Filled with comfy polyester and featuring strong construction, your favorite photo can now be your go to pillow for all your movie nights this winter. Showcase anything from your family pictures, to your spoiled pet on a pillow in just a few clicks!
Featuring 100% cotton construction, and fringed edges, this blanket is the perfect accent piece to your home decor, and can fit any style. Add a personal touch to your sofa this holiday season with a custom woven blanket!
Just in time for the winter, our new cozy fleece photo blankets allow you to keep warm, and keep your favorite memories on display at the same time! Made some super soft and comfortable materials, they’ll last for years to come.
Filled with comfy polyester and featuring strong construction, your favorite photo can now be your go to pillow for all your movie nights this winter. Showcase anything from your family pictures, to your spoiled pet on a pillow in just a few clicks!
Featuring 100% cotton construction, and fringed edges, this blanket is the perfect accent piece to your home decor, and can fit any style. Add a personal touch to your sofa this holiday season with a custom woven blanket!
Just in time for the winter, our new cozy fleece photo blankets allow you to keep warm, and keep your favorite memories on display at the same time! Made some super soft and comfortable materials, they’ll last for years to come.
Wall displays are a creative and stand-out way to show off your favorite memories. Wall displays bring your favorite memories back to life by telling the entire story over multiple canvas prints.
Do you have a lot of memories you want to share, but limited space? Collages are a great way to relive all of your favorite moments. Our collages have pre-made designer layouts for easy uploading to create stunning photo collages.
Our Custom Triptych Wall Art is BY FAR one of our most enjoyable products to create. A triptych divides your photo over three prints to create a dynamic display. Triptych are perfect for those looking to set their decor apart.
Metal prints let your perfect memories shine. Metal photo prints are printed on brilliant white high gloss aluminum for a vibrant and crisp photo effect. Custom metal prints will impress any guest with their realism and incredible imagery.
Do you have a lot of memories you want to share, but limited space? Collages are a great way to relive all of your favorite moments. Our collages have pre-made designer layouts for easy uploading to create stunning photo collages.
WALL DISPLAYS - starting at $105.33 w/ free shipping
Wall displays are a creative and stand-out way to show off your favorite photos. Wall photo displays range from three panels to nine panels. These wall mounted displays are a great way to bring personalized wall art into your home.
Our Custom Triptych Wall Art is BY FAR one of our most enjoyable products to create. A triptych divides your photo over three prints to create a dynamic display. Triptych are perfect for those looking to set their decor apart.
METAL PRINTS - starting at $33.15 w/ free shipping
Metal prints let your perfect memories shine. Metal photo prints are printed on brilliant white high gloss aluminum for a vibrant and crisp photo effect. Custom metal prints will impress any guest with their realism and incredible imagery.
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Use your computer or smartphone to upload directly to our customization platform. Choose your image.
From this point our software will take you to the next stage: Customization.
CUSTOMIZE
Our software makes it easy by recommending the best fit for your picture. You can switch to one of our best selling sizes or enter your own size. Then choose from various options!
RELAX
That’s all! We will take care of your order from here. The frame is hand made, stretched to perfection, and packed with love. Before you know it, your custom wall art will be at your door.
When it comes down to it, you wouldn’t have a beautiful print without a beautiful custom cotton blend. Every product we produce is made by hand in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina.
Types of Material Used in Printing
The materials we use play a BIG part in creating the perfect personalized wall art. There are two major categories of material used in printing. In this article, we will break down each kind of material used to create photos on canvas.
UV
UV helps bring images to life with clarity and sharp detail. This style is known for its color density. The poly cotton blend helps to create museum quality photo prints.
Popular UV:
Breathing Color
Roland
Advantages of UV:
High resolution.
Highest in-class color density.
Highest in-class Dmax.
Smooth texture.
Easy to stretch.
Water-resistant.
Scratch-resistant.
Disadvantages of UV:
Only compatible with certain printers.
Requires specific ink.
Aqueous:
Aqueous is a material that must be used with water-based inks. These are great for art.
Popular Aqueous:
Breathing Color
PremierArt
Advantages of Aqueous:
Ideal for large commercial projects.
