Whether you want to capture family moments or your own landscape photos, canvas prints are a stunning way to show off your favourite photos. Not only do they bring any space to life, but they are also an artistic way to enhance a room.

What is a canvas print?
A canvas print, not to be confused with canvas painting, is an image printed by an inkjet printer on canvas. Once printed, the canvas is stretched into a frame. You can then choose whether the canvas will be framed or wrapped around a frame. During this process, the canvas is wrapped around the stretcher bars and secured to the frame.

What is the canvas?
Canvas is a strong and durable fabric that was traditionally made with hemp. In more modern times, however, hemp has been replaced by cotton and linen fabric. Most canvas prints purchased for home use are made of cotton or polyester. The main difference between the two is the accuracy of the color. In cotton, the color leaks through the fibers, while in polyester canvases the color remains on the surface. Because of this, polyester prints are more vibrant and cotton prints are longer lasting.

So which is better? It depends on what you’re looking for. Many consider cotton canvas prints of higher quality and closer to what you would find in a museum. But polyester is the more affordable option and also yields vibrant and colourful prints.

Advantages of printing on canvas
Photos framed behind glass or printed on glossy paper can look stunning when displayed in the right space, but in rooms with lots of light – whether natural or artificial – the glossy finish can cause glare and reflections, preventing the viewer from seeing your photo as it should. Canvas prints, on the other hand, have a satin-matt finish, making them the perfect medium for displaying photos in bright rooms.
Canvas prints are classic, timeless and fit in with all decorating styles, earning them a place as one of the most popular photo gift ideas. The versatility also means they will look great in your home for years to come, no matter how much your home decorating choices change.
One of the major benefits of canvas printing is the affordable price. The cost of printing a photo on a large 50x70cm canvas print, for example, is much more economical than buying a similar sized artwork or painting. Not only that, it’s much more rewarding to see your own photograph on such a large scale!
Canvas prints are available in so many different sizes, making it easy to get exactly the look you want, whether it’s a single large format print or a wall of many smaller prints.
Another interesting advantage to canvas printing is that almost any type of photo you choose to print will look good. Some photographic art products have unique features that limit the type of photo you can print on them. Portraits, for example, don’t look best when printed on a classic silver metal print because the raw, brushed aluminum shows where there are areas in a photo with low saturation. Canvas prints, on the other hand, will make almost any photo look the best, with the exception of photos where the people are very small.