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Nocturne of the Sheared Moon: global folk art art phone wallpaper in black, grey and yellow, for iPhone and Android lock screens

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Nocturne of the Sheared Moon

A global folk art art wallpaper for iPhone and Android lock screens, from Morrow's daily wallpaper drop.

Free JPEG sized for phone screens. The Morrow app has the 4K original.

Collection
Fables of the Hearth
Released

Colors

Black, grey, yellow and white. Tap a color to copy it.

About this wallpaper

October nights invite the archaic poetry of scissors and silhouettes. In 'Nocturne of the Sheared Moon', traditional Eastern European paper-cutting traditions are reimagined through the atmospheric tension of surrealist film noir. Every flourish is physically grounded, suggesting sharp blade marks through heavyweight rag paper, casting tangible micro-shadows upon deeper dark layers beneath.

At the heart of the medallion sit twin mythic birds surrounded by pierced foliate lace, their forms alternating between ink-dark silhouettes and bone-white stencil relief. A subtle filament of tarnished gold foil catches an invisible glancing light, guiding the eye through a dreamscape that feels both ancient and cinematic.

Engineered specifically for OLED displays, the rich blacks recede endlessly into the glass of the handset, transforming your lock screen into a shadowbox illuminated by internal moonlight.

Listen to the story

A new art wallpaper on your lock screen, every morning

Morrow is a free wallpaper app for iPhone and Android. Each day brings a new piece of art made for phone screens, with the story behind it, and many pieces come in more than one version in the app.