Bright white color.
Competitive cost.
Disadvantages of Aqueous:
Coarser texture.
All polyester.
Not guaranteed to be water-resistant.
When choosing a material to print on, many factors come into play. UV is great for absorbing colors while aqueous is better for mass production.
Fitting material to a frame is the make-or-break part of the printing process. Advanced automated framing takes away the risk for human error and perfectly stretches the material across the frame.
Methods of Stretching
There are two main methods of stretching. Let’s dive in and examine each.
Advanced Automated Framing
Advanced automated framing uses a state of the art machine to evenly stretch a piece of material across a handmade frame. This allows the framing technician to ensure proper stapling and folds for a perfect final product.
Popular Automated Framing Machines:
Stretch Master
Gallery Stretcher
Advantages of Advanced Automated Framing:
Does not cause stress fractures.
Custom size.
Highly-accurate.
Mitigates miscuts.
Staple and stretch two sides at once.
Up to 80 products an hour.
Compatible with a variety of materials.
Disadvantages of Advanced Automated Framing:
Large footprint.
Only for professional needs.
Stretching By Hand
Sometimes life gets a little messy and your prints need a little cleaning. Luckily, water-resistant inks have you covered.
Types of Ink Used in Printing
The type of ink used for prints can easily determine the quality of your print. Let’s jump in and examine the most commonly used inks.
UV Curable Water-resistant Inks
During the printing process, printers apply UV light to the inks resulting in a reaction that protects the print.
Popular UV Curable Inks:
Kao Collins
Marabu Inks
Advantages of UV Curable Inks:
Compatible with a wide variety of materials.
Quick to dry.
Decreased fading over time.
VOC Free.
Disadvantages of UV Curable Inks:
Increased startup cost.
Cannot dry without a curing printer.
Solvent Inks
Solvent inks are the leader in the our industry. They have superior image quality and depth that is unrivaled by UV inks.
Popular Solvent Inks:
HP Latex Inks
Mimaki
Advantages of Solvent Inks:
Fine art appeal seen in art galleries.
Environmentally-friendly.
Nickel-free.
Competitive cost.
Crystal-clear quality
Preferred by professional printers
Disadvantages of Solvent Inks:
Long drying process.
Limited range of products suitable for latex printing.
Inks are what makes your gift pop! It is key that long-lasting and true color inks are used. Solvent inks prevail in high image quality and overall durability, resulting in a print meant to last a lifetime.
Popular Hand Stretching Kits:
Pro Dixie Kit
Wraptek Stretching Kit
Advantages of Stretching By Hand:
Budget-friendly.
Easy to learn.
Do it yourself.
Print photo at home.
Disadvantages of Stretching By Hand:
Time-consuming process.
May lose shape overtime.
Prone to imperfections.
Can only handle a single photo.
Stretching is an intricate process that requires high attention to detail. For commercial use, advanced automated framing is the only way to go. The way we frame removes all human error and helps create gifts full of longevity.
Custom In-House Frame Shop
What Is A Custom in-House Frame Shop?
For custom wall art to be properly displayed, a custom frame is needed. Different companies use a variety of materials to build these frames. Since frames are the backbone of every product, each frame is made with the highest-quality materials. This turns your photos into museum quality photos.
Wood Used in Custom In-House Frame Shops
Let’s touch on the different types of wood used to create a custom frame.
MDF Board
MDF stands for medium-density fiberboard. MDF is a wood that uses high temperatures and pressure to combine wood particles, wax, and resin.
Common MDF Boards:
Radius Edge MDF
Raw MDF
Advantages of MDF Board:
Easy to paint for desired carpentry needs.
Makes for stellar DIY shelving and furniture.
Perfect for molding in farmhouse and modern styled interior designs.
A latex, or oil-based paint, that is construction grade is generally recommended.
Common Size: 1-in x 2-in x 8-ft.
Disadvantages of MDF Board:
Heavier than particleboard.
Not as durable as pine
Pine Board
Pine board is used in the majority of custom in-house frame shops. Pine has a more natural look and is one solid piece of wood, rather than compressed particles. This is what we use in our custom in-house frame shop.
