Choose Canvas at Christmas

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Light up a loved ones Christmas this year with a canvas print. We recommend using our Personal Photo on canvas service.

Upload a personal photo to us via our website & we will convert onto canvas for you. Whether it be a photo of the grandchildren for the grandparents or a photo of the children for the parents it will certainly make someone happy this Christmas. Maybe you have a photo of the whole family that you would like on canvas to show the world. If you are an animal lover why not upload your pet photos. Do you have a holiday snap that reminds you of a great week of your life?
Send it to us & you can have it on the wall forever.

We also offer a Gift Wrap & Personal Message service. If you unable to see a loved one at Christmas then you can choose this service and we will post the canvas directly to the person you tell us to. We will then include a message card with your personal message on it.

What canvas do we use?

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We use a top grade canvas with a water resistant property. This means all our canvas’s offer vivid color, high resolution & excellent lightfast and anti-aging properties. The special coating on the canvas enables prints to be stretched without any cracking which means a longer life for your canvas.






Canvas Specification:

- 100% Cotton- 380gsm

- Water Resistent Matt Finish

- Whiteness - more than 90%

- Opacity - more than 85%

- Tested at 720, 1440 and 2880 dpi


The key point from above is the 380gsm. This effectively means we use a thick canvas which is higher in quality, can be pulled tighter around the stretcher bars & thus will last longer.

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How to make your own stretcher bars

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You can use materials and tools that anyone can find at their local hardware store, and often make large canvases for a tiny fraction of the price that it would cost you to buy them already made.
The inner frame, or structure, of every canvas is created out of 1×2 wood, and quarter-round trim.

Once decided on what size to create the canvas, you should cut four pieces of 1×2s (one for each side of the canvas), with 45 degree angles at each end.
You can use a miter box and hand saw, or power tools - either way works just fine. The most important thing is to make good, equal, 45 degree cuts at each end so that the wood fits together properly at the corners.

One cut of the saw actually creates an entire corner, as you can see in the picture to the left. All you need to use is a simple hand-powered staple gun to secure the corners together, and usually place 3 staples on both front and back of the joint. With 6 staples fastening each corner, the entire frame becomes very strong and rigid.

Once all four corners are stapled the frame might look complete, but it’s really not. When stretching canvas, it’s important to keep it raised off of the frame; which is why it is important to go to the trouble of cutting quarter-round trim pieces as well, to make a lip, or edge, that runs along the entire outside border of the frame.

You can cut the trim pieces with whatever tool you used on the other pieces of wood. However, it may be easier to use the miter box instead of a power tool, since the trim pieces are so thin. If you do use a power saw, brace the trim piece with another piece of wood so that your fingers don’t have to be anywhere close to the blade when cutting.

Unlike the 1×2s, a single cut with the saw does not make a perfect corner out of two trim pieces. It will always be necessary to take one piece back and cut off another small amount to get the right angle. Its best to lay a long piece down and mark just once where the next cut is, and then repeat that process again and again. Cutting all at once doesn’t usually work out well since the angles to cut on the quarter-rounds are trickier than on the 1×2s.

To create a raised lip or edge, you’ll need to place one flat side of the quarter-round against the stretcher bars, and the other flat side facing outward. The curved length of the quarter-rounds should be facing inward toward the center of the frame.

Now all that’s needed is to fasten the quarter-rounds permanently in place. Nail them to the frame with headless nails. The ones I recommend come in a package labeled “wire brads” but finishing nails would work as well.

Make sure to buy nails that are no longer than the width of your quarter-round and 1×2 combined, and space them along the trim pieces about every 4 inches, or until it’s solidly in place.

When the entire frame is finished, it’s time to start stretching the canvas. All you need is a square or rectangular piece of canvas a little larger than the size of your stretcher bars, and the same staple gun used on the corners of the frame.

Because of the depth, the entire front face of your canvas will have the same feeling, from the center to the edge.

Although there are other solutions for making canvases, this is how to make home made ones.

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4 Part Canvases to be added to Website shortly.

We will shortly be adding some 4 part canvases to the website. These will mainly be found in the abstract section but may also be added to other sections in the future. 4 part abstract prints will look great in any room or setting. Whether it be at home, in an office or a bar/restaurant. Eye catching yet simple.

Canon W6400 Large Format Printer

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As a complete professional printing solution the compact W6400 delivers quality, high resolution prints no matter what the deadline. This new model features increased usability, compatibility and an ingenious new Canon print driver. Features

Full bleed photo printing Fast output – full colour A1 photo in 1.3 min. High definition – max. 2400 x 1200dpi resolution, UV resistant pigment inks High capacity, single ink tanks Small footprint Compatible with wide range of media Full network support for Mac and PC(Option) Interchangeable Photo and Matte Black The new Canon W6400 combines best in class image reproduction, cost-effective performance and new enhanced technology to offer more powerful productivity and greater business impact than ever before. Increased maximum resolution, an ingenious print delivery system, new print driver and improved usability and compatibility, ensure the W6400 delivers against the tightest deadlines with higher quality. A compact, complete professional printing solution with a small footprint, it will play an invaluable role in building your business.

Get through more work in less timeUnique bi-directional printing is made easy by Canon’s one inch wide high-density print head. Featuring 7,680 nozzles (1,280 per colour) the print head enables high resolution printing over a wide area in a single pass, saving time and ensuring absolute colour stability. And with Canon’s advanced MicroFine droplet Technology™ ejecting more drops, more quickly, print times are accelerated even further.

UV resistant inks ensure lasting imagesFor outdoor media and prints exposed to bright lights, durability is a must. The W6400 uses full-colour, UV static, fade free pigment inks. The result is unsurpassed colour fastness and bright, vivid images that look as good as the original, and stay that way.

Borderless printing brings images to lifeNothing is more impactful than full-bleed printing, especially for photographic work. The W6400 supports fast, mess-free output to all four edges on 10”x12”, 8”x10” and B2 and B3 posters and 6-colour printing process ensures enhanced colour precision and tonal depth. Large capacity ink tanks and continuous ink supply are perfect for extra-long printing and ink tanks can be replaced during printing without affecting print quality.

Productive network support and flexibilityThe W6400 supports both Mac and Windows environments, fitting seamlessly into your network and enhancing its value. With an output plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and HDI Drivers for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, this new printer offers greater usability. Plus Canon’s NetSpot® Suite software enables integration management of every printer on your network.

ApplicationsDigital images and photographs, Proofs, Storyboards, Presentations, Impositions, Packaging concepts, Concepts & layouts, POD final posters, Computer-created artwork, Reproductions, Photographs/Manipulated photographs, Special sized artwork.