Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

mWG Giclée Prints. We collaborate with Nash Editions to produce high-quality fine art prints from John Koivula's photomicrographs. Our giclée prints are produced from scanned 35mm slide film. Slides are carefully cleaned, scanned on a SciTex scanner, color corrected, scaled and output to the Epson Stylus Pro 4800 inkjet printer. Customarily, we use Epson Premium Luster Photo Paper, at 11" x 14" or 16" x 20" format.

 

The Print Studio. Digital imaging pioneer Nash Editions "is widely recognized as the premiere fine art digital print studio in the country."1  The printed output produced at Nash Editions ensures that our clients will own a print that has been carefully color-corrected to match the original image as closely as possible. All mWG giclée prints are embossed in the lower left corner with Nash Editions' chop—a mark of quality and authenticity.

 

Archival Permanence. Our print standards are based on the ratings of Wilhelm Imaging Reseach (WIR), a highly respected, independent laboratory that performs research on the stability and preservation of photographic media, including digital photographs. WIR has given the Epson printer, inks and papers currently used for mWG prints high ratings for archival permanence.2

 

Digital Prints for Collectors. Garrett White, formerly Director of Publications and New Media, Whitney Museum, New York, said it well:

"Advancements in the composition of ink sets and substrates have finally given digital prints a longevity that has made them attractive for collectors and museums (not to mention the artists themselves). The MoMA purchase of large-scale Iris prints by Chuck Close, the inclusion of several Iris prints in the Guggenheim's Robert Rauschenberg retrospective, and more recent exhibitions of Iris prints by well-known photographers such as Annie Liebovitz and others demonstrate a major positive shift in attitudes toward the medium."3

 

Picture Orientation. Given the nature of inclusions as a photographic subject, there is no "correct" orientation for the printed image, only preference. We present our prints in the orientation that we think looks well, but we offer you the flexibility to view our prints "rightside up" or rotated left, right, or "upside down." Any image you wish to purchase will be embossed with the Print Studio chop in the lower left corner, relative to the orientation you choose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

¹  White Garrett. (2005) "Nash Editions: Fine Art Printing on the Digital Frontier," http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0105/nash_intro.htm/.

 

²  Willem Imaging Research. (2005) "Print Permanence Ratings for Epson Stylus Pro 4800 Printer and UltraChrome K3 Inks," http://www.wilhelm-research.com/epson/4800.html/.

 

³  White Garrett. (2005) "Nash Editions: Fine Art Printing on the Digital Frontier."

 

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