I thought that I would post this regarding the new metal prints that I am putting out on display for the Art Shows that I am participating in. This is a relatively new method for printing that is a high temperature (I believe over 400 degrees) dye sublimation process that takes special pigmented inks and fuses them into and onto an aluminum substrate. There are a number of companies that now offer this process including my printer Bill Nordstrom of Laser Light Printmaking. Bill is one of the best and best known digital printers in the US and the world. I have worked with Bill for over 16 1/2 years as my Master Printer. Bill has printed all of my work that has been used by Leica Camera USA, Bogen Photo and Gitzo Tripods as well as the Sierra Club.
The metal prints are actually offered depending upon the printing company as a glossy, mat, and one other surface. These prints do not need to be placed behind glass, can be washed with water, soap and water, glass cleaners, etc. It is a very expensive process and the images remain totally flat. Depending upon the inks used they can have an estimated life of 100 years, are much more durable than photo papers like Fuji Crystal Archive that I use (60 years estimated life). I normally opt for glossy surface photos and the glossy surface that offered by Bill is a supergloss surface that is mirror like. The images appear to be sharper, with more more "Wow" factor than the glossy Fuji Crystal Archive Photo paper; additionally, the Super Glossy Metal prints appear to have even more color saturation, better contrast, greater depth to the image, more 3D effect, etc.
I experimented and put out the following 2 copyrighted images for the Wickford Art Festival (one of the oldest, biggest) Fine Art Shows in all of New England:
White Bengal Tiger as a 16" X 24" metal print:
Latourell Falls as a 16" X 20" metal print:
I sold the White Bengal Tiger and received really high praise for the new printing method.
Because of the response, I will be reprinting the White Bengal Tiger in the same size in metal for the next show.
I will also be having the following images printed as metal prints for the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival, (Mystic Connecticut) for next month:
I will be displaying this copyrighted image of Lake Placid From White Face in a 24" X 30" print size:
This copyrighted image of Her-on-Him in a 16" X 24" print size:
This copyrighted image of Acadian Sunrise in a 20" X 30" print size:
Finally, I am going to let Bill do his wizardry work and make the new and first prints of the following 2 copyrighted images that I have done a little work on as a 16" X 20" metal print:
and this one as a 16" X 24" metal print:
Rich
The metal prints are actually offered depending upon the printing company as a glossy, mat, and one other surface. These prints do not need to be placed behind glass, can be washed with water, soap and water, glass cleaners, etc. It is a very expensive process and the images remain totally flat. Depending upon the inks used they can have an estimated life of 100 years, are much more durable than photo papers like Fuji Crystal Archive that I use (60 years estimated life). I normally opt for glossy surface photos and the glossy surface that offered by Bill is a supergloss surface that is mirror like. The images appear to be sharper, with more more "Wow" factor than the glossy Fuji Crystal Archive Photo paper; additionally, the Super Glossy Metal prints appear to have even more color saturation, better contrast, greater depth to the image, more 3D effect, etc.
I experimented and put out the following 2 copyrighted images for the Wickford Art Festival (one of the oldest, biggest) Fine Art Shows in all of New England:
White Bengal Tiger as a 16" X 24" metal print:
Latourell Falls as a 16" X 20" metal print:
I sold the White Bengal Tiger and received really high praise for the new printing method.
Because of the response, I will be reprinting the White Bengal Tiger in the same size in metal for the next show.
I will also be having the following images printed as metal prints for the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival, (Mystic Connecticut) for next month:
I will be displaying this copyrighted image of Lake Placid From White Face in a 24" X 30" print size:
This copyrighted image of Her-on-Him in a 16" X 24" print size:
This copyrighted image of Acadian Sunrise in a 20" X 30" print size:
Finally, I am going to let Bill do his wizardry work and make the new and first prints of the following 2 copyrighted images that I have done a little work on as a 16" X 20" metal print:
and this one as a 16" X 24" metal print:
Rich
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