25/04/2008 by conrad.

We are currently producing 4 very large wall murals for York Racecourse.  We were selected out of the many printer because of the knowledge we have of the decorative industry.

Full pictures of the wall murals in place will be posted soon.

We are also working with a big UK wallpaper company , trying to secure their business on the digital printing side.  More details when the deals are done.

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17/04/2008 by conrad.

Canvas Dezign posted a really good article recently about canvas pictures and wallpaper.  The basic idea is that you combine the two printed mediums to give an on the wall, off the wall feel.

On the one hand you have wallpaper, pasted to the wall and flat. On the other you have the canvas pictures that follows the pattern of the wallpaper. In many cases the canvas pictures change colour to give an extraordinary effect.

See the canvas pictures website, Canvas dezign for details

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10/04/2008 by conrad.

There are two options when one paints in watercolor on a secondary support like the watercolor canvas prints or clay board. Precautionary steps can be taken to ensure that painting doesn’t go directly in to contact with the glass which is being framed with a traditional watercolor. Also, it can be ensured that there is a gap between the glass and the canvas picture artwork or else one can seal the work and even frame as an acrylic or oil painting. Since, painting comes out easily out of such surfaces, the safest to be considered would be varnishing and sealing.
However, there are certain advantages while painting on larger surfaces as it would be expensive to purchase the matted painting frame and also it would be heavy for hanging. On the other hand, few artists have remarked the importance of pictures to canvas that are sealed and varnished as they are easy to frame with no glass and also that they are sold better. Moreover, there exists a thought that oils are priced higher than the water colors. Perhaps, oil painting would be considered to add certain secret to the work in the long tradition or may be because of the advantage to frame without glasses. Watercolorists from Victoria have taken great pains in using gum Arabic and body color to enhance a painting to look similar to oil painting in order to be rewarded with higher rates for their work. For people with different views, it may look a frame without a glass and easier for transport and nothing more would be said as it is completely safe.
There are several methods for sealing which gives a glazed finish and the products which are mentioned further helps in achieving the goal. Clay board fixatives give a fine start to clay board as well as pictures to canvas and nearly three coats can be given permitting enough time for it to be dried between the coats. Also, Krylon triple-thick clear glass can be used where the “triple-thick” signifies that a single coat of the product levels three coats of various acrylic fixatives. Along with Krylon, UV tolerant varnish can be used and six consistent coats can be sprayed typically to end up the process. However, certain things are to be borne in mind while doing such a process and it is to be ensured that there lays a large space to carry out literal spraying and nothing lies near to it which may have the chance to be sprayed. One would need to remove the glasses in case they wear it. Of course, it needs to be ensured that good ventilation surrounds the room and since much of spraying goes along, necessary precautionary steps needs to be taken.
It is obviously rated high when the works done on the pictures to canvas are neat and elegant. Sealing and varnishing one’s work gives a glossy finish to the product once they are done. It really supplements a lot to the product as the painting reflects like the watercolor when they are initially applied wet and juicy.

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05/04/2008 by conrad.

Digital printing technology has revolutionized the way printing is done and uncovered a whole new world for everyone in general. Digital photography has been very convenient for photographers in order to enable them to not only take astounding photographs but also delete the unnecessary ones and take as many photos as wished with no extra cost added and also to edit the photos in order to add some special effects to make the photographs more presentable.
Digital prints can be made on canvas in order to make them livelier. By printing digital photos on canvas, memories can be made into wonderful pieces of art that have longer life and have special impact as well. Digital prints on canvas have become a good potion for interior decoration of offices, residence, restaurants and many other places. . There are numerous standard digital canvas photo printing companies that offer state of the art digital canvas photo printing services.
Digital photos are printed extensively on high quality exhibition grade cotton using full color inkjet printers and long-lasting UV proof pigment inks. Canvas fabric made of 100% pure cotton is prototypical for producing realistic images. Digital printing is done on canvas sizes ranging from 32 cm x 25 cm to 117 cm x 90 cm. The canvases are usually coated with latex in order to provide utmost durability and the canvas is laminated to ensure print permanency.
The quality of the print on canvas ultimately depends on the quality of the actual photograph, therefore in order to get a realistic print on your canvas it is advised to ser your camera at its highest resolution and opt for an appropriate canvas size for the image.
Artist’s original artwork has been emulated for a long time on to canvas using offset printing. Canvas printing since the 1990s has been associated with either dye sublimation or inkjet printers. With the help of these printers photographers and artist can transfer their work on to canvas quite easily.
Once the required image is printed on the canvas, it is trimmed to the actual size and stretched on bars or wooden panel and displayed. It is either displayed in a frame or a gallery wrap depending on how it is printed. Certain artists prefer to paint on the printed images so as to get a more individual image.
With the advancement in science and technology, printers can produce many meters of canvas every hour enabling suppliers to provide many frames per day. These advancements have not only made making of the frames faster but also quality of the output has also increased by leaps and bounds.
Extensive research has been done on the ink being used in order to make them more durable and more effective, as a result high quality inks have come into market providing a longer life for the prints on the canvas. varnishing of the canvas is of vital importance in order to make them resistant to UV rays, as years have gone by better varnishing methods are formulated to further more protect the canvas from UV rays which causes yellowing or fading of the canvas print.

Digital printing gets away from the need of a rotary screen engraver 

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