{"id":426,"date":"2014-02-25T23:21:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T23:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.imageprinters.co.nz\/?p=426"},"modified":"2015-06-22T21:27:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T11:27:39","slug":"printing-on-canvas-as-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/printing-on-canvas-as-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Printing on Canvas as History"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Printing<\/p>\n

What\u2019s always somewhat fascinating is how some ideas become so powerfully pervasive in everyday life we stop thinking critically about them and simply accept them, never seeing alternatives. Take, for example, one of the most popular uses for printing on canvas: The family portrait that gets updated every year or two, often hung together with each previous iteration to provide a sort of visual thumbnail of the family history. It\u2019s a powerful moment in any room and serves as a reminder of the riches every family has to celebrate.<\/p>\n

This has become such a common and accepted concept in interior decoration that no one stops to think if maybe the concept of a visual history might not be effective in other ways. Showing the changes that have happened in a space can be a moving focal point \u2013 and not just when the subject is your family.<\/p>\n

Looking Back: Dream Home Edition<\/h2>\n

One powerful way to use the \u201bhistory in images\u2019 technique of multiple canvas prints (or metal prints or acrylic prints, of course) is to track the awesome renovations you do in your house. Most people wind up remaking their homes substantially over the years, starting off with an older \u2018fixer\u2019 and ending up with their dream home. If that\u2019s you, than a photographic installation that starts off with the original rough canvas of a place and tracks its transformation can be powerful \u2013 and fascinating. You can have a separate installation for each room of the house, in fact.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s also a great way to capture those occasional surprises you find in a renovation, things you\u2019re delighted to discover but can\u2019t really keep in your new vision. Like old newspapers found when you open the walls, or secret height-markings from kids that once lived there. A crisp photo and some affordable prints, and you get to keep the history without having to keep the old walls and floorboards.<\/p>\n

\"Printing<\/p>\n

Printing on Canvas: The Journey Edition<\/h2>\n

Maybe you\u2019re not planning to renovate, but you\u2019ve come a long way. A lot of couples can look back in amazement on their journey from the run-down studio apartment in the bad part of town to the incredible house with the acre of land they raised their family in. Snapping photos as you move up the ladder is a great way to capture the personal history of your living spaces in gorgeous digital photo printing that simultaneously records where you\u2019ve been and compares it to where you are now, while crystallising your memories of each and every place you\u2019ve put down roots.<\/p>\n

For bonus points, you can include photos of old room-mates, neighbours, landlords, or house-guests, turning your installation of wall art into not just a history of places, but of people as well \u2013 people who will then be delighted to be invited to your landing place and find themselves enshrined on the walls!<\/p>\n

\"Printing<\/p>\n

Ideas sometimes get frozen \u2013 and that\u2019s where you have to jolt yourself with a creative idea. When you\u2019re ready to begin your own history project, click here<\/a> and we\u2019ll help you create some stunning pieces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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