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Using a Foam Roller to Apply Sunset Coatings to Inkjet Prints on Canvas

A previous post on this blog talked about Clearcoating Inkjet Photo and Art Prints and LexJet’s Sunset Gloss and Sunset Satin Coatings.  It was noted that LexJet Sunset Coatings can be applied with either a spray gun or foam roller. Below are a few tips for using a foam roller to apply a smooth, even coating.  Note…
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Brilliant Studio Continues the Tradition of Collaborative Printmaking

By Dustin Flowers The newest issue of LexJet’s In Focus newsletter shines the Artist Spotlight on one of my customers, photographer and master printer Bob Tursack of Brilliant Studio and Brilliant Graphics in Exton, PA (near Philadelphia).  Brilliant Studio provides top-quality printmaking in the broadest sense of the word. While Bob can reproduce art with…
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Ten Warning Signs of an Inferior Giclee

To digitize artwork, Fine Art Impressions uses a high-resolution Better Light camera back mated to a Sinar 4x5 studio view camera. The studio

In an article in the Art World News, Gary Kerr of Fine Art Impressions provides excellent advice for Choosing the Right Fine Art Giclée Printmaker. He cautions that finding the right printmaking requires artists to do some research because “The quality of giclée printmaking varies as much as the art itself.” Fine Art Impressions is…
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Graham Editions: Appreciating the Art in Art Reproduction

Geoff Graham regards his printmaking atelier as a fine-art boutique, offering whatever high-end scanning, capture, and fine-art printing services a client might require. Graham Editions routinely produces large editions of high-end works for art publishers, but also enjoys working with individual artists and photographers who just need a few prints. www.grahahm-editions

Not all companies that offer fine-art reproduction services are equally well equipped—particularly when it comes to the most important phase of the process: the digital capture. Significant variations exist in the type of capture equipment and lighting set-ups used. If the original artwork isn’t captured at sufficiently high resolutions and under the correct lighting, the…
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