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shoot my floral photographs through a macro lens on 35mm slide
film. Slides are scanned on a high resolution film scanner, producing
an 85MB file and the image is then digitally printed, depending
on the intending use, on photo or fine art paper or canvas
There
are three main categories of my images you can purchase from this
site:
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1.
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Images
mounted onto: 8"X8" ( 20.3cm X 20.3cm), 10"X10"
( 25.4cm X 25.4cm ) and 12"X12" ( 30.5cm X 30.5cm
), 3.5cm deep canvases. |
Photos
are printed on 170GSM photo matt heavyweight inkjet paper, glue-mounted
onto canvas and hand-varnished with Polyvinyl Acetate emulsion.
Emulsion dries to the clear, semi-gloss, flexible glaze with a
subtle brushstroke texture, giving permanent protection from harmful
environmental effects. If kept out of direct sunlight these images
will be with you for years to come.
Although
sold as unlimited editions, the number of images that can be printed
and finished, from the pool of around 100 slides that I use at
the moment, is determined by the fact that every single one of
them is printed and finished solely by myself, to your order.
It's a time consuming process, it does prolong the delivery times
and limits the number of prints produced, but guaranties that
you get a product with a touch of character that differs from
anything similar, and mass produced, on the market .
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50cm X 50cm images printed directly onto canvas and stretched over 20" X 20" ( 50.8cm X 50.8cm ) frame. |
Images
are printed directly onto matt canvas,and stretched over 3.5cm deep
frame. They are printed on the Epson 7600 printer using pigmented,
Ultra Chrome, archival inks onto 340GSM, acid free artist canvas.The
added protection is achieved by spray-coating the print with UV
protective acrylic varnish, giving a longevity to the image, if
kept under optimum conditions, of over 100 years.
These are true giclee prints as classified by the Fine Art Trade
Guild's standards.
This
size and finish is reserved to 100 per any given image. Canvases
are signed and numbered.
You
can get comprehensive information on the quality and longevity
of prints from the sites accessible from our Links
page
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60cm X 60cm images mounted on 24" X 24" ( 61cm X 61cm ), deep canvas. |
Images
are printed on 310GSM fine art, 100% cotton rag, acid free photo
paper using the same archival inks as for above canvas prints.
Print is glue mounted onto canvas and a clear, gloss acrylic gel
is then hand/brushed over the image giving it almost identical,
textured appearance as the smaller canvas mounted prints.
As an added bonus acrylic makes images completely waterproof and
provides even better UV and overall protection as the print itself is completely seald out of environment, making it completely resistant to any damage caused by humidity and/or temperature changes. This prints will last in optimum lighting conditions well over 100 years before any noticable colour changes may occur.
These
prints fulfill the Fine Art Guild's requirements for fine art
giclee printing. Paper used is manufactured by Hahnemuhle, who
have been producing the best quality art papers since 1584.
This
size and finish is reserved to 100 per any given image. Canvases
are signed and numbered.
You
can get comprehensive information on the quality and longevity
of prints from the sites accessible from our Links
page
All
size prints have approx. 5mm white border between the image and
the edge of canvas.
Due
to the difference in the way the colours are represented on the
computer screen and the way the printer interprets them there
may be a slight difference in the colours of the finished print
in comparison with it's image on your monitor.
Those
differences are however less noticeable than the ones on the images
produced from the same negatives by two different processing labs
to which you would usually take them for printing. |