Lewis and Wood is the first UK company to take delivery of the MTEX Blue pigment ink textile printer. “We’ve spent two and a half years building our knowledge of wallpaper printing and now we’re ready to start experimenting with fabrics,” said co-founder Stephen Lewis.
He and interior designer Joanna Wood founded Lewis and Wood in 1993 and it now offers a collection of textiles and wallpaper. The company, which works with weavers, dyers, printers and finishers to try new techniques, bought its first digital printer for printing wallpapers in 2014. The MTEX Blue printer with pigment inks will be used for creating samples and trying experimental fabrics in-house.
“In order to compete with the big boys, we have to be unique. There is a considerable learning curve when it comes to printing digitally onto fabrics compared to wallpapers, but we feel that in MTEX we have manufacturer that is willing to help us with this,” added Lewis.