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Fine Art Prints on Canvas.
Gallery Wrapped

Sizes available      8x10      16x20      20x34
Prices                    $49        $99         $199
Frame Price          $20        $60          $99


Our prints are printed with archival inks on canvas, sealed, and gallery wrapped with the highest quality materials the fine art industry has to offer. The result is a museum grade canvas print that will last over 100 years*.

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All of the canvas images at ZaZa are gallery wrapped. This means that the image goes all the way around the side of the stretcher bar to the back where it is then stapled to the stretcher bar. We also mirror the part of the image that wraps around the sides so that the entire image is on the face of the canvas and there is no front view loss due to the wrapping of the image around the stretcher bar.
One of the nice features of a gallery wrapped canvas is that you can hang it without a frame. If you are hanging art in a room already enhanced with decorative trim and molding the absence of a frame can introduce a simplicity that is aesthetically pleasing. Canvases hang equally well in frames, too. It is really a matter of personal taste.
This is a swatch of unsealed, unprinted canvas. When producing a canvas art print that will last long enough to be passed on to future generations you must start with a quality canvas that has durable properties. Also necessary are high grade archival inks that respond to the printing surface of the canvas in such a way that the colors are accurately portrayed once they meld with the attributes of the canvas. This is of utmost concern when creating beautiful fine art prints. The whiter the canvas, the richer the colors and the darker the black. For these reasons, we use the best canvases the industry has to offer.
At present, we use this hand stretching tool to stretch all of our canvases. We have found that the hand tool allows us a greater measure of control when it comes to adjusting the tightness of the canvas around the stretcher bar.. With experience, we have come to get a feel for the suitable degree of tightness, since it can change with each canvas. There are machines available that in the stretching of canvas, and we have considered them, but until we find one that has been shown to produce an equivalent effect or better, we will stick with the hand stretching tool because the enduring quality of the surface of the art print must be maintained. This consideration also helps in preserving the longevity of the canvas material itself.

 




   This is the stretcher bar. There is more than one type to choose from and we found that the one made of cedar with a raised outer edge or lip was the best style for preventing ghosting. Ghosting takes place when there is no lip and the canvas presses against the two-inch width of the stretcher bar all the way around the canvas, thereby creating a visible line on the printed side where the inner edge of the stretcher bar rests against it.

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    This is an un stretched canvas.

 

 

    After lining up the canvas on the stretcher bar the stapling of the first side begins.

 

 

 
 



     

  Once the first edge of the canvas has been stapled you are now ready to use the stretching tool. As you grip the canvas with the tool you pull down on it, leveraging the canvas against the stretcher bar until the right pressure is achieved. Now you staple directly over the tool.
 

 

 

   Then you move over an inch or two and repeat the proces. Then you move over another inch or two and repeat the process. you get the idea.

 

 

        There was a corner fold that was missed between the last picture an this picture, but you will see a picture of it in a moment.

 

 

 

   The corners must be folded and stapled.
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

    Excess canvas is then removed.

 

 

 

    And in the frames below us, "viola!!" a gallery wrapped fine art print on canvas.