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20x34 Elite™ Professional • 1-1/2" Deep • Shasta™ 20 oz Acrylic Primed Cotton • 17:10 • EH-2034
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Elite™ Professional means a 1-1/2" deep canvas using our super strong Elite™ B2 Bar that is stretched using our MuseumWrap™ back-stapled method with folded corners. Our proprietary stretching products uses pneumatically controlled machines that yield drum-tight tension. See below to learn more about the finest professional quality artist canvas on the market.
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Shasta™ 20 oz Acrylic Primed Cotton
Deluxe Heavy Weight Cotton. Super strong yet has a medium supple feel.
- 100% Cotton 14.5 oz.; Primed Weight 20 oz. per square yard
- Extra Heavy Weight, Strong Weave, Medium Texture
- Sized and Triple Primed with acid-free archival quality acrylic gesso
- Impenetrable ground prevents oil paint from leaching through and harming the canvas
- For acrylics, oils, alkyds, and water miscible oil paints
Vegan Ground:
There are no animal products that make-up the sizing and the primer for this fine canvas. Historically, traditional canvas grounds have included egg tempura, pigments with cow urine, and of course, rabbit skin glue. In today's rapidly advancing world, there are many more choices available for artists who prefer non-animal based products that perform far better than their animal-based predecessors.
Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) Primer Pigment
This primer contains premium-grade Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) white pigment, renowned for its exceptional performance in acrylic priming. Its standout feature is its enduring whiteness, coupled with remarkable flexibility that persists over time. In contrast to other pigments such as zinc dioxide, Titanium Dioxide maintains its resilience, preventing brittleness as it ages. This quality ensures that artworks retain their integrity and will stand the test of time.
Elite™ Professional 1.5" Deep B2 Bar • 1/2" Canvas Clearance
A Canvas Clearance of 1/2" is the space between the Bar and the canvas. Generally speaking, more clearance reduces the risk of the canvas touching the wood and creating unsightly lines during painting. Our design provides the optimal clearance so as not to impact your painting, but still leaving enough wood to the maximize strength of the Stretcher Bar.
No Finger Joints!
Solid Wood is far superior to finger jointed wood, which is many small pieces glued together, each with varying grain densities that absorb and shed moisture at varying rates, expanding and contracting non-uniformly as environmental conditions change, and causing the wood to bow and the finger joints to eventually fail.
A single homogeneous kiln-dried solid wood Stretcher Bar outperforms and outlasts a finger jointed Bar whose sole purpose is to save the manufacturer cost, not contribute to the archival value of artwork intended to last a millennium. As a manufacturer, Masterpiece® does its part to conserve as much wood as possible, and still provide a quality product that will out-perform any other in the marketplace.
20x34 Frame Kit B2 Super Heavy Frame Offers the Ultimate Canvas Support!
- Drawing depicts the exact frame construction, not the proportion
- Precision Machined keyable Super Strong Stretcher Bars (1.5" deep by 2-1/4" wide) allow you to increase the canvas tension
- Super Strong Keyable Brace (3/4" x 3.25") and a regular Cross Brace Included
- The Bars have a clever utility groove on the inside perimeter of the frame to attach the cross braces
- Unique Keyable Cross Braces allow you to tension the canvas in the middle, where it's needed the most
- Cross braces are glued and stapled at the 'cross' for maximum support and rigidity
- Both corner keys and brace keys are pre-installed
Canvas Tension is in Your Control
In dry climates or air conditioned environments, the lack of moisture in the air causes wood frames to shrink and the canvas fibers to narrow and elongate making the canvas more slack and resulting in a loss of canvas tension. In some instances, the canvas could have waves on the surface resulting in an unsightly viewing experience.
Our Elite™ professional frames provide the functionality for you to slightly expand the size of the frame in the corners and the middle of the canvas, thereby increasing canvas tension all across the surface. The difference between a loose canvas and a tight canvas is just 1/8" of an inch, so a small adjustment using our corner and brace keys makes an important difference in canvas tension.
- Helps to prevent waves that occur in a loose canvas
- Increase canvas tension by tapping-in the corner and brace keys
- True professional class canvases make it possible for you to adjust the canvas tension
Cross Braces Make it Tighter
A tightly stretched canvas on an un-braced frame overpowers the Stretcher Bars causing them to bow inward and thereby lose tension. Sometimes that bow can expose a space in picture frames.
When we stretch a canvas on a properly supported frame, the cross-braces prevent the Bars from bowing thereby achieving maximum canvas tension. To increase the canvas tension even more, simply tap the corner and brace keys further in their slots. Properly supported frames provide you with the control over the canvas tension of your canvas and painting.
Sustainable Forests - A Precious Natural Resource
The air that we breathe depends upon our healthy forests the world over. For this reason, we only use lumber from the sustainable forests of the Pacific Northwest, so we can guarantee that our nation's precious natural timber resources are available for future generations.
Specially Dried and Heat Treated Lumber
Our wood is handpicked from a curated group of environmentally responsible lumber mills in the Pacific Northwest. By adhering to our precise drying and heat-treatment standards, these mills produce lumber with nearly half the moisture you'd find in common home improvement outlets or lumber yards. This meticulous process not only enhances the wood's strength—minimizing risks of cracks, splits, or bends—but also elevates its dimensional stability. Such quality, despite its premium, is paramount in creating professional canvases designed to uphold the sanctity of your cherished art throughout the years.
MuseumWrap™ Stretching Technique
With more than a half a century of American engineering, Masterpiece® designs and builds its own proprietary stretching equipment that enables us to produce the finest and most tightly-stretched canvas on the market.
- Drum-tight stretch!
- Up to 50% tighter than other methods
- Balanced tension across the surface
- Uncut folded corners make it possible to remove and re-stretch canvas on the same size frame
- Usually the corner folds are on the long sides
Masterpiece® has been producing the finest artist canvas in North America since 1965. Artist Canvas is one of the very few products you can buy, and with your precious time, talent, and materials transform it into a work of art that could one day be worth a fortune. Don't skimp on your material choices, because your legacy and your own brand will be judged by how well your artwork stands the test of time.
When a figure painter executes a landscape, he treats it as if it were a face; when a landscape painter paints a figure, he treats it as if it were a still life.
♦ Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
An astute observer of human nature and the world around him, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec captured a profound insight into the artist's approach to their chosen subject matter. Through his experiences in the bustling cabarets and street scenes of Paris, he recognized that artists often interpret new subjects through the lens of their expertise and familiarity.
This notion extends beyond just the realms of figure and landscape painting. We bring our unique perspectives and histories to every piece we create. Whether it's a sculptor trying their hand at painting or a musician exploring photography, we inherently apply what we know to unfamiliar territories. This blending of disciplines, while sometimes unconscious, can result in unexpected and innovative creations. While it is essential to respect and understand the nuances of each medium, there's a certain magic in the fusion of varied artistic perspectives. Embracing this can lead us to produce art that is both fresh and deeply personal.
Echoing the timeless spirit of artistry, we bring you this quote paired with our beautiful portrait of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec that we created. Let your colors on the canvas speak!
Additional Details
- SKU:
- EH-2034
- Canvas and Depth:
- 1.50 in. Elite Professional
- Weight and Style:
- 19.5oz Shasta A/P
- Canvas and Ground:
- Cotton Acrylic Primed Vegan
- Tooth and Texture:
- Medium Tooth
- Width:
- 20 Inch
- Length:
- 34 Inch
- Aspect Ratio:
- Custom Proportion
