Should I order my Divine Mercy print on Paper or Canvas? With Plexi or no Plexi?
We love receiving your questions - and for the record, we receive about 25 per week. Here is one we would like to share, along with our reply.
“Are your Divine Mercy prints on card stock or canvas? If it were canvas, Plexiglass may detract from the image, but if it’s paper, it seems it would need the protection of the plexiglass.”
Dear Gina,
You are correct, our website is not very clear about which prints or on paper and which prints are on canvas. On that note, we are overhauling our entire website soon and looking forward to an exciting re-launch coming soon!
But back to your question, if you are looking at anything on the website called a “print” or a “replica,” here is the breakdown in general. Again, this will all be clear on the new website.
Prior to mounting or framing, we print each replica of the Divine Mercy masterpiece and then check it for accuracy. Creating these exact replicas is beyond just the calibration of a computer monitor, but includes a careful examination of each replica as it lands onto one of our workshop tables for curing. Yellow cards, magnifying lenses, and fine hair brushes are used in our 7-step quality control process which is why we offer a 100% money back guarantee, no questions asked, on all our replicas.
Sizes of 8” by 18” or smaller (with the exception of the small 4” by 5.5” icons) are automatically printed on museum quality fine art paper. This is not card stock" but a very high-end paper (made in France) created for printing replicas works of art that are displayed in galleries and museum installations. There is no reflection, or glare, or glossiness of any kind on these prints which is partly why we try to encourage people to spend the extra money to order from the Original Divine Mercy Institute.
Larger sizes on the website are currently referring to replicas printed on archival canvas (made in U.S.A.). Again, this is high-end stuff; the type of canvas you would see on a reproduction in a museum setting. As with the paper prints, these replicas are not glossy or “rubbery” but have a matte finish so there is no glare from these either.
In our effort to give as much honor to the Masterpiece of Mercy as possible, we have spared no expense or inconvenience. Our replicas are not mass-produced (or mass-printed), but each one is literally handmade from beginning to end, and nowhere on earth is what we are doing being imitated.
I do not recommend plexiglass for either the paper or the canvas prints, however, the paper prints should not be touched as oil from fingerprints might be faintly seen - especially in the area of the dark background. That being said, the plexiglass we use is of the highest quality. Although there is really no such thing as totally non-reflective glass or plexiglass, the material used for museum-quality plexiglass is pretty close. So, if, for example, there are children around who can reach these prints, it may be better to cover them with our museum plexi.
What is not (yet) clear on the website is the fact that we can print on paper up to about 60” tall, and on canvas almost any size. If you prefer a larger size printed on paper instead of on canvas, we can accommodate a large range of sizes. There is no additional charge for custom printing as every piece is printed and crafted here in our shop.
Thanks again for your question as it helps us to further clarify things, now and on our new website. By the way, The Original Divine Mercy Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to spreading the truth about the Original Image of Divine Mercy.
Daniel diSilva is the director of the documentary about Faustina's epic painting, The Original Image of Divine Mercy (2016), and the founder of The Original Divine Mercy Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to the world-side effort to restore the Original Image of Divine Mercy to it's rightful pride of place. You can submit your questions about the Original Image of Divine Mercy by writing to originaldivinemercy@gmail.com
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