Recently we were commissioned to do an unusual project for a client. They wanted a small family art photo of their children reproduced into a wall mural for their home. Not a problem…unless the only thing we had to work with was a small original 8″x10″ black and white photo. We had no digital file and the final mural size requested was to be 14 feet long and 9 feet tall on canvas and to be applied directly to the wall, as in wallpapered to their wall. A new and different project for us indeed. We never wallpapered our work nor have we ever produced a final print of this size from such a small original photo print.
First we had to consider if the small black and white photo could in fact be enlarged to that size without completely falling apart as an image.
Then, secondly, we had to see if we could print the image in sections and piece them together because our largest fine art printer, the Epson 11880 (64 inch) would need to produce the image in three sections horizontally.
And finally, we had to find someone to give us advice on the installation.
Well, we proceeded to make a high resolution scan on our Epson 10000 flat bed fine art scanner. We scanned the image 8×10 at 2500 dpi. After saving the file we sized it to 14 feet x 9 feet and cleaned and tweaked the image until we felt we had the best result possible. Upon looking at the image on the monitor at actual size we were very please to see that the image looked amazing at such a tremendous size. After a few test prints for proofing we had it right. Our best was very good and now we were ready to print to canvas.
The fine art printer was to be put to the test. Each printed section was sized to result a 64″ x 168″ long image. One after the other the sections we made were coming off the Epson 11880 fine art printer at the highest resolution of 2880 dpi. They looked fabulous. Laying the canvas photo prints side by side and looking at the entire photo morphed from small 8″x10″ photo print to the final product of a photo print on canvas that spanned the wall at 14 feet x 9 feet was quite remarkable.
A Very Satisfied Client!
We then remembered that Gerardo’s uncle was an expert wallpaper artist and enlisted his recommendations and finally entrusted the print on canvas installation to him. The home had ceilings that were twenty feet tall and the scaffolding barely elevated to the place we had to install the canvas photo. Well, it’s nice to have someone that can be an expert at this type of work and instill the confidence that the final image would come together and make our clients happy. Success!
Take a look at the photos – you will see the process – from an original fine art photo to family pictures scanning and printing, to print on canvas, to the canvas giclee prints hung by an expert in their home. If you have any images that you might consider as wallpaper installed art or scanning fine art images or downloading files to us and printing any size on many mediums, canvas, fine art papers and more please call or email us. As artists ourselves we take pride in producing work that we can be proud of and you will love. We would be more than happy to assist you every step of the way.
All our best from PrintsGicleeShop.Com. Phone 305 282 9154. Ask for us, the owners, Gerardo Gonzalez-Quevedo or Mike Arnspiger
The opening of The International Cell Phone Photo Show at Artspace MAGQ, our gallery space at Prints Giclee Shop this past Friday evening was a great success. Representing artists from many different countries such as Spain, Great Britain (England and Ireland), France, Italy, Poland, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and the United States of America were shown with over two hundred cell phone images chosen by this juried exhibition. All of the images were sent to us via the internet, downloaded and printed here in our studio and readied for hanging in our gallery. All of the images that remain unsold will be mailed back to the artists. The images chosen can be seen on our website http://www.calltoartistsnow.com/cell-phone-exhibition/ as well as a video that will be produced of the show which will be available soon for viewing on You Tube courtesy of Video artist Brian Seguin. By the way, Brian Seguin has also produced past videos at Artspace MAGQ Gallery for the call to artists now exhibitions of the “12 x 12 Show” the “20 x 20 Show” as well as others. Please keep our website in your favorites list because we will also have more call to artists submissions and shows throughout the coming and following year.
There will also be a review in the Miami NewTimes newspaper that will be written by Carlos Suarez de Jesus, their art critic at large (soon to go to press), we will announce this later too. The show will run until November 4, 2010 and is open to the public. Please give us a call if you would like to schedule time to drop by for a visit and to view the show. Our numbers are 305 282 9154 or 786 256 2231. You can also visit us on Facebook under Artspace MAGQ. Hope to see you soon and take care. Mike and Gerardo, http://www.printsgicleeshop.com and http://www.artspacema gq.com and http://www.calltoartistsnow.com
How many times have you wished that your treasured family photos had not faded, loosing their original vibrancy and beauty? Your parents and grandparents photos are almost gone unless you have kept them inside a black box never to take them out, and even then it is very possible that the chemicals used to create them have started to deteriorate all on their own. Take for example, your wedding picture. It has been so long since you’ve had it taken and now it’s all faded and torn. Also, your baby pictures are now proof of how old you are depending on how worn out it looks. Worry no more, thanks to technology and the world of giclee printing! The next time you have your photos taken, or if you have taken a photo yourself that you are very proud of, have them printed as canvas giclee prints. This new technology to make canvas photo prints saves time, effort, and most importantly your precious memories.
