Times
are changing, as Bob Dylan once sort-of
sang. And while he may have been referring to cultural
revolution and the empowerment of youth, we're talking
about something much more important: making
your home stylish.
Our 20th century
love affair with chintz is now so last century and
we've all been bitten by the interior design bug. Stylish
furnishings are now readily available on the high street
at prices to suit most pockets. But aren't
they't they forgetting something?
Good quality, beautiful
artwork and canvas prints are difficult to come by
on the high street. Yes, the candle bowls and faux-leather
placemats are great but we need something for the walls.
What's that you say? Clip frames? This really
won't do...
Allow us
to introduce ourselves. Canvas Republic
is a family-owned canvas printing business, founded
in 2004 to fill an unsightly gap in the interior
decor market.
Through a combination
of innovations in canvas printing technology and our own research,
we created a high-quality range of canvas prints,
showcasing our own exclusive, contemporary
designs.
Our raison d'être
is to provide an affordable solution to
the problem of boring, bare
walls by adding some unique, artistic
spice to your space.
This commitment to
achieving the ultimate quality finish whilst
continuing to print canvases has
seen the firm go from strength-to-strength; Canvas
Republic prints can now be found in thousands
of homes and businesses worldwide.
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Of course, this is just
the beginning. 2007 saw the launch of the
glossy, new-look website, allowing you order any
of our pieces in a range of sizes,
to be delivered straight to your door.
Since then, we've
tried to create the most informative canvas art website
on the web, with a wealth of information available
on our quality
page, and regularly-updated articles on our news
page.
We believe that offering
as much information as possible on how our canvasses are printed
and made will allow you to make better purchases.
In 2008, we plan
to continue increasing our ranges.
We still don't believe that the high street is offering
the kind of canvas prints we'd like to see in our homes.
With a combination
of inspiration from the latest
trends, as well as our own distinctive
flair, we hope to present a range of affordable
canvas prints to suit any home.
Please see our online
shop to see the ranges, or the Quality
Guide for a look at how our canvas prints are
made. |
Printed
canvas art, or Giclée as it's sometimes known,
is an exciting development in the
world of art and interior design. Using inkjet printing
technology, it is now possible to print directly onto
heavyweight art medias such as cotton and polyester
canvas.
The advantage of
printing with inkjet technology over older methods
such as screen printing is that the artwork can be
printed in much higher resolution with
a huge colour gamut available.
With screen prints,
the image is composed of regular patterns of visible
dots, gradiented to provide varying tones. By contrast,
inkjet technology utilises a fine spray of microscopic
ink droplets, to achieve a much more detailed
print, allowing spectaular reproductions of
photos and artwork. |
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A
digital print of a work that originated as a painting
or drawing is a reproduction and therefore is not an
original print." We can see that the new generation
of digital canvas art provides the opportunity to own
original prints, outside the costly realm of
numbered limited editions and lithographic reproductions.
A full interior can be filled with exciting
artwork at a much lower cost than
was previously possible before the advent of modern
canvas art.
Shopping online for
Canvas Art In spite of the growing popularity for this
new art format, large high street vendors have been
slow to stock canvas print ranges. High street chains
require large supply volumes at low cost, and perhaps
this is incongruous with the hand crafted nature of
canvas art. |
The
increase in quality of printed canvasses has been coupled
with a surge in popularity, and there
are a huge number of online retailers offering a canvas
art product.
This explosion of
a new medium has driven prices down,
and enabled many more people to decorate their home
with high quality artwork. Consumers no longer need
to pay lofty gallery prices in order to furnish their
space with contemporary artwork.
Of course, many will
prefer the uniqueness and prestige associated with
original paintings, which still command high price-tags.
However, the prints created by contemporary digital
artists are still original prints, as defined by the
International Fine Print Dealers Association: "The
distinction as to whether a digital print is an "original
print" is determined by whether the work was created
by the artist to be realized as a print." |
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The
largest presence is certainly online, and search engines
such as Google provide access to a busy
virtual marketplace where artists sell their
own canvas art ranges direct by mail order.
This variety of suppliers
choice means that you can select from a huge range
of designs, from abstract to floral, landscape to celebrities.
The web provides
the ultimate choice of canvas art for those looking
for individual and exclusive artwork. Canvas Republic
have created a stylish, easy-to-use website that allows
its customers to purchase the latest styles at
an affordable price.
Long live
the Republic... |
