guest room is now an office for two. The kitchen table is a 3rd-grade classroom. With these increased and varied activities, our homes require new furnishings. Flexible space-organizing options that are practical and aesthetically pleasing are key. Submaterial’s new Divvy collection of elegant and airy screens works to define your personal space without confining it. And perhaps most importantly, the sound-dampening qualities of the materials used, wool felt and cork, provide acoustic separation.
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Three tree shaped design pieces made with wood bases, metal stems and white leather leaves sit on a table with books and art
OBJECTS
Since the early days of Submaterial, we have played with creating small sculptural objects that referenced natural forms, from pinecones to trees. We have also tested the waters with functional home items that double as beautiful decor. These works explore the territory between objects of art and objects of design.
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Wood wall covering in white oak and smoked cork with varying concentrations of vertical lines at random intervals. A tan dog sleeps on a gray couch in front of the wall

Introducing Wood Panel Wall Decor

While Submaterial is certainly best known for our wool felt products: wall coverings, wall art, sculptural objects, and more; we have also utilized wood to great success in numerous custom and retail products over the last few years (more about them in a minute). In...

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Wood wall covering in white oak and smoked cork with varying concentrations of vertical lines at random intervals. A tan dog sleeps on a gray couch in front of the wall

Introducing Wood Panel Wall Decor

While Submaterial is certainly best known for our wool felt products: wall coverings, wall art, sculptural objects, and more; we have also utilized wood to great success in numerous custom and retail products over the last few years (more about them in a minute). In...

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Wood wall covering in walnut and cork with notched out angled lines with two chairs and coffee table
Commercial Wall Covering
One of our greatest strengths is creating innovative designs for commercial interiors. For more than a decade, Submaterial has been creating large-scale dimensional wool-felt wall coverings for commercial clients. We have added meticulously crafted, colorful, and natural sound softening to lobbies, offices, banks, and public commercial spaces all over the country. In 2022, we are also adding wood wall coverings to our offerings.
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Custom Projects
We love doing custom work and having the chance to stretch and grow our design and fabrication skills through these projects. We also appreciate the opportunities to collaborate with designers and clients. Each custom project presents unique opportunities to look at our work through a new and different lens.
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Wood wall covering in walnut and cork with notched out angled lines with two chairs and coffee table
Commercial
One of our greatest strengths is creating innovative designs for commercial interiors. For more than a decade, Submaterial has been creating large-scale dimensional wool-felt wall coverings for commercial clients. We have added meticulously crafted, colorful, and natural sound softening to lobbies, offices, banks, and public commercial spaces all over the country. In 2022, we are also adding wood wall coverings to our offerings.
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Full size wall next to a staircase at PBS headquarters. The felt wall is covered in a custom design of rectangle and half circle shapes in blue and gray with yellow accents
Custom Projects
We love doing custom work and having the chance to stretch and grow our design and fabrication skills through these projects. We also appreciate the opportunities to collaborate with designers and clients. Each custom project presents unique opportunities to look at our work through a new and different lens.
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Three people working in a space with work tables and shelves of felt.
Three people working in a space with work tables and shelves of felt.
About Us
From its start in 2006 in the rain-drenched Pacific Northwest to our current sun-soaked New Mexico studio, Submaterial has always focused on natural and sustainable materials such as wool felt, cork, wood, and leather. These materials are fashioned by hand into beautifully textured wall art, wallcoverings, panels, screens, and more by our skilled fabricators using environmentally conscious and lean manufacturing processes. We create beautiful and responsibly produced designs for human spaces while supporting the humans who made them.
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Gray red and orange curvy felt screens next to large window with two cow hide chairs
Meet the Team
Our studio staff is committed to the exploration of handwork, craftsmanship, and natural materials. We come from backgrounds in architecture, design, art, and science but it is the expansive creativity of our team that is our greatest strength. Together we produce original, thoughtful, and enduring works of design that connect in meaningful ways with our customers and community.
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Gray red and orange curvy felt screens next to large window with two cow hide chairs
Clients
For more than a decade, Submaterial has created dimensional wall surfaces for commercial and residential clients adding meticulously crafted, colorful, and natural sound softening to lobbies, offices, banks, homes, and public spaces all over the country.
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Submaterial staff in front of the building
Meet the Team
Our studio staff is committed to the exploration of handwork, craftsmanship, and natural materials. We come from backgrounds in architecture, design, art, and science but it is the expansive creativity of our team that is our greatest strength. Together we produce original, thoughtful, and enduring works of design that connect in meaningful ways with our customers and community.
5 THINGS
ALL OF US
Gray red and orange curvy felt screens next to large window with two cow hide chairs
Clients
For more than a decade, Submaterial has created dimensional wall surfaces for commercial and residential clients adding meticulously crafted, colorful, and natural sound softening to lobbies, offices, banks, homes, and public spaces all over the country.
FULL LIST