All Materials
High Quality - best of their kind, digitally printed in high resolution.
UV Protection - treated to protect against fading from UV damage.
Fast Production - 5-10 business days from order to arrival with overnight shipping or 10-20 days with ground shipping (assuming you have all your info and review proofs quickly).
Printed on Demand - each piece is made to order and printed to specification.
Standard Sizes - easily purchase inexpensive ready made frames.
All ketubot are sold unframed. Frames may appear in product images, but this is only to give purchasers a sense of size.
Paper
Basics - A Giclée print made with high-quality archival inks on fine art paper using a high-resolution large format inkjet printer.
Paper Details - Breathing Color Elegance Velvet, 100% Cotton, acid free, 310g, bright white color.
Texture - Velvet
What is it like? Similar to watercolor paper but a little softer, a substantial paper with a velvety texture. Closest consumer grade parallel is printmaking paper. In the artist's opinion, printing on paper is the best print quality.
Shipping - Shipped flat or rolled.
Size - Measurements are the total paper size including a framing margin.
Wedding Display - Substantial enough to lean on a supportive easel, but likely to bow or bend. Securing it to a stiff backing to prevent bending or bowing is recommended.
Signing - Most fine point pens labeled archival and permanent will do, but make sure to try it out on scratch paper.
Home Display - requires framing. Printed on standard sizes so that ready-made frames may be used.
Pros: lovely luxe feeling (artist's preference), signing is straightforward, least expensive option, fastest production
Cons: needs framing, special arrangement needed for display, needs protection during transport, may be damaged by spilled wine or rain
Mounted Paper
Basics - A Giclée print made with high-quality archival inks on fine art paper using a high-resolution large format inkjet printer. Black presentation foamboard is pressure mounted behind the print.
Details - Breathing Color Elegance Velvet, 100% Cotton, acid free, 310g, bright white color, pressured mounted onto Gatorfoam black presentation board.
Texture - Velvety smooth
What is it like? - The surface is subtly smoother than paper alone. It still has the watercolor feel with a little less velvet texture. It is very lightweight and doesn't bend. In the artist's opinion, printing on paper (whether mounted or unmounted) is the best print quality.
Shipping - Shipped flat.
Size - Measurements are the total paper size including a framing margin of 1/4” - ½” (depending on size ordered).
Wedding Display - Thin and lightweight, but rigid. It will stand with minimal support and is light enough to use almost any easel. May need to be secured to keep from blowing away or being knocked over.
Signing - Most fine point pens labeled archival and permanent will do.
Home Display - Requires framing. Printed on standard sizes so that ready-made frames may be used.
Pros: Easy ceremony display, mounting is great for framing
Cons: Needs framing, needs some protection during transport, may be damaged by spilled wine or rain
Rolled Canvas
Basics - a Giclée print made with high-quality archival inks on acid free art canvas using a high-resolution large format inkjet printer.
Details - acid free 100% cotton premium canvas, bright white color.
Texture - Visible canvas weave
What is it like? - the print side is gessoed and white, allowing for clean and bright colors. The reverse is untreated raw canvas. It is flexible and slightly rubbery, like good leather. Two inches of unprinted white surrounds the printed area.
Shipping - Shipped rolled.
Size - Measurements are the printed area of the canvas. All rolled canvas has an additional 2" of unprinted white canvas on each side to allow for later mounting on stretchers.
Wedding Display - Needs to be secured against a surface to keep from bending or rolling.
Signing - Ultra fine point sharpie or ultra fine point paint pen.
Home Display - Requires framing.
Pros: Easy to transport, durable, less expensive than gallery canvas, longer archival life than paper or mounted paper.
Cons: needs framing, needs some protection during transport, extra time needed for signatures to dry, may be difficult to flatten for display, not everyone likes signature results
Gallery Canvas
Basics - a Giclée print made with high-quality archival inks on acid free art canvas using a high-resolution large format inkjet printer, stretched and folded around a hidden lightweight wooden frame. The back has a paper backing and a sawtooth hanger.
Details - Acid free 100% cotton premium canvas, bright white color.
Texture - Visible canvas weave
What is it like? - It is the same item as the loose canvas but stretched drum tight. It stands 1 1/2" off the wall. The sides may be the same color as the background or a coordinating color.
Size - measurements are the printed area of the canvas and are equal to the front surface of the canvas.
Shipping - Shipped flat
Wedding Display - may be propped against almost anything or hung.
Signing - Ultra fine point sharpie or ultra fine point paint pen.
Home Display - no framing needed, can be hung out of the box. Printed on standard sizes so that ready-made frames may be used.
Metal
Basics - Printed by infusing dyes directly into specially coated aluminum sheets. Water-proof and highly scratch resistant. The image is infused into the surface, not mounted on it. The back has a floating mount for easy hanging. Floats 1/2" from wall.
Details - A thin lightweight aluminum sheet with a float mount on back for hanging.
Texture - Smooth with a little more grip than glass, slightly plastic texture.
What is it like? - From the front, you see the only the ketubah design, from the back you see brushed aluminum. It stands 1/2" off the wall, appears to float. The corners are slightly round to avoid sharp corners. The effect is somewhat like enameled metal.
Size - Measurements are the total material size and may include a margin for visual balance, especially for art with formal borders. Modern art designs such as Rising and Into the Green extend to the edges.
Shipping - Shipped flat, extra time may be needed.
Signing - Ultra fine point sharpie or ultra fine point paint pen.
Home Display - No framing needed, can be hung out of the box (but can be framed by specialty framers, if desired). Printed on standard sizes so that ready-made frames may be used.
Wedding Display - May be propped against almost anything or hung. No special easel is needed, but it should be secured so that no one knocks it over.
