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08/29/2008 04:54:53 PM · #1 |
I just received an order with a 20x30, 3 16x20s, a 20X20 and a bunch of smaller prints from ACI. The packaging should have been sturdy enough to protect the prints (and marking the package with PHOTOS DO NOT BEND) should have helped too.... but the box was practically folden in half when I got it.
The smaller prints are fine, but all of the large ones have rather severe creases down the center of them. I called the lab, who will reprint and ship ASAP, but I'm wondering...
...is there any way to salvage prints with creases? I sure hate to throw away so much nice printwork. :/
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08/29/2008 05:10:50 PM · #2 |
* you could try and use them for new techniques. Paint on them, put the edges on fire, stuff like that. see what happens.
* cut squares out of them (10 cm x 10 cm) and glue them on blocks in different heights. might look nice.
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08/29/2008 05:12:00 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by biteme:
* you could try and use them for new techniques. Paint on them, put the edges on fire, stuff like that. see what happens.
* cut squares out of them (10 cm x 10 cm) and glue them on blocks in different heights. might look nice. |
Oooh, Hann! What creative solutions. I'll have to play around to see what I can do! :D
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08/29/2008 05:15:36 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by idnic:
Originally posted by biteme:
* you could try and use them for new techniques. Paint on them, put the edges on fire, stuff like that. see what happens.
* cut squares out of them (10 cm x 10 cm) and glue them on blocks in different heights. might look nice. |
Oooh, Hann! What creative solutions. I'll have to play around to see what I can do! :D |
you're welcome!
the 2nd idea comes from a client. she wanted to do that with an 60 x 60 cm print. I've always kept that idea in mind, but I've never done it myself. using different heights, it gives a great 3D photo :) you can also put the blocks 3-5 cm away from eachother so you have a big piece of art :D
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08/29/2008 06:03:01 PM · #5 |
in the film days, if the creases weren't too severe, you could re-soak them and hang them back out. Too bad that doesn't fly anymore.
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08/29/2008 06:27:30 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Nobody:
in the film days, if the creases weren't too severe, you could re-soak them and hang them back out. Too bad that doesn't fly anymore. |
... unless you wanted an abstract water colour.
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08/30/2008 09:59:45 AM · #7 |
| I'm thinking something similar, cutting in puzzle shapes. |
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08/30/2008 10:03:40 AM · #8 |
Run 'em through a dry-mount press, if you have one. Some can take it, some can't, try it with a small one first.
R.
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08/30/2008 10:08:59 AM · #9 |
| Up here in Canada we get really gouged by UPS for shipping/brokerage fees - I spent $670 on a lens and with good ol' UPS shipping it, an additional $155 in fees, so I'd've been REALLLY p.o.'d if it had been damaged in transit. Hope UPS is absorbing the shipping costs. |
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