Looking at Canvas Prints

Over the past few months I have been looking at canvas prints, not just online but in shops as well. You may think that I am a bit sad going around looking at competitors canvases, the real reason is to highlight to you cheap canvas prints and there faults.

Mass Produced Cheap Canvas Prints

I assume The big chain of stores like Argos and Next import their art canvas prints and I expect from China.
But they are not the only ones that get their canvas prints from china. One shop that I went into was Wilkingsons in Torquay to have a look at their canvas prints. In The store there was a Large Rose Canvas which is not very original nowadays.  

How The Canvas Print Was Made.

The size of the canvas was about 30x24 inches and it was under £30. My first thought that came across my mind was that if I produced a canvas like that I would be making a loss, and if I was selling it to the shop for only £10 then that wouldn't even cover the wages.

So I was interested to have a closer look to see how it was made up. As I picked it off the shelf I was quickly surprised  how light it was, it was like picking up a cardboard box with nothing in it.

The print quality was ok, but is was not canvas, it was artificial canvas (nylon).

The walls/sides of the canvas edges were only 3mm thick, yes that's right only 3mm. This shocked and surpised me.

The construction was simple. The frame was made from 3mm cheap mdf board with the nylon photo glued onto the mdf panels. The print was not stretch or wrapped around to the back of the canvas. Then to save even more costing there was a tiny bit of wood glued to the back fir the hanger to be attached. These kind of prints are showing up more and more on them market place, it's a cheap way of decorating your room as long as you are aware that like cheap batteries, they just won't last long. I expect I will see alot of these prints at Torbay Tip soon. (in a years time).

There was a shop assistant there and I asked her if they sold many of these canvases, she replied say, "na!" (I wounder Why?)

And the reason I came up with the heading of this blog was because what my son had said to me in the shop.
"Dad, can I have a pack of these batteries for a £1".
I replied, "No, they won't last long."
Then the thought came into my head, "Just like their cheap canvas prints."

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