Common Pine Boards:
Pine Common Board
Radiata Pine Board
Advantages of Pine Board:
Appearance is more natural.
Lighter-weight.
Extremely durable.
Forest service certified.
Print arrives ready to hang.
Disadvantages of Pine Board:
More expensive than MDF
When shopping for custom wall art, it is wise to inquire about the company's frame building process. The materials used in the frame will determine the longevity of your product.
Water-Resistant Inks
Sometimes life gets a little messy and your prints need a little cleaning. Luckily, water-resistant inks have you covered. The fibers of every canvas we ship are graced with only the finest environmentally friendly, water-resistant inks.
Types of Ink Used in Printing
The type of ink used for your custom art can easily determine the quality of your canvas print. Let’s jump in and examine the most commonly used inks.
UV Curable Water-resistant Inks
During the printing process, printers apply UV light to the inks resulting in a reaction that protects the print.
Popular UV Curable Inks:
Kao Collins
Marabu Inks
Advantages of UV Curable Inks:
Compatible with a wide variety of materials.
Quick to dry.
Decreased fading over time.
VOC Free.
Disadvantages of UV Curable Inks:
Increased startup cost.
Cannot dry without a curing printer.
Solvent Inks
Solvent inks are the leader in the our industry. They have superior image quality and depth that is unrivaled by UV inks.
Popular Solvent Inks:
HP Latex Inks
Mimaki
Advantages of Solvent Inks:
Fine art appeal seen in art galleries.
Environmentally-friendly.
Nickel-free.
Competitive cost.
Crystal-clear quality
Preferred by professional printers
Disadvantages of Solvent Inks:
Long drying process.
Limited range of products suitable for latex printing.
Inks are what makes our work pop! It is key that long-lasting and true color inks are used for every piece of custom wall art. Solvent inks prevail in high image quality and overall durability, resulting in a piece of work meant to last a lifetime.
How Do We Offer Inexpensive Prices For High-Quality Goods?
We work to provide the highest-quality product available, at an extremely affordable price. You will not receive anything with faulty materials or dull color, rather you will receive a photo print that is a work of art
Discounts On Every Order
We are the only volume service in the United States with an array of state-of-the-art Epson S60600L Production Presses. This allows us to print up to 20,000 products a day. This lightning-fast speed means we can apply large discounts to every single order. Meaning you get a personalized museum-quality art for a wallet-friendly price.
American Made
Gone are the days where American made translates to more expensive. Due to our exclusive relationships with our material suppliers, we turn your photos into art at great price points. Our custom cotton blended material is made in Austin, TX. Our water-resistant inks are made in Kentucky, and the wood for our custom in-house frame shop is sourced from the southern United States. Your favorite photos are then printed and assembled by hand in Asheville, NC.
Stellar Craftsmanship
Your order starts before it is sent off to our printers. Each photo is reviewed by our pre-press team to ensure the best quality print for your order. It is then sent to our printers where the photo prints are printed with water-resistant ink to last a lifetime. Our framing team then handcrafts each frame to order before. They do this by stretching it and shipping it right to your doorstep. We use only the best materials and you will never find cheap polyester or water-based latex inks in our facility.
We can provide this affordability by using our state-of-the-art technology and handcrafted materials. With thousands of custom sizes available, we are able to provide the highest-quality photo art of your favorite photos available at this price point. Whether you are on the hunt for a beautiful gallery wall, some art to spice up the office, or family portraits for the entire extended family, We have you covered with high-quality prints at an affordable price. We can provide this affordability by using our state-of-the-art technology and handcrafted materials.
About Our Other Photo Print Products
Personalized photo gifts include a variety of customized photo print products. In addition to canvas prints, we also offer triptychs, wall displays and collages. These photo print products are a great way to bring personalization into your space.
Wall Displays
Wall displays are perfect for when you have multiple photos to display. Canvas print wall displays feature between three to nine photos over multiple canvas prints. The designer layouts make wall photo displays a top choice for bringing creativity into your space.
Photo wall displays are great for sports pictures, family and pet photos, vacation photos, and more. These wall displays are 100% American made and come with a 100% money-back guarantee.
