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 03/22/2013 08:00:03 PM · #1
I just received some new metal prints that will be part of a commercial installation. The Art Consultant had me order these from a different source than I have mostly gone to in the past for metal prints. These are kind of interesting and I see some advantages over traditional metal prints (similar price), so thought I would share.

These came from a printer in Seattle called Bumblejax. They do a lot of "facemounting" of prints to especially 1/4" acrylic, metal like these, and also 3/4" bamboo panels. So traditional paper prints are bonded to a panel and then a matte cover is adhered over the print. Not quite the "pop" you get from a glossy metal print, but the lack of glare could be an advantage for some spaces. These are much stiffer than traditional metal prints with their being twice as thick. Mine were done at 24"X36" so they used a di-bond panel with composite sandwiched in between thin sheets of aluminum (smaller sizes are solid aluminum). They are stiff and very flat. I am having two 40"x50" metal prints from a recent install redone due to slight bends in the panels happening in the shipping or application of the floats. These seem much safer for large images. Their float mounts are kind of cool too and it will be easy to install security hardware on them.

Yet another option for printing :)

03/22/2013 08:27:26 PM · #2
Very cool...and congrats on the installation!! These images you posted look great!!
 03/22/2013 09:28:38 PM · #3
Originally posted by Brent_S:
So traditional paper prints are bonded to a panel and then a matte cover is adhered over the print. Not quite the "pop" you get from a glossy metal print ...

You could have them printed onto metallic paper (Kodak still makes it) and laminate that to the metal sheets ... though it seems that if it's a laminated print there's not that much of an advantage over laminating to some other substrate (like Masonite) ...
 03/22/2013 11:09:30 PM · #4
Thanks Jen! It is kind of cool being able to see my work printing in various ways on someone else's dime :)

Very true Paul, they could and do print this same way using metal paper. Might be pretty neat and I'd love to see it. Would be about $30 more with a 24"X36" print.
I also was thinking this isn't a lot different than mounting to some kind of wood board. These turn out smooth as glass though where the wood that I have seen had a bit of a pebbly texture to them. Somehow these look more high-end too when you view them from the side. Whether this is worth the extra cost is debatable, but again they do look more top shelf in my opinion and they should never warp at all where I would wonder about that with thin wood.
 03/22/2013 11:47:30 PM · #5
Those are really BIG!!! Congrats
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