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Frames are an essential element of style and sophistication, enhancing our photographs and art prints while personalizing our living spaces. However, many people overlook important factors when choosing frames for their canvas or fine art prints.
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Our collection of fine art papers offers three popular choices: Hahnemühle Photo Rag, Moab Entrada Rag, and Sunset Cotton Etching. While visually similar, these papers possess distinct characteristics. Hahnemühle Photo Rag, our flagship paper, is versatile, ideal for black and white or color prints with impressive depth. Moab Entrada Rag provides superb ink handling and replaces Epson Ultrasmooth Fine Art Paper. Sunset Cotton Etching offers a low-level textured surface, reminiscent of traditional printmaking. Each paper meets high standards and serves different artistic preferences, making it essential to try them all to find the perfect fit for your projects.
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People new to framing may hear framers talk about glazing. I had one artist once ask when we said we offered “glazing” if it was some sort of poly-acrylic or resin coating like a liquid laminate. The answer is no. In picture framing, “glazing” refers to the protective pane that is placed over the artwork or photograph to protect it from dust, dirt, moisture, and UV light. Glazing can be made of various materials, including glass, acrylic, and plexiglass.
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In a recent discussion, I explored the use of AI in both photography and traditional arts, prompting some to label me as either anti-AI or too pro-AI. However, I remain undecided on the matter, though I do recognize some benefits of AI in the visual arts, particularly for artists themselves.
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In my last post, I started some on how AI could revolutionize the art scene, more specifically how it could relate to photography. I’m not against AI, but I recognize its potential for good and bad. But, should traditional artists should be too concerned?
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If you have been keeping up with trends lately, you probably know that AI has been a major topic of conversation from media circles to individuals. Various questions arise such as how will AI affect one’s ability to use it for investing in stocks to controversies surrounding its usage in higher education to write term papers. One topic I have not heard a lot about has been how will it affect the visual arts. My plan is to make this at least a 3 part series where we explore how it could affect photography, how it will affect more traditional arts like painting and drawing, as well as how it will affect an artist’s ability to be more successful.
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Giclee prints have become mainstream in the world of fine art printing. It’s not just artists doing reproductions of their original paintings. It’s also photographers who have widely contributed to this newer form of printing technology.
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Glazing is a term a picture framer will use to refer to the glass in a framed picture. I am not a big fan of the term since it does not quite convey a proper meaning and sometimes people assume it only refers to the glass so for now just know glazing is a clear plate of glass OR acrylic that covers the face of the framed print.
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Ever since I set foot by accident inside the Lik Gallery in Las Vegas some years back I have been mesmerized by acrylic prints. His gallery at the time was primarily displaying his work in this fashion which allowed his landscape photography to take your breath away. Since then I have been on a mission to make these prints a possibility for our artists and photographers.
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There are 5 tips I would like to share to help you with your framing: Enhance & Accent, Limit Framing Styles, Use Matting & Glazing, Add Borders to Your Print and Choose the Right Frame Size. Any framing expert would likely be able to point to dozens of additional things to do but these should go a long way in helping you if you are framing your giclee prints online.
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