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Are you interested in having your artwork published by the market leader in contemporary art publishing?
The Art Group have opened the doors to our studio offering services for art professionals.
This studio is dedicated to reproducing art at the highest possible standard using the very latest technology. We have a team of nine highly experienced retouchers and art workers who have been working with the most demanding customers for the last twenty years to deliver excellence. Our clients include: Tate, MoMA, SFMoMA, The Smithsonian Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, alongside a list of highly respected private clients.
Image Capture
Every print process starts with the capture.
If it's transparencies or negatives we'll drum scan them using our Heidelberg scanner. If it's original artwork or a print we use cutting edge image scanning technology with the Cruse synchron system. This allows us to capture up to 500Mb from originals up to 225cm X 150cm with incredible detail and clarity. The Cruse scanner has a variable lighting system, which means we can capture the shape and relief in an original oil painting or 3D object. Coupled with custom ICC colour profiles and years of extensive experience it's as good as scanning gets. If you're supplying your own files they will enter into our fully ICC managed workflow.
Heidelberg RGB drum scan
High-resolution scan from transparency or negative £40.
Cruse RGB scan
High-resolution scan from artwork or print up to 225cm x 150cm.
| Up to 100mb | £60 |
|---|---|
| 200mb | £80 |
| 300mb | £100 |
| 400mb | £120 |
| 500mb | £140 |
Retouching
From simple colour correction, to full restoration of severely damaged originals.
We've got a team of nine retouchers and artworkers to take on the toughest brief, whether you want to stay here and print by direction, or leave us to it. We start the process with a proof on your chosen substrate - not some generic proofing media - then discuss the possibilities with you.
Every aspect of the print production process is tightly colour managed. Our operators use the best Eizo screens, colorimeters and spectrophotometers.
£100 per hour.
Giclee Printing
The repeatability from one print to the next is peerless.
Fifty large format HP Z6100 and Epson 9800 printers, all driven by GMG RIP and colour management technology. Every printer is calibrated daily, all this data is fed into our GMG Colour Server which updates every printer profile.
A wide range of fine art papers and canvasses are available. If you want a substrate we don't stock it's not a problem; we'll profile it, test it and produce your prints on it. We use pigmented ink and archival substrates, so your print will last a lifetime. We can also coat with UV cure laminate if you require.
We have just added five wide-format UV cure machines to our arsenal of top quality printers. We now print up to 5 meters wide and as long as you like at resolutions up to 1000dpi. This is printing big, but in high quality, even when viewed close up. UV cure prints are incredibly robust and durable, the nature of the print process means we can print on virtually anything:, glass, plastic, wood, stone, as-well-as ordinary old paper and canvas! Contact us for prices.
Stretching and Framing
We can stretch your canvas to custom sizes and profiles. Our framing department offers volume-framing services with a wide variety of mouldings, liners, fillets and mounts.