About Us
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- Art Works
- The Bookroom Art Press specialises in the printing and sale of highest quality reproduction prints. The art selected for our prints derives mostly from British artists working in the twentieth century - more specifically from artists working in the 1930's to the 1960's. Most, though not all of our images, are printed as limited edition prints.
- Process
- We use a Giclée process to create our limited edition prints. Giclée is a high resolution, high-fidelity process which considerably surpasses in quality photo-lithographically produced images. Our prints are produced to Fine Art Trade Guild Standards and we use genuine mould-made 310gsm thick acid free rag; this is 100% cotton from Hahnemühle. The pigments are archival eight-colour Ultra-Chrome, and are lightfast to exceed 7 on the Blue Wool Scale.
- Hand-Finishing
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Each print is hand-finished. We number our prints 1/950, or 1/850 using pencil just below the image on the right-hand side (see illustration); we also hand-emboss all prints with The Bookroom Art Press seal (see illustration). The embossed seal is placed off the image in the right-hand corner of the paper (NB: due to copyright restrictions the seal on the Cyril Power images is discretely placed on the right-hand corner of the image).
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- Framing
Our custom framing service ensures that your prints will be presented at their best. Each frame is hand-assembled with joints precisely aligned. Your print is then mounted so as to prevent the print surface from touching the glass. The mount is an archival ph neutral white core mount which does not fade with time, and we use 2mm UV filtering glazing which will protect your print for decades. There is a choice of two frames: an elegant matt-black wooden frame or an English fine-grained oak, and a choice of two sizes, small and large, of each frame.
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- Trade
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Enquiries from trade customers are welcome. We supply our prints framed or unframed nationwide - to art galleries, museum shops, framers, bookshops, etc. Two-thirds of each edition of any print is available for trade purchase, the remaining third in the edition is reserved. At a small additional charge we can, and often do, provide our prints to trade poly wrapped, on white mount board, with a 'Numbered Limited Edition Giclée Print' label and a peel-off sticker with biographical information on the artist enclosed for your customer to use.
We also supply to non-retail trade customers – to architects, interior designers and consultants. Please contact us to set up an account.
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- Contract Printing
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From time to time we are contracted by museums and galleries to fulfil their printing needs. Using the latest digital techniques, materials and equipment we can provide a single point of contact to oversee the whole process. We photograph or scan from the original; soft-proof on-screen using a colour calibrated monitor and then, once the appropriate paper is chosen, we provide a hard copy for your approval. The cost for each such project varies, and individual print costs vary according to size and quantity. (For a case study please see for example News 21st April, 2010 - the De La Warr Pavilion 75th Anniversary Print Project).
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- Copyright
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Copyright ©: All Rights Reserved. All of our images are under Copyright and all Material, image plus text site-wide, is Protected Material.
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- Accreditation
Member of the Fine Art Trade Guild, London.
