31/01/2008 by conrad.

We have recently completed some wallpaper for a client that is going  to be hung in a Pharmacy in Greece. It goes to show that even in Greece we are being found and wallpaper is still fashionable all over Europe.Please see example below of the wall covering we did.

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30/01/2008 by conrad.

It’s not always easy finding the perfect gift that is also personal. Well it’s just become a bit easier. There is a great way for you to combine personal and stylish to your gift giving list whether it is for a birthday, house warming gift or anniversary it’s called a photo canvas.

You can easily make a picture into canvas, or you can have a company do it for you. I suggest that you make a picture into canvas on your own because it is going to save you a great deal of money doing so and it is much more personal as well. Let’s look at how you can accomplish this.

The first and most important thing that you are going to need is a high quality digital picture. This is important for the quality of the picture. You don’t want to use a photo that has very low quality because it is going to show when you print it onto the canvas.

Now choosing the photo that you plan on making into a canvas is just as important as well. This is going to be displayed on the wall of their home, and you want it to brighten up the room. You are creating a piece of wall art.

Alright now that you have found or taken the high quality digital picture that you are going to use now you will need to learn how you are going to get this photo from your computer onto the canvas. It’s much easier than it sounds so don’t worry.

You are going to need to purchase a few things, and you will need to know what size canvas you plan on putting your photo on. Unless you know the exact spot that your gift receiver is going to put your wall art  I suggest that you don’t make this photo canvas that large.

Here is a small list of the things that you are going to need to buy to complete your picture onto canvas for one of the most personal gifts that you can give.

Fabric that you will use to cover the canvas. Make sure that you get enough, you can determine how much you will need when you know how big the canvas is going to be.

One box of canvas and a staple gun and staples.

Alright now that you have your items let’s begin to make a picture into canvas.

There are a few things that you will need to do in order to ensure that everything works perfect, and the first thing is to ensure that the fabric is wrinkle free. So you will need to iron the fabric before you cut it to size for the canvas. Before you cut it it’s important that you cut it to size but leave extra to cover the sides.
When you are putting the fabric on the front of the box canvas you want to be sure that the fabric is tight before you begin stapling it. You don’t want to have any wrinkles on your wall art. If you are making a big picture on canvas you might want to ask someone to help you put the fabric on the box. It will make it much easier, and ensure that there are no wrinkles.

As you can see it is fairly easy for you to make a picture into canvas. If you don’t think that you can handle this on your own there are many websites that you can use that will charge you a fee to make your picture into canvas. The websites are very easy to use.

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19/01/2008 by conrad.

Anaglypta Wallpaper is an embossed paintable wallpaper made from a form of cotton pulp. The word anaglypta is from the Greek language and translates as raised ornamentation. This style of wall covering is more than 100 years old and began to increase in popularity as well as availability outside of Europe in the late 1900’s.

Anaglypta is not a wallpaper that is ready to hang on the wall because it is thick and very heavy. It requires a strong wallpaper adhesive because it is so heavy. The wallpaper is beautiful as it is, but it has good followings in the decorative world because of its ability to hide wall imperfections as well as the ability to paint it in any colour you like.

Anaglypta, like any regular wallpaper or blown vinyl wallpaper, should be hung then allowed to dry for a day or two before you paint it. IYou should always prime the wallpaper first with a primer that is a lighter shade than the final wall colour will be. The main reason for using a tinted primer and not a white primer is that the Anaglypta wallpaper is already white and you run the risk of missing areas. Some paint suppliers now offer a pink when wet and white when dry paint. These are very good for painting Anaglypta wallpaper.

This uniquely textured wallpaper from the Victorian era adds charm and style to any room. Because it is paintable and comes in many beautiful styles, it is perfect for faux finishes, such as mimicking a hammered tin ceiling or creating a mock tin backsplash. These looks are achieved with metallic paints. Anaglypta is also frequently used to imitate stone or as a less expensive way to achieve the feel of intricately carved moldings.

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11/01/2008 by conrad.

Computer monitor screens emit color in RGB colour space (red, green, blue) light. Although all colors of the visible colour spectrum can be produced by mixing red, green and blue, computer monitors are capable of showing only a limited colour gamut. Colour gamut is  the visible spectrum.

Where monitors emit light, printed paper absorbs or reflects specific wavelengths of light. Cyan, magenta, yellow inks act as filters, subtracting varying degrees of red, green and blue from white light to produce a selective gamut of spectral colour. Like monitors, printing inks also produce a color gamut that is only a subset of the visible spectrum, although the range is not the same for both. Consequently, the same art displayed on a computer monitor may not match to that printed in a publication. Also, because printing processes such as offset lithography use CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) inks, digital art must be converted to CMYK color for print. Many printers now prefer digital art files be supplied in the RGB color space with ICC profiles attached. Images can then be converted to the CMYK color space by the printer using color management methods that honor profiles if present; this helps preserve the best possible detail and vibrancy.

Refer to the Instructions for Authors for your journal to determine if files should be supplied as RGB or CMYK. Some printers may prefer your files be delivered in RGB with ICC profiles attached, as this allows the printer to use color management methods when converting to CMYK. Other printers may prefer your files in the CMYK (Cyan/Magenta/Yellow/Black) mode, as this is the mode required for the printing process. If an RGB (Red/Green/Blue) file is submitted, it must be converted to CMYK for print. When the conversion takes place, color shifts can occur and TSG will do our best to reproduce as close of a match to your printed output as possible.

Most desktop scanners, digital cameras, and video capture systems save files as RGB and the conversion of RGB files to CMYK can be done in many ways. RGB converts to only CMY directly. However, when printing, we must add black ink and in doing so must cut back on some color. The Undercolor Removal (UCR) setup will help control this ratio so that a maximum ink density for the four colors will be 280-300% when printing on a coated paper printing stock.

Digital art that is comprised of spot colors (e.g., special colors: any colors that are not CMYK process colors), generally require conversion to the CMYK color space to enable file use. Because color gamut’s for spot color libraries, such as those associated with the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM, usually extend beyond the ranges of the CMYK color gamut, some spot colors may not be represented effectively using CMYK process inks.

In offset lithography, the density of CMYK inks can not be varied in continuous fashion across an image, so a range is produced by means of halftone screening. In halftoning, translucent CMYK ink dots of variable size are printed in overlapping patterns. Patterns are placed at different angles for each of the ink colors. Smaller halftone dots absorb less light; thus, as a result of an increase in the amount of reflected light, apparent density is decreased and the object appears lighter.

Halftoning screen angles (133lpi 40% screen enlarged)

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08/01/2008 by conrad.

Conrad

Apologies for not getting back to you sooner, but our client was away for some time. I spoke to her recently regarding the border wallcovering , and they are very happy. The wallcovering hasn’t yet been put up, but so far they like it a lot.

Thanks for your help.

Regards
Albert

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07/01/2008 by conrad.

Last year we completed a project for the celebrity management company 19 entertainment.

Amongst other celebrities, they manage the Beckham’s. We printed a few rolls of bespoke wallpaper for them as a pilot project for a store in London. The wallpaper looked fantastic and was a repeated tile of the Beckham logo as seen below. All this was found from our search engine positions and we completed the wallpaper order within two weeks of receiving. The customer was very pleased with the results as were we!

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