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Scott Price of Innerhand Shaping completed a professional design and installation of 7 large format pieces for San Diego Sports Medicine. Their main lobby and gym at the new facility were enhanced with images of local San Diego landmarks and athletes by local photographers. The images where a mix of a direct to print on Sintra and high quality FujiFlex paper face mounted to acrylic. The large images were 6ft x 4ft and spectacular with their resolution, color and presentation. They truly transformed an empty large space into a fascinating, inviting and unique one with positive energy! The focal piece is the image of San Diego beachfront with breaking waves. The FujiFlex paper give amazing depth and aliveness to the image, and the effects of the plexiglas mounting add a watery shine that makes you feel as if you are actually there. It is amazing how well these images can represent your business and convey what you are trying to say.

We also worked with Scott to create an oval shaped image for a unique presentation. The image was printed direct on to Sintra and cut to shape with our digital router. The oval outline shape on the group of cyclists training together gives the image motion, and a truly thinking outside the box presentation. The ability to create and deliver images of different sizes, shapes and materials gives Innerhand Shaping the professional tools to deliver on artistic vision.

Innerhand Shaping does commercial and home art design and installation, using personal, local, stock or Scott's own abstract digital images. Also check out Innerhand's abstract fine art web gallery.

Tomorrow, October 1st, the monthly First Friday Artwalk will be held in downtown Phoenix. The 26 Blocks project, that we were privledged to print, has found a new home in the CityScape lobby as part of the show's 2010 tour. The opening night festivities will be held from 6-10 pm in the Main Tower Lobby. If