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Circle Wire Panel
Rope, coiled into spirals and pressed flat. From two metres it reads as sisal; from arm’s length you can follow every turn of the coil.
The pattern is a scatter of overlapping circles, each one built from a continuous coil of about seven turns at roughly 1 mm pitch. Nothing lines up across the sheet, which is deliberate: a grid would look manufactured and this one does not.
In the catalogue colour it is a warm grey, close to unbleached linen. That is the version that photographs well and the version most orders are for. Anything darker loses the coil detail under normal lighting, because the relief is shallow and the shadow does the work.
Coil, pitch, overlap
Three things make this pattern work: the constant pitch of the coil, the soft rounding where one circle rides over another, and the fact that the circles are not the same size. Blow the page up to 1:1 and you can count the turns.
Good for
- Hotel corridors and lift lobbies where the wall needs to hold up close
- Reception and bar fronts that want relief without a pattern
- Powder rooms and small interiors, where a bold texture is the point
- Over existing tile, since the relief hides the grout lines
Not for
- Long walls seen only from four metres: the circles read as noise
- Anywhere the panel will be wiped down daily
- Tight radii below 200 mm
Specification
Everything below applies to the Circle Wire as supplied. Samples and datasheets come with the first quote.
| Sheet size | 1200 × 3000 mm |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 4 mm ± 0.5 mm |
| Weight | 6.5 kg/m² ± 0.5 |
| Substrate | Mineral powder, sand and fibreglass, pressed in a steel mould |
| Fire | EN 13501-1 A2-s1,d0, on a non-combustible substrate |
| Fixing | Polymer adhesive, or mechanical fixings on a ventilated frame |
| MOQ | Stocked colours ship from stock, no minimum |
| Lead time | 3–5 days for stock, 20–25 days for production |
Fitting it
Four steps, and the third one is the one that goes wrong.
Questions we get asked
Does the pattern repeat?
Yes, at 1200 mm, but because the circles are a scatter rather than a grid the repeat is hard to find on a wall. Set the joints vertically and it disappears.
What does it feel like?
Like a coarse woven mat under the fingers. The coil ridges are about 1 mm high, enough to feel clearly and not enough to catch on clothing.
Is it suitable for a bathroom?
Yes, sealed. The low points between the coils are the place dust and soap collect, so in a shower enclosure the lighter colourway is a better choice than anything dark.
Can this be made in another colour?
Stock is the warm grey shown. Custom colour runs at 300 m² and about 25 days, matched to a physical sample rather than a screen value.
How does it compare with Circle Wire in real rope?
Real rope is a fire and cleaning problem on a wall. This is the same visual idea as a 4 mm mineral sheet, A2-s1,d0, and it can be washed.
Sample of Circle Wire
A4 offcut, posted from Ningbo, free. Ask for the colour card too — it has all seventeen textures in the series.
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