Printing Historic Art for the Historic Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown

Otesaga Resort Hotel Decor by Creative Interior Imagery

When you hear (or read) “Cooperstown,” the first thing that comes to mind is the National Baseball Hall of Fame located in this historic New York village.

Printed Decor by Creative Interior ImageryHowever, Cooperstown is steeped in American history far beyond baseball, not the least of which is its most famous son, James Fenimore Cooper, who penned the classic America novel The Last of the Mohicans (the town is actually named after his father).

Given the rich history of the area it was entirely appropriate for the historic Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown to enrich its interior décor with reproductions of fine art housed at the Fenimore Art Museum.

The hotel, which was established in 1909, turned to Creative Interior Imagery to faithfully reproduce the fine art pieces in the guest rooms and bathrooms. Creative Interior Imagery produced a total of more than 800 framed prints ranging from 13″ x 22″ to 20″ x 32″ for the Otesaga Resort Hotel.

Creative Interior Imagery Fine Art ReproductionCreative Interior Imagery is known for its ability to take a project from conception to completion, providing end-to-end capabilities from high-end photography and scanning to printing, finishing and installation, all in a tightly-controlled, color-calibrated system.

In this case, the Fenimore Art Museum scanned the original artwork and provided Creative Interior Imagery with the files, which were printed on Sunset Velvet Rag 315g on the company’s Epson Stylus Pro 11880 and Epson Stylus Pro 9900 wide format inkjet printers.

“They wanted a premium-quality archival paper for the high-end artwork. Based on that, we used the Sunset Velvet Rag: it’s been much more consistent for us than other similar fine-art papers,” says Keith Tomkins of Creative Interior Imagery. “We use it quite a bit for high-end artwork, and we’ve been getting very consistent results with it. People like the look, texture and feel so it’s been a very good product for us.”

Printing and Framing Notre Dame

Notre Dame Print by Sharpeye Framing

It’s estimated that there are more than 100,000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish alumni out there. They live among us and they likely wear their alma mater on their sleeve, both literally and figuratively.

Now, those alumni can wear their alma mater on their walls with limited edition Notre Dame panoramic specialty prints produced by Sharpeye Framing, Michigan City, Ind.

Notre Dame’s marketing communications department first contacted Sharpeye Framing for its print fulfilment services. Then, Sharpeye Framing was commissioned to produce the limited edition prints based on the quality, efficiency and detail of its work the company provides.

Prints by Sharpeye FramingThe prints are created from photos of Notre Dame’s campus today and one of the original structures from the school’s founding in 1849 taken at sunset.

Sharpeye Framing chose the matting and frames to border the prints and will also produce limited edition canvas gallery wraps. The photos are reproduced on Sunset Photo eSatin Paper 300g for the framed pieces and Sunset by Fredrix Matte Canvas for the gallery wraps on a Canon iPF8400.

“The Sunset Photo eSatin is our standard photo paper that we use for all of our photography reproduction. It’s a great heavyweight and durable product we’ve used for years,” says Ryan Wanke, president of Sharpeye Framing. “Fredrix has the best canvas weave out there, so the new Sunset by Fredrix canvas has become our stock canvas. It’s great for stretching because there are no issues with cracking.”