Digital BW, The Print

Why not frame the image without glass.  The ink is waterproof (PiezoBW is at least) on most papers.  You don't need the glass except to protect from poking fingers or art terrorists armed with cans of spray paint.  

If you are exhibiting in a gallery, they will likely keep people from poking any artwork "look but don't touch"....they can always tell people "you damage it, you buy it."    

Since the show is up for a limited time, little risk.  For permanent installation, put it behind non-glare glass.  Longterm, the UV rays and dust would be the enemy...unless you also have a 5 year old kid with crayons....wait a minute...that could add something "extra" to the image...

Another idea:  Why not have a print that people CAN touch?  Put one of your prints out there and invite people to get tactile..."touch it...go ahead...feel the texture...feel the velvety black cats fur...."  

Go even further....have a black ink stamp pad (like used for office ink stamps) available next to an "exposed print"  invite people to put their finger on the pad and then make their own "print" on the big print....Galleries and art critics love audience/viewer participation...it takes the art "to a new level" of interactivity....and the images may look really funky at the end....puts a new twist to "group art."  At the end, your gallery visitors are "challenged" and feel part of the art...they contributed...and you will get a million smiles and laughs as you see them with ink stained fingers!   Viva La Revolucion!!  InkHaus!

Just some off the wall (out of glass) ideas so you can show that true matte, velvety finish off  (I like it by the way).  

On a personal note, I have several large prints mounted in my studio.  They hang in nice wooden frames in a window matte.  No glass by choice.  Looks real nice.  You can walk up to the print and the blacks/shadows/grays just look soooooo deep. 

Steadman
  Nina Wrote (SNIP):

  but as regards the glass I did frame them under glass, 
  mostly for protection but I didn't like the effect. The prints lost that 
  deep velvety almost three-dimensional look typical of Piezo inks. Piezo 
  prints on fine art papers also have a wonderful tactile quality and it is 
  too bad to lose that behind glass. On the other hand there isn't really 
  an alternative. I don't trust the spray coatings floating around.

  Chers,

  Nina

  >Forgive me...you probably already said this...but what did you call your
  >prints?  Did you frame under glass?


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