Introducing the Wild Escape, the new indoor/outdoor fabric collection by Emma J Shipley. Step into a fantastical world with Emma’s new fabric collection for outdoor living, created in partnership with Clarke & Clarke. Inspired by nature’s extraordinary landscapes, from coral seas to cloud forests, the designs are surreal, intricate, and full of wonder. Perfect for the great outdoors.
Crafted in the UK with high-performance finishes, the fabrics combine bold, expressive design with colourfastness, and resistance to the elements, making them just as suited for outdoor furnishings. Wild Escape: Indoor | Outdoor fabric collection transforms gardens, terraces, and outdoor spaces into immersive escapes.
The Wild Escape Fabric Collection
Felis | RRP: £94 per metre
Honing in on the rhythms and rosettes of a Jaguar’s spots, Emma J Shipley’s Felis – based upon her hand-drawn pencil drawing, is now interpreted for outdoor fabric. Brimming with vibrancy and boldness, Felis is available in three colourways: a classic leopard print, a vivid verdant green, and a cool turquoise. Crafted in the UK, Felis is an outdoor fabric that comes with an anti-microbial finish, with a high light fastness.
Audubon | RRP: £94 per metre
Inspired by 19th-century botanical artist John James Audubon, Emma’s hand-drawn design features fantastical birds alongside geometric and scientific details. Look out for mechanical bees and birds, as well as metallic tags carried by birds, inscribed with the names of inspirational scientists and naturalists from Audubon to Turing. Audubon has been beautifully interpreted as an outdoor fabric, featuring an anti-microbial finish and high light fastness, crafted in the UK.
Zambezi | RRP: £94 per metre
Inspired by Jules Verne’s adventure stories and Emma J Shipley’s travels to Botswana and Victoria Falls, striking leopard-spotted elephants take centre stage in this hand-drawn design, while leaping gazelles, birds of paradise and curious foliage also feature in this explosion of African fantasy. Zambezi has been beautifully interpreted as an outdoor fabric with an anti-microbial finish, high light fastness, crafted in the UK.
Lynx | RRP: £94 per metre
Lynx was created by Emma J Shipley after her travels to the Western Cape in South Africa, where she explored the ancient rock paintings and mythology of the San people. The enchanting hand-drawn design features winged lynx leaping through a starry sky, soaring over a world of magic beneath them. Lynx has been beautifully interpreted as an outdoor fabric with an anti-microbial finish, high light fastness, crafted in the UK.
Lost World | RRP: £94 per metre
Inspired by Emma J Shipley’s travels in Africa, as well as Jules Verne novels and 1920s silent film ‘The Lost World’, this design features an enchanting scene of discovery. Lost World has been beautifully interpreted as an outdoor fabric, crafted in the UK with an anti-microbial finish and high light fastness.
Bosque Dreams | RRP: £94 per metre
Enter a jungle dreamscape inspired by Emma J Shipley’s travels in the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. An enigmatic puma stands centre-stage, surrounded by other fantastical forest creatures, including macaws, monkeys, sloths, and ocelots. Bosque dreams has been beautifully interpreted as an outdoor fabric, featuring an anti-microbial finish, with a high light fastness, and made in the UK.
Seaforest | RRP: £94 per metre
Emma J Shipley was inspired by the 19th-century antique botanical drawings of zoologist Ernst Haeckel and the novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne for this design. Seaforest invites you to escape into a fantastical new world beneath the water’s surface. Discover a flurry of stingrays, shoals of fish, and gently wafting coral. See mythical sea horses that happily careen on by or anemones that gently sway through a scene that invites you to dream. Seaforest has been beautifully interpreted as an outdoor fabric, featuring an anti-microbial finish, with a high light fastness, and made in the UK.
Paradise Lost | RRP: £94 per metre
Escape to unknown lands with the magical Paradise Lost design. Inspired by myths, legends, fairytales, and the unique beauty of the natural world, a menagerie of Emma J Shipley’s best-loved illustrations come together to make up this fantastical design. Beautifully transformed for outdoor fabric, Paradise Lost comes with an anti-microbial finish, with a high light fastness, made in the UK.
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