Fine Art Reproductions
Illusions Gallery creates Fine Art Reproductions utilizing
giclee process, which means we can produce the highest quality
prints available. Each Reproduction is printed on artists' grade
canvas with pigmented inks, stretched on stretcher bars (wooden
strips that create a framework across which the canvas is pulled
taut), and varnished to protect the surface. If you choose to
have your Reproduction brushstroked, one of our artists creates
texture - much like the raised texture of the paint on an original
canvas - by following the brushstrokes of the original artist
with medium used especially for this type of work.
There is an important
distinction between reproductions and copies: a
reproduction is produced from a photographic image of the original
work, whereas a copy (produced by an artist) results from attempting
to create a new painting based on the original work. (If someone
is really, really good at making a copy of a well-known piece
of artwork, they are commonly known as a forger! :-)
Canvas transfers
are another way of
recreating an original work; the technique involves lifting ink
from a representation of the picture (i.e., from a poster) and
transferring the ink to canvas.
The business of creating
art reproductions involves familiarity with a wide variety of
art styles, artists, and art history, combined with the extensive
technical knowledge required to produce the truest possible representation
of the original. These are images obtained from the museums or
their agents in most cases. |
