A Field of Little Wooden Petals,
Quietly Held in Cream

The second piece in the M17 family.

Where the first radiated from a single

warm core, this one lays every little wooden petal flat — evenly, gently,

like a meadow you can hang on a wall.

There is a particular kind of wall art that wants to be noticed.

This is not it. "Petal Field" is the second composition in the wood-slice series: a cream-linen ground, covered edge to edge in hundreds of tiny hand-cut wood shapes — each one a small double-petal, like a flower bud or a sliced button — scattered with amber dots that mark a quiet grid across the surface. It doesn't explode. It breathes evenly.

Hung in a walnut-paneled hallway — the panel's pale cream ground warms the wood, and the jute rug below picks up the tone.

1The Piece

Flat, even, and full of small surprises

Open the close-ups and the first thing you see is the repetition, with variation. Each little wooden element is a pair of pale oak petals, hand-cut and fixed to a white linen mount; every now and then an amber dot — a complete round wood slice, showing its annual rings — lands on the grid like a period at the end of a sentence. The overall effect is not chaotic; it is a field, not a burst.

Top: petals lie flat, amber dots mark the grid.

Bottom: the petals are layered — one over another, like pressed flowers.

Because every petal is hand-cut from natural wood, no two are identical. Some curl a little, some lie flat, some show a whisper of darker grain. Under raking light, each piece lifts a fraction of a millimetre off the linen — a texture you can feel before you can read it.

It is not a statement. It is a
soft background that happens to be made of wood.

2The Palette

Four shades of warm, nothing else

cream linen

pale oak

amber dots

walnut frame

Like its companion piece, this one refuses to introduce a colour outside the wood family.

The difference is temperature: where Wood Burst was dramatic and dark-centred, Petal Field is pale, open, almost monastic.

That is why it works on a cream wall, a grey wall, or a wood-paneled wall without raising its voice.

3Where It Lives

Five rooms, one quiet square

We photographed the panel across five very different interiors.

The consistent surprise was how little it needed from the room — it doesn't ask for a spare wall light, doesn't compete with a bold sofa, doesn't demand that you rearrange anything. It simply arrives and settles.

Library / bookshop. On a dark walnut paneled wall, the cream panel glows like a lantern; brass track lights above make every petal cast a tiny shadow.

In a dark, book-lined library, it becomes the brightest thing in the room without actually being a bright colour. In a wood-paneled dining room with a brass chandelier and rattan chairs, it reads as a quiet heirloom — the kind of painting a family would keep for forty years.

Dining room. Above a long table with a white linen cloth — understated, enduring.

Bright café. On a soft grey wall, it reads as a warm counterpoint to the rattan and oak.

In a bright, modern café — pale oak, rattan, linen banquettes — the panel holds its own against daylight; the amber dots pick up the warm pendant lamps.

And in two very different hallways, it became the thing people mention first.

Hallway. Oval mirror, console, brass table lamp — the panel anchors the corner.

Sitting room. At dusk, with brass wall sconces, the cream panel glows against walnut.

4The Buyer's Notes

What to know before it ships

• Size.

100 × 100 cm square (also 80×80 and 120×120). The panel's quiet pattern wants a wall that isn't competing — it reads best alone, not in a gallery wall.

• Hanging height.

Because the pattern is evenly distributed, there is no "centre" to aim at.

Hang it so the frame sits 150 cm from the floor at its middle — the whole square reads as one calm block.

• Lighting.

A soft, wide beam from above is the friend of this piece.

Harsh side light exaggerates the shadows and makes the petals feel jumpy; even, warm light lets it read as the textile it is.

• Pairing.

It pairs naturally with walnut, pale oak, rattan, linen and brass.

Avoid hanging it against a bold printed wallpaper — the work already contains its own pattern.

• Care.

Natural wood and linen.

Dust with a dry soft brush; never wipe with a damp cloth.

Avoid direct sun for long periods — the pale oak will warm toward honey over years, which is the material aging, not fading.

5The Verdict

If you've been searching for wall art that feels handmade but not busy, warm but not brown, premium but not shouty, this is the one.

It is the quieter, more versatile sister in the M17 family — the piece you buy when you want a room to feel considered, collected, and calm for the next decade. 🍂