As far as my art prints go, my printer of choice is McGreevy Pro Lab in downtown Albany. They can print my photos into stunning artworks, and I can get my works in a variety of formats – glossy print, matte print, gicleé print…
But they’re not able to print my artworks on metal.
It’s okay. I can’t expect McGreevy Pro Lab to do EVERYTHING I ask them to do. So …
I saw an advertisement on my Facebook feed. I saw several different testimonials from satisfied customers. A printing studio in Anaheim, Artbeat Studios, offers what they call “HD Metal” prints, applying photographers’ outputs onto aluminum substrates.
And the testimonials? Everybody seemed to love the product.
Okay … I’m thinking, maybe this will work for me. Perhaps I can put this together as part of an art project. Perhaps it would work in Competition Season. Or, should I get involved in another art show, it would be nice to have a print that really looks like it belongs in a high-end art gallery.
I went through my various photos … and … hmm … what would Infrared Horizon 787 look like on an aluminum print?
I filled out the information for Artbeat Studios. I needed this print to be 24″ x 24″ in size, with a wire hanger in the back and some spacings between the print and the wall. Paid the product cost (there was a 20% off sale), and waited.
And yesterday, I received a big wooden crate in the mail.
Seriously. This thing was bolted in like it was carrying the Ark of the Covenant. This thing was packed like it was a shipment of eggs on a cross-country “no scramble” trip.
I cracked open the case, and … lo and behold …
Infrared Horizon 787 looks pretty damn swank.
Wanna see?
Sure you do.
I must tell you, Artbeat Studios did a helluva job with this. It looks awesome. And I can’t wait to enter it in competition at …
At …
Well …
Hmm. …
I’ll have to see WHERE I can enter this bad boy.
I think there might be one competition that would accept this print…
This is a nice option.
And you know me … it’s nice to have options available.
Looks great! I tried a couple diff finishes and found that Bumblejax does a great job with acrylic prints while canvas on demand are super with canvas prints (Groupon) recently got a 16×20 for $25 , it came out great! Have a great weekend.
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