Original Digital Woodcut Print
Artist : James Morton
We produce our own Fine Art Giclée prints at the Morton Arts Studio in Massachusetts, USA. Each one is hand signed and titled and numbered as part of a Limited Edition. The prints are made with EPSON Archival Ultrachrome Pigmented Inks that have superior resistance to water, fading and smudging. Instructions are also provided, regarding the proper care of the prints to provide for their longevity.
Paper Prints are produced on Textured Fine Art Paper : Mould-made, cold press, watercolor fine art paper made of 100% cotton linters with traditional matte finish. This fine art paper is acid-free and lignin-free which results in a high archival quality and long-term fade resistance. Basis Weight: 285 gsm (medium texture) All Fine Art Paper Prints include 2 inch margin of paper around the image.
Fine Art Paper Prints are not framed and ship rolled in a tube.
All Canvas Prints are Gallery Wrapped, Stretched on Standard Stretcher Bars (3/4" inches deep) with Image Wrapped Edges . Canvas Prints arrive Ready to Hang no framing necessary.
Canvas prints are produced on a Fine Art museum grade natural white canvas made of 2:1 poly/cotton blend with satin finish. This fine art canvas is acid-free which results in a high archival quality and long-term fade resistance. All canvas prints are coated with a UV protective Satin Finish (flexible water-based acrylic coating). Canvas Prints do not need to be placed under glass. The polymer coating protects the print from moisture, light, humidity and atmospheric contaminants. Coated canvas prints are washable with a soft cloth (microfiber) lightly dampened with water.
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Fine Art Paper Prints Ship in 1-2 business days.
Stretched Canvas Prints Ship in 3-5 Business days.
Every print order is hand made with care. Morton Arts prints are not mass-produced.
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If you are not happy with your purchase, we gladly accept returns. Contact Morton Arts within 3 days of delivery to notify us of your return. Items must be shipped back within 14 days of delivery, in the original packaging and in excellent salable condition. Purchase price will be refunded in full after Morton Arts receives the returned item. Customer is responsible for the cost of return shipping.
In making these digital woodcuts, I first compose a specially prepared collage of my own digital photographs. Once satisfied with the composition of these photos, it is introduced to the woodcut imaging software.
It is within this software that the image may take any form chosen. It is possible to generate coarse or refined woodcut lines or shapes to define image forms. It is, in truth, a digital carving! As with any other media, it depends upon the skill and invention of the artist.
The next step is the choosing of the color palette. This can be as broad or as limited as chosen.
Texture, transparent colors, layering etc. can also be implemented. I can work with the actual colors within the photo or derive any palette of my choosing. Although this new media can be time consuming it is spontaneous as well.
When satisfied with the piece as viewed on screen, the Giclée printing process can begin. All of the prints are made in the studio on my own wide-format printer where I have complete control over the color proofing and final results. In this way, all digital woodcuts are original works of art from start to finish. This new printing process yields extremely high definition prints, which were not previously possible using traditional mediums.
I have used the traditional process of woodcut printing in the past but was never entirely satisfied with its physical limitations and always yearned for the woodcut medium to have that same immediacy that is inherent in the acrylic paintings that I have made over the past thirty-six years. The new digital media has made what was formerly impossible possible.
Digital Woodcuts take the finished physical from of a high resolution Giclée Print and are not a "copy" or "reproduction" of an original painting or drawing etc. Each Digital Woodcut is considered an "original print" similar to Fine Art traditional printmaking.
Currently, I am making Original Digital Woodcut Prints up to 44 inches in height and at almost any length using Fine Art Watercolor Papers and Canvas.
