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A canvas print is the result of an image printed onto
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/ref> respectively). The canvas print material is generally cotton or plastic based poly canvas, often used for the reproduction of photographic images. Digital printers capable of producing canvas prints range from small consumer printers owned by the artist or photographer themselves up to large format printing service printers capable of printing onto canvas rolls measuring or more. Digital files of artwork, paintings, photograph, or drawings may be sent directly to printing companies or Internet based printing services.
A canvas print is the result of an image printed onto canvas
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which is often stretched, or gallery-wrapped, onto a frame and displayed. Canvas prints are used as the final output in an art piece, or as a way to reproduce other forms of art.
Printing methods
Reproductions of original artwork have been printed on canvas for many decades usingoffset printing
Offset printing is a common printing technique in which the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the printing surface. When used in combination with the lithographic process, which is based on ...
. Since the 1990s, canvas print has been also been associated with either dye sublimation
Dye-Sublimation Printing (or dye-sub printing) is a digital computer printing technique that uses heat to transfer dye onto materials such as plastic, card, paper, or fabric. The sublimation name was first applied because the dye was considere ...
or inkjet
Inkjet printing is a type of computer printing that recreates a digital image by propelling droplets of ink onto paper and plastic substrates. Inkjet printers were the most commonly used type of printer in 2008, and range from small inexpens ...
print processes (often referred to as repligraph or giclée
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/ref> respectively). The canvas print material is generally cotton or plastic based poly canvas, often used for the reproduction of photographic images. Digital printers capable of producing canvas prints range from small consumer printers owned by the artist or photographer themselves up to large format printing service printers capable of printing onto canvas rolls measuring or more. Digital files of artwork, paintings, photograph, or drawings may be sent directly to printing companies or Internet based printing services.
Stretcher mounted
One of the display methods is to trimmed the canvas to size then glued, or staple it to traditionalstretcher bar
A stretcher bar is used to construct a wooden stretcher used by artists to mount their canvases.
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s, or a wooden panel and displayed it in a frame, or frame-less in a gallery wrap. The stretchers are usually constructed from solid pine and underpinned for added strength. A print that is designed to continue round the edges of a stretcher frame once gallery-wrapped is referred to as full-bleed.
Uses for prints
Canvas prints are used as final output forfine art
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pieces or for reproduction of other types of two dimensional art ( drawings, paintings, photograph
A photograph (also known as a photo, image, or picture) is an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor, such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are now create ...
, etc.).
Canvas prints are often used as a cheaper alternative to framed artwork as there is no glazing required and the stretcher is not usually visible, so the prints do not need to be varnished or treated.
See also
* Shaped canvas *Giclée
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* Gallery wrap
* Watercolor paper
Watercolor paper or watercolour paper is paper or substrate onto which an artist applies watercolor paints, pigments or dyes. "The term “colour” is inappropriately given by common usage to material substances which convey a sense of colour t ...
* Digital Printing
Digital printing is a method of printing from a digital-based image directly to a variety of media. It usually refers to professional printing where small-run jobs from desktop publishing and other digital sources are printed using large-format ...
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