It all started about 6 years ago, with canvas oil based painting, about 100 were created, even though most of them are gone, I kept the images in print form. The images were abstract formed and many colors based. From there, AI was introduced about 2 years ago to me and there was interest enough to reproduce all of the "old" abstract prints that were upgraded with the standard AI Software, at the time.
Many printed Abstract Canvas prints were created, they were nice, but, vibrant colors were missing in the printed versions. So.....I just kept researching, until after many months of researching, I found an interesting better proven method for creating a beautiful upgrade for my "prints", that numbered over 400 "images", all upgraded again with my new improved AI Software.
And then......An advertisement on the Microsoft opening page came out of the blue on my screen, and there it was, a different method to produce vivid colors with a different process. And it could withstand the heat in the desert, if you decided to place it in 120 degree weather, as there is in the Coachella Valley. I had an idea from the "past" of placing "Murals" in lieu of House Front Doors designs or just attach a mural on the open space on the top half of the front door.
But.....It was the thought of the "heat' that diminish that idea, ever with the thought of just sealing the mural with all weather chemicals, just would not work, for various reasons.
But, with further research, the "newly discovered" company, assured me that their process would withstand the heat and the process of the company was guaranteed for 30 years. It just so happened that Company has been in business for 30 years.
So, after viewing the samples from them, as well as my own order, I created the web site, and everything is GO. By the way......
Metal prints are high grade aluminum panels that are specially coated with a polymer. At Eyewheel Artworks, we only use approved aluminum panels, from the world's leading brand, to produce our metal prints. Your image is printed with a dedicated sublimation printer using sublimation dye inks onto transfer paper.
The image printed on the transfer paper is then taped to a blank high grade aluminum panel. Under heat and pressure, the dyes in the ink change into a gas and bond with the polymer coated panel. Essentially, temperatures at around 400 degrees open the pores of the polymer coating and cause the dyes to become a gas and enter the pores of the polymer. When the aluminum panel is removed from the heat press and allowed to cool, the pores close, and the gas reverts back to a solid, becoming infused into the polymer. As a result, the image becomes a permanent part of the aluminum panel.