Thinking about it, digital technology has been with us for a while. But it is much more recent that people of the new generation are really enjoying the convenience of the digital world. Unlike in the past, this era has brought about a lot of new technologies that can make our lives more exciting, fun, and easier. Pricing for the new digital SLR cameras has never been so low. The ability to take beautifully astonishing images is at your fingertips. Digital photography saves you from using photographic films and does not anymore undergo a chemical processing, which was one of the causes for your treasured images to deteriorate over time (a very short time).
This is an example of a photo canvas print and gallery wrap
Now, what is giclee printing exactly? Pronounced “jhee-clay”, is a sophisticated inkjet printing method. It merges the use of professional grade large format printers with archival pigment inks, acid free watercolor papers and canvas. By using custom profiles, precise color correction and expert scanning, pigment printing can render subtle gradations and many colors that would be out of range with other technologies. Canvas giclee prints are a great way to print your photos not just in the same old photo paper but in canvas. Canvas photo prints are made to last 100 years or more, much better than a normal printed photograph.
Another advantage of this technology is the different effects you can give your photos. You can have your photo canvas giclee prints transformed into an oil painting. Using a specialized tablet and stylus brushstrokes can be created by hand to give a beautiful painterly effect. Your photos can be colorized or turned into black and white or Sepia. The possibilities are endless!
Here at Prints Giclee Shop we are making this process even easier. In the very near future you will have the ability to order your print to canvas directly from your computer at home. You will be able to upload your image to our server, choose from our standard sizes as well as input custom sizes. You will be able to stretch your canvas, including gallery wraps. Choose from a selection of frames and have it shipped to your home in just a few days. If you would like your image printed on our fine art papers you will be able to order in the same way and additionally you will be able to add a mat and even select a shadow box custom framing! Please visit us at: www.printsgicleeshop.com or call me Gerardo at 305-282-9154
Just how do we take an original painting, photograph, drawing or other piece of art and reproduce quality prints giclee that are so close to the original that they are nearly indistinguishable? Well I will tell you our secret. First we will decide with the artist on what medium they would like their reproduction images printed on, such as print on paper, print on canvas, or other materials available. Then we will ask if the reproductions will be the same size as the original, smaller or larger than the original. Once we have those basic parameters then we know how we must proceed to produce the image.
Art scan miami - scanning a small original watercolor
Art scan miami - scanning an oversized original canvas
Generally the image is scanned on our fine art high resolution scanner to be reproduced at any of the suggested sizes needed by the artist. The key to a great reproduction is making sure that there is a person that can analyze the scanned output and be able to custom color profile the scanned image and match it to the color of the original. This process also has to match the material profile that the final image will be printed on. The one most important aspect of this entire process is the quality of the discerning human eye to see the very minute differences in color, shading and density to have a near perfect match of the proof compared to the original. Being artists ourselves we know just how important it is to have our original work match any reproductions we will ultimately make…so why should any other artist have anything less than perfection. Yes, that is how we do it.
Prints giclee - final print and original comparison
Watch a video on our art show Opening Night for “12×12″ at our art gallery called: ArtSpace MAGQ in South Miami. Interviews of me, Gerardo and Mike, artists and owners of Prints Giclee Shop. We talk about how the show came about and all the wonderful pop art and photography we showed!
Interview with awesome photographer Aida Tejada at the opening of our pop art and photography art show in miami 12 x 12. Aida doesn’t use Photoshop or any other software to retouch these photos. This is how she sees the world!! These are paper giclee prints of her photos.
Interview with pop surrealist artist Aleloop at the Opening night of the art show “12×12″ at ArtSpace MAGQ in Miami, showing one of her new brow, pop surrealist paintings.
Interview at the pop art and photography art gallery show opening night of 12×12 with magic realism artist Sheri Friedman, a Coconut Grove artist. The interview is about her 3 original giclee prints in the show and how she created them.
The opening of The International Cell Phone Photo Show at Artspace MAGQ, our gallery space at Prints Giclee Shop this past Friday evening was a great success. Representing artists from many different countries such as Spain, Great Britain (England and Ireland), France, Italy, Poland, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and the United States of America were shown with over two hundred cell phone images chosen by this juried exhibition. All of the images were sent to us via the internet, downloaded and printed here in our studio and readied for hanging in our gallery. All of the images that remain unsold will be mailed back to the artists. The images chosen can be seen on our website
