The current rage in the decorative interior products industry is to shout and proclaim "we are green, eco-sensitive, earth friendly, biologically and politically correct".

While it is noteworthy to recognize the importance of responsible wallcovering manufacturing and the passion attached to it by today's designers, it is certainly not a new concept. Unfortunately many of today's loudest shouters would make you believe that this concept is something they started. However, the truth is, many of us have been involved with manufacturing earth friendly wallcovering for a long time. In fact, Terrapointe, through H & S Sales, Inc. has been a leader in this issue for almost a quarter of a century. In many cases we've been at it longer than those self-proclaimed "green companies" have been in business.

All the product featured in Specialty Wallcovering is manufactured in Japan, a country very sensitive to earth responsible manufacturing and a leader in environmental protection.

There are two major issues, "safe quality" and "environmental protection" when we speak of environmental problems relating to interior products. "Safe quality" refers to a product kind to people and "environmental protection" refers to a product kind to earth-that is a decrease of waste and protection of resources.

Terrapointe's Specialty Products addresses these issues head on. For safe quality, no toxic inks, dyes or finishes are used in manufacturing. Thus no off gases are emitted to affect personnel. As to the issues of environmental protection, non-wood paper is made from resources other than wood pulp. The use of plant pulp-Kenaf, (belongs to hibiscus group), Bagasse (sugarcane stalk), Bamboo (rice family), are just some of the non-wood sources used to make paper out of pulp.

The use of these components, together with state of the art manufacturing processes will not aggravate the environment, either in manufacturing or disposal.

Specialty Wallcovering is made up of product produced from:

Cellulose - fiber pulp and other easily reusable resources provide the mass or substrate from which paper is made or other product is added

Rayon - fabric made from wood pulp cellulose from managed forests

Linen - from flax, a highly renewable and natural plant

Polyester - both recycled and virgin system used

Kozo - tree bark Straw - fiber made from natural plant stems, stalks, leaves, bark and grass

Kenaf - a member of the hibiscus family, a fast growing plant found in Southeast Asia, China, Africa and Southeastern U.S.A.

Calcium - moderately hard metallic element, a basic component of bones and shells, occurs naturally in limestone and gypsum

Zeolite - Silicate material used in molecular filter.

By utilizing a combination of the above components we re-introduce centuries old rice paper as well as new mediums of wallcovering. All blend the enduring elements of hand crafted paper, the tactile qualities of woven fabric, and the vibrant visual interest of Rotogravure printing to form innovative and impressive wallcovering.

The first section of Specialty Wallcovering is Saga. Saga is composed of 100% cellulose fiber, wash coated with non-toxic inks to give a uniformity of color and top coated with a washable finish.

Saga features plain weaves, plissé (pleated or puckered) stripes, over-printed straw weaves and classic grasscloth looks. A total of 20 skus in organic and earthen colorways. You'll note that by wash coating these products, there is a uniformity of color which helps minimize shading and seaming

Next is Mikado, a non-woven layered textile utilizing metallicized polyester yarns laminated to the finest paper stock, over printed with state of the art Rotogravure printing and finished with a water repellent protective top coat. Two distinctive patterns are featured in 12 eye-catching colorways that reveal a spectrum of jewel-like colors.

Genji makes up the third portion of the Specialty Wallcovering offering. It utilizes the same construction process as Mikado but without metallicized yarns. This in turn gives Genji a matte finish in 14 terracotta-like colorways that bring a Mediterranean stucco appearance to the wall surface.

The fourth and final section is Washi. Washi is a collection of paper backed natural fiber wallcovering with a non-toxic washable finish. It derives its name from the literal Japanese translation: Japan paper. Like the artisans who crafted this work in Japan centuries ago, we still utilize old paper making techniques but combine them with today's sophisticated manufacturing processes.

Washi is a color story, a component story and a design story. If you lay out the entire Washi section, you will see a spectrum of color that reflects all of nature's elements: wood, earth, foliage and water. The components of Washi: Kozo (tree bark), calcium (limestone mineral), pulp (non-wood fibrous material), straw (stems, stalks, leaves), Zeolite (silicate material), Kenaf (hibiscus family plant) and others truly reflect nature's building materials. And lastly, hot contemporary designs like confetti, lizard prints, crinkled paper and ribbon stripes bring a very sophisticated and contemporary look to an age-old product.

However unique and complex the construction process may be in making Specialty Wallcovering, our product is Class A flame rated. It is ideally suited for corporate, retail and selected hospitality locations. All units are paper backed, 36" wide and have a washable top coat. It is sold in multiples of 4 yards and packaged in 12 yard bolts.