Canvas Prints: Here's How Ordinary Designs Become Extraordinary


by carla san g. - Date: 2007-08-15 - Word Count: 539 Share This!

If you have an artwork you truly adore and seriously consider printing, then it is time you learn about canvas prints.

Why print on canvas?

It's easy to say that a print on canvas is a thing of beauty. It's always something to behold. But beyond this, canvas prints or artist canvas, compared to other types of media has a more refined texture to them. Both literally and figuratively.

Artist canvas has this character which cannot be achieved by other materials. In the same manner that semi-gloss and high-gloss posters are highly distinct from other paper stock, canvas prints manages to bring prints in a different light.

But to be more to the point, canvas prints are truly durable, printed with long lasting archival inks. The colors will not fade easily and retain its brilliance for a long period.

It is also weather resistant, making it possible for you to use it both indoors and outdoors. It is perfect for display in the home with art reproductions or in conventions, exhibits, and the like.

You can put it up easily too with it being a flexible material. It can be mounted with 2 inch borders extending from your artwork or it can be hoisted up with grommet to hold it sturdy.

Still not convinced? Here are more reasons why canvas prints is hands-down medium for large format printing.

• Aside from being durable, canvas prints look stunning. Through the process of digital printing, it offers the closest replication of an original artwork.

• Canvas printing creates high definition images with astonishing quality, making it ideal for art reproductions and photo enlargements.

• Canvas prints add texture to photos and illustrations which you cannot achieve using photo papers.

• There are printing companies too who render your canvas prints in a different fashion, shaping the effects of your designs in an unusual manner. There are finishes that makes your canvas prints appear either glossy or flat with low glare or satin finish.

• If you like your pieces to look as though it was weathered the passage of time, printers can pull it off by using special pigments. These pigments are rubbed into the image, creating cracks that make for an authentic, antique appearance.

• Canvas prints are a fairly flexible material, quite literally. You can roll it up without fear of damage. Stretching the canvas too is but an ordinary ability of the material.

• Canvas prints come in a wide variety of sizes. You can choose to print small - something you could frame and place on a side-table or print in large format size. The latter is something that can span the length of a whole bed.

• Canvas printing can turn your ordinary designs or photos to exquisite art-like pieces. Rarely do people come across digital photos or images transferred and printed on canvas because they have no idea how it can be done and whom to approach.

Transform your work into art pieces with canvas printing. Make them distinct. Make them stand out. Make them more extraordinary than regular photographs. Make all things possible with canvas prints.

Let your artistry and creativity burst forth and let canvas prints be the medium that will turn even ordinary prints into special ones. Find a professional canvas printing company and get ready to hang your masterpiece on the wall.

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