Collages
Our collages are designed to let you easily upload your photos into our collage tool. Our collage design tool gets the perfect dimensions every time, creating a clean and presentable collage. Photo collages on canvas are a budget-friendly way to display multiple images on a single canvas print.
Collages on canvas are perfect for gifts or DIY decorating projects. Additionally, canvas collage ideas such as kid room decor help you keep up with your child’s ever-changing interests without breaking the bank.
Triptychs
A triptych is a three-panel canvas print featuring a single image. Our software automatically divides your image into three parts and prints them across three canvas prints. Each canvas print is then displayed about two inches apart from the next.
Triptych wall art creates a bold and dynamic image within your space. Triptych canvas prints draw in the viewers’ eyes and showcase beautiful imagery. We offer two different styles of triptychs that each have two sizes. These triptychs will bring interesting and stunning images into your space.
There are a ton of photo print sites. Here’s why we’re different:
Our mission, from day 1, was to be the lowest priced canvas print destination. In fact, we started Canvas Prints because we studied print prices and were like, “This can’t be right. We know the photo printing business. Let’s fix this.”
What we’ve learned over the last 2 years is that in addition to offering the best prices something else is needed. We also have to deliver the highest quality.
Companies throw around terms like “we want to offer the lowest price and deliver the highest quality”. This is actually hard nearly impossible to pull off.
For example, getting the perfect color profile on the canvas is incredibly complicated. If it’s not done just right the photo can come out looking muted.
And that’s just one example.
Had it not been for the commitment of the whole team we couldn’t be here today.
It’s easy to play pricing games. It’s really hard to do the job right.
We purchased prints from competing sites.
From big brands but also the tiny ones that seem to crop up every day. We took detailed notes on what they were doing— the good, the bad, the ugly.
If we noticed an area for improvement, we implemented it. We were hungry to be the best.
We then invested in technology. For photo ink we decided to use Eco-Solvent Inks. For color reproduction we chose PrintFactory custom color calibration system. This costs 20% more but produces a life-like balance that is hard to describe in writing. With two 4 color printheads, we are able to reach 98% of the visible color gamut, meaning incredible color reproduction.
You must be wondering
You may wonder why we are the cheapest when we’re spending 20% more on things like the PrintFactory system mentioned above? In the short term, it clearly is costing us more, but we’re treating it like an investment, and instead of making you pay for it, we’re eating the extra costs.
If we truly are the best, you will prominently display us at home, your friends will see the print, and buy from us. As the volume of orders increases we’ll recover the investment.
But technology isn’t all. There is incredible detail that goes into the custom cotton blended canvas we use as our base. The canvas threads aren’t just a minor detail, they are what produce color density— bringing images to life with clarity and sharp detail.
Many canvas sites use 100% polyester. We totally respect their point of view because polyester is cheaper.
We use a 65% cotton 35% polyester blend Satin canvas. Muse Satin offers a high quality fine art appeal that allows for excellent image clarity. It’s also scuff and water resistant with no coating.
It has a weight of 400 gsm (grams per square meter), a Caliper of 21 mils, opacity of 98% and a gloss factor of 5 GUs.
And that’s when we realized that these small details, details that most will never notice, details that most other brands simply aren’t interested in investing in, are what truly make all the difference.
Philosophical choice
You didn’t come to a photo printing site looking for philosophical discussion but we can’t separate Canvas Prints, the company from Canvas Prints, the people. Ultimately, every dollar shoppers invest is a vote; and how they vote matters.
As a company we feel obligated to state who we are. But we aren’t writers, we don’t have the marketing budget of the big guys, we’re just interested in carefully lifting digital memories and gently placing them on a canvas frame.
Your thoughts? /
School teachers
Coronavirus has been devastating. It’s affected countless communities and hard working people, especially teachers and educators. Public school teachers and administrators have worked tirelessly and endlessly to support kids and communities nationwide during these unprecedented times and challenging circumstances.
We decided to help Bay Creek Middle School in Grayson, Georgia, show their dedicated teachers some much deserved support this year.
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