With the 2012 Olympics, The Queen’s Jubilee and the desire to bring manufacturing back to Britain, it’s no surprise that prints depicting all thing British are everywhere. From the Union Jack flag to big red buses, prints representing Britain are on our clothes, accessories and in our houses. Canvas prints are a subtle and artistic way to bring this trend into your home.
Using your own images is a creative and unique way to embrace this trend; it also gives you an excellent talking point for when you have guests in your home. Begin your quest by exploring your local area, take pictures of anything that represents Britain, this could be anything from the famous red post-box to rolling green fields.
Once you have collected enough high quality images, upload and save them to your computer, take a while look through and choose which images will make it on to your prints. Selecting an appropriate canvas size and style is very important. Before you order your canvas print you will need to choose the room or areas you would like the canvas to be hung, make a note of the wall shape and size to ensure what you order will fit on the wall. If you want to hang a few canvases beside each other then remember to factor in the size of the gap between each. Your canvas orientation should reflect the space in which you are hanging it.
The depth of your canvas will largely depend on its size, unless there is a specific depth that you wish to have. Generally canvases larger than 30 x 25 inches suit a 2-inch depth, any smaller then you should pick a 1-inch depth.
As typically British images generically contain and lot of reds, blues and white, have your canvas printed in colour to truly stick to the British theme. For a more colourful approach, customer colour the canvas edges in red, white or blue to add character to plain walls. You could even follow up British style accessories for the room.
David Hill works for Your Image 2 Canvas, a UK based canvas printing company who can transform your favourite photos into canvas prints , creating personalised works of art for your home.
