About Digital Art

Giclée (pronounced "zhee-clay"), is an invented name for the process of making fine art prints from a digital source using ink-jet printing. The word "giclée" is derived from the French language word "le gicleur" meaning "nozzle", or more specifically "gicler" meaning "to squirt, spurt, or spray". It was coined in 1991 by Jack Duganne, a printmaker working in the field, to represent any inkjet-based digital print used as fine art. The intent of that name was to distinguish commonly known industrial "Iris proofs" from the type of fine art prints artists were producing on those same types of printers. The name was originally applied to fine art prints created on Iris printers in a process invented in the early 1990s but has since come to mean any high quality ink-jet print and is often used in galleries and print shops to denote such prints.

About Our Studio

On receipt of your photo(s) we spend some studio time ensuring the digital image is in an ideal state to be printed and, no doubt adorn your home or business. This includes removing any red eye or blemishes (unless told otherwise!). This studio time, combined with our online editing tool is what separates us from the competition, thus enabling us to produce the perfect finished product.

We will get in touch with you to clarify your requirements if we are in any doubt.

About Our Products

Canvas Prints

Our finished photo on canvas and canvas prints products are handmade items, prepared by digital art enthusiasts using specialist equipment. We use the finest artists canvas and papers for all of the canvas prints we produce, which are sourced from some of the most prominent international art suppliers. Our museum quality artists stretcher bars are made of the finest quality kiln dried fir wood, which has the advantage of being very light, yet extremely hard wearing and not susceptible to warping like standard pine or other softwoods.

Each stretcher bar features a rounded back edge which is designed to ensure that the canvas pictures are always kept a full ½" (13mm) above the stretcher bar to ensure that there can be no ghost impressions on the canvas. These stretcher bars also incorporate 'wedges' which are placed in each corner and allow the canvas to be stretched extremely tightly over the frame. It also allows the canvas to be re-stretched over time, which can be of particular importance for the larger sizes we offer.

We are justifiably proud of our products.

Perspex Prints

Our Perspex prints are of the highest quality. Unlike other suppliers who use a low quality direct printing method onto the acrylic panel, we produce a lavish 12 colour print onto specially produced photographic vinyl and then skilfully bond the image to the reverse of a 10mm super glossy cast clear acrylic panel with flame polished edges. With a choice of fixings (Chrome, brass, black) depending on your decor you can ensure a perfect match is achieved. Available in either translucent or opaque image options.

Solid Artbox Prints

This new product combines the best aspects of a stretched canvas print with the durability of a conventional block print. Our fabulous artboxes feature our superior 12 colour prints mounted onto a three dimensional block with the picture continuing around the edges. With a laminated wipe-clean and highly durable surface, it also features edges and corners which are sharp and crisp giving a seamless, stunning effect to any image. We offer two depths, 1" (25mm) or 1½"(38mm).

Lifetime Quality Guarantee

We use only the finest possible canvas, ink and stretcher bars for our canvas prints. As we don't make any compromises, we can offer you a lifetime guarantee on all our canvas print products. We guarantee that:

• the inks on the canvas prints will not fade
• the canvas prints will not sag or need restretching
• the frame will stay strong

Our Inks and Printing Process

The printing process we utilise is a technologically advanced 12 Colour HP Vivera pigment based system. This has a guaranteed colour fastness (according to HP data) of 200 years. The 12 colour process results in a truly amazing colour reproduction and fabulous neutral and true black and white canvas prints, Perspex prints and wood prints.

The UK's Largest Range of Sizes

We are confident that no other UK supplier of stretched canvas prints and fine art paper prints offer a wider selection of sizes or print options. With this is mind, you can be confident you are purchasing photo on canvas and canvas pictures from the UK's premier supplier.

100% Secure Shopping Guaranteed

With ArtCreations4U.co.uk, the security of your credit card is guaranteed using our industrial strength encryption technologies. All transactions are encrypted using Verisign, the World's leading e-commerce security provider: Verisign Logo

This site uses a secure Server Certificate to guarantee that the information submitted in the checkout and payment process is safe. When you enter your name, address and credit card number, these details are encrypted on your computer and sent to us before being decrypted by our server. If anyone did manage to intercept this information, it would be illegible to them. Your credit card details are only used once, at the time of the payment transaction and are not stored after the transaction is completed.

Hanging Kits

Although our canvas prints are extremely easy to hang by simply resting the frames on two screws or nails, we include patented CWH Hangers for Canvas pictures with every print. The unique design incorporates a cut-out which allows the print to be hung on a standard 2 pin picture hook (also supplied). Using these hangers ensures that the finished print is ‘pulled’ flush to the wall and results in a very secure fixing with minimum fuss.

Lowest Price Match Guarantee

Whilst we are aware of many websites and retailers offering cheap and inferior canvas prints, we are confident that you cannot beat us on price for an equivalent quality canvas prints product. If you can show us that someone is actually able to beat our prices, we promise to match or beat that price. How is that for customer satisfaction!