Thursday, December 4, 2008

The Canvas Print : Spruce Up Your Home Interior With This

By Jonathan Roman

When someone mentions "canvas prints", mounted artworks first come to mind. The blend of radiant and lively colours of popular art and abstract paintings brings burst of life and style even to the most boring space. Not into art works? Try photos. Imagine your favourite photo - of your child, your best friend, your weeding day - mounted on a canvas for everyone to see. You can practically put anything you want into canvas - your child's doodle, a caricature of yourself, an image of your favourite basketball team, your first artwork - it's your choice.

Canvas prints are the newest fashion in home decoration today. Cheaper than a commissioned painting, but still with elegant look, canvas prints becomes even popular in the interior design world. Options include using digitally-printed canvas prints or traditional offset-based canvas prints. Printing companies provides various mediums for canvases, including water-resistant, cotton, matte and glossy canvases.

Canvas print refers to the re-printing of an artwork or a photograph on a canvas. The photos are printed using wide-format inkjet printers or dry sublimation. When the ink dries, specialists apply protective coat to prevent pictures from fading and abrasions. After that, the print out is stretched by hand to fit a customized frame. While this is a intricate process, many printing companies offer canvas printing services at affordable prices. Just send your photo or art work, and they'll do the rest, from fixing image errors like red-eyes and blurs to the actual framing. Digital editing and photo enhancements also provide special options like sepia tint, colour posterization, and can even turn your photo in a pop art style. You'll have a personalized canvas print in a short time.

Photographers and artists prefer to use canvas prints, as canvas is the perfect material to mount their works in. Canvas photo prints are resilient, capable of producing high-resolution images with vivid colours, and come in different artistic designs. These can even last longer than regularly printed photos.

If you're into marketing and tired of using the usual posters and brochures as advertising materials, you might want to consider using canvas prints. Know your target audience, come up with a unique and interesting campaign and put it on canvas. Eye-catching and refreshingly different, it will sure attract audiences' attention.

Photo canvas prints are also perfect as presents. Custom-made presents are much appreciated so why not give out an impressive portrait of your friends on their next birthday?

Keep your canvas prints looking shiny and brand new for a long time by following these simple tips: avoid getting your canvas wet; avoid using acidic materials; don't place your prints in direct sunlight; and use brush or soft cloth to remove dust and lint in your canvas.

From home decors, to gallery-worthy art or photo collection, to marketing tools, to all-occasion gift, the possibilities of canvas prints are truly endless. - 16651

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