So a few weeks back I had contacted ZaZa Gallery (@ZaZaGallery) about their canvas wraps. Looking at their website the prices are in between some of the other sites I have seen. For a 16×20″ canvas wrap with a 1.5″ stretch bar thickness the price runs in at $94 and the standard 3/4″ thickness is $68.
Just so you know, this is the first canvas wrap print I’ve ever gotten and ZaZa Gallery was nice enough to provide me with one at no cost to review their product. So I cannot compare this to any other canvas print.
So on with the product review.
After a bit of a wait, I come home to this pretty large box below:
Package arrives!
Having an idea of how large the canvas itself really is, it was nice to see that it was pretty well packaged. Taking it in and opening up the box, I was right. Lots of pop corn foam protecting the canvas from box damage.
Well Packaged
And then beyond the foam they bubble wrapped the print on top of a plastic wrap. These guys are thorough!! So far so good and I’m happy to see how the Shipping and Handling was done.
Bubble wrap within the pop corn
Even more protection. Plastic wrap for the canvas
Now to get the canvas out in the open. Beautiful!! All I can say. I’m very happy with how it turned out. The colors are much more saturated than the original, but I like it. Remember when doing any of your prints on canvas, the colors will saturate. So compensate for this by lowering the saturation a bit. I was also impressed by the details that were preserved. I had submitted the image at 300 dpi and blown it up to 16″x20″ to fit the frame size. A little bit of sharpening (and a bit more), and sent it in. Easy as that.
First look at the Canvas Warp, not bad!
The canvas itself was secured to the frame very well. It may seem like overkill with the number of staples used, but it’s better than having canvas pull out. You don’t see any bubbling or any part of the canvas curling up anywhere on the back. To me it looks like it was well stretched.
Secure and enough staples to hold the wrap
The corners are nice and tight and again the staples seem to be holding it in the right places.
Nice and tight with enough staples in the right places
Nice and tight corner
Overall I think that this product from ZaZa Gallery (@ZaZaGallery) is really great. As long as you know how images will print on canvas and compensate for this, then you’ll be happy with your results. I do wish they had put on the mounting cables for me, but that’s not a big deal to do myself.
Two thumbs up and thank you ZaZa Gallery (@ZaZaGallery)
nice! great review! maybe i’ll use them, too!!
Next will be a review on CanvasPop and then Canvas On Demand as soon as I order one from them.
Great post. Thanks for this information. I’ve been thinking about trying this process.