Digital BW, The Print

Thanks very much Lou. The wholesaler who wants images would like to do the canvas thing for reasons of price, but I hate the lack of detail that canvas holds. It's very trendy at present but I don't think it's a fad that will last.

Richard

At 12:33 p.m. Friday 18/04/2008, you wrote:

>Richard,
>
>Another route is to print on canvas and stretch over wood stretchers
>bars, which are very inexpensive, especially compared to mats, glazing
>and frames. Coating is a good idea since you have no protection. I
>have many of these in my home without frames, mats or glass and they
>look great. Very cost effective too.
>
>I can't say I care for the clips used to hold the print to the backing
>in the link you provided. I prefer the cleaner look that Carl
>suggested in his post. 
>
>You can also use a product like Breathing Color Glamour II as a glue
>to fix a print to a backing board (gator, beaver board, whatever) then
>hang the board. Looks pretty good. If desired, you can glue wood
>strips to the back for you hanging wire to screw into. 
>
>The UV coatings on the market are supposed to be as good as glass, but
>I cannot confirm that (yet) from my personal experience. 
>
>Lou
>
>--- In <mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard
>Smallfield <r.smallfield@...> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> just in case anyone was wondering how a print could be hung
>unframed, this is how it can be done - this was at a recent exhibition
>I attended.
>> 
>> The print was on PhotoRag and sprayed with Hahnemuhle Protective Spray.
>> 
>> According to Wilhelm, longevity doing it this way is almost as good
>as under plain glass.
>> 
>> thanks,
>> Richard
>> 
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