Happy New Year + New Products!

Happy New Year, everyone!

We hope everyone's had a great holiday and rest these past couple of weeks. With the holiday rush out of the way, we can now breathe a big sigh of relief and return to our regular turnaround times:

Product/Service	Super Rush	Rush	Standard Turnaround Time
Canvas Gallery Wraps/Transfer	1 day	2 days	3-5 days
Custom Made Picture Frames	1 day	2 days	3-6 days
Dye Sublimation - Metal & Wood Printing	1 day	2 days	3-4 days
Dry-Mounting, Stretching & Coating	1 day	2 days	4-6 days
Rolled Canvas / Fine Art Prints	1 day	2 days	2-4 days
Restorations, Collage & Popart Designs & Image Effects	1 day	2 days	3-4 days
Artwork Scanning	1 day	2 days	3-6 days
Plexi Face-mounting	2 days	4 days	6-8 days
Resin Coatings	2 days	3 days	4-6 days
Plaque Mounting & Greeting Cards	3 days	4 days	6-8 days
Handmade Oil Paintings	2 weeks	3 weeks	4-5 weeks

In the joy of the new year, we also have a few new dye-sublimated products, launching soon! For example...

11oz Pearl Coat Mugs A high quality premium AA+ grade polyester coat ceramic mug available in bright white gloss finish. These mugs are coated with our super white pearl coating allowing images to be brighter and more vivid. Perfect for colourful images, photos, or brands. Also comes in 15oz  or 11 oz Black with White Patch

• Dishwasher Safe - Rated for up to 3500 cycles
• Microwave safe and heat resistant
• Lead and cadmium free
• FDA Compliant
• CA Prop 65 Approved
• Ceramic Platinum 32 Handle Strength Test

Follow us on Facebook for more updates on when these will go live! --- KeenArt Media is a family-owned printing company specializing in fine art prints and reproduction services, such as scanning, dry mounting, and dye sublimation (onto metal or wood!). Whether it's for the home or for the gallery, we have you covered.  Inquire today! KeenArt Media Ltd. Toll Free: 1-88-533-6278 www.VancouverOnCanvas.com Working Hours: 8:30 AM to 5:00PM Monday to Thursday 8:30 AM to 4:00PM Friday

New Product - Fabric Printing is Available!

It's finally here!

You've asked, we listened, and now we finally have it: dye-sublimated fabric printing is now available!

Using our Epson SureColor, we can now print your graphics and images in stunning, vivid color, and sublimate them onto your choice of 5 different kinds of fabric. Through heat and pressure, the inks are absorbed into the very threads of the synthetic fibres, dye-ing them directly. This ensures that the printed graphic will not flake off, as the colors have been infused into the fabric itself. Perfect for branding T-Shirts, athletic wear, patterned quilts and dresses, pillows, and banners!

Available Fabric Types:

Fabric Type	Composition	Weight	Properties	Applications
Brushed Poly/Spandex	86% polyester, 14% spandex	200 gsm	wicking yarn, brushed back, very soft hand	athletic wear – zip-up jackets, leggings and yoga pants
ChitoSante Extreme	92% polyester, 8% spandex	255 gsm	antibacterial, wicking yarn, UPF protection	yoga pants, leggings, polo shirts, dresses, long sleeve shirts, zip-up jackets, shorts, dancewear
ChitoSante Interlock	100% polyester	145 gsm	antibacterial, wicking yarn, UPF protection	tank-tops, t-shirts, skirts, dresses, tablecloths, lining, baby wraps
Microfibre Fine Twill	100% polyester	115 gsm	water resistant, peached face, soft hand	shirts, dresses, skirts, bags, banners, flags, tablecloths
Polyester Twill	100% polyester	220 gsm	no special properties	bags, banners, shorts, pants and tablecloth

Please note that we do not print on cotton materials (or any third party supplied material), as the dye-sublimation process can only work on synthetic polyester. This is due to the lack of pores found in natural materials such as cotton; without the pores, the inks would not be able to saturate into the fabric.

Please also note that the cartridges do not use white ink, and that any white in the original image will be the colour of the substrate onto which the dye ink is transferred.

For more information, visit our website today!

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KeenArt Media Ltd. 604-421-8000 (KeenART)

www.VancouverOnCanvas.com

8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Monday to Thursday

8:30 AM to 4:00 PM Friday 

New Year, New Beginnings!

Happy Friday and a (belated, but very) Happy New Year from all of us at Vancouver on Canvas...we're so excited and looking forward to another year with all of you guys and assisting in your creative pursuits! And with new beginnings come some new changes...a slight revamp of the blog, a few new specials here and there - and of course, new products and services, such as our new dye-sublimation machine!

We've heard your requests and now we're finally ready to roll this baby out! After a few months of test-printing and tweaking, we've finalized and expanded our set of materials and sizes for our dye sublimation service. Now not only do we do printing onto birchwood panels, but we also do printing onto metal, mdf plaques...and even circular metal!

General rules of thumbs with dye-sublimation - due to its transparency capabilities, printing onto wood or metal can yield a beautiful myriad of the textures underneath. That being said, birchwood or gloss clear metal would look excellent with landscapes and scenery, but is not recommended for portraiture.

To keep the printing opaque when printing on metal, simply select gloss white instead. This will create a super bright, saturated, and glassy effect not unlike plexi facemounting, without the added weight or heft.

Gloss white on the left; gloss clear on the right. While initially darker, when light strikes the gloss clear, the colors are even more vibrant and saturated. 

If you any questions regarding dye-sublimation, please feel free to ask us, or head over to our resources section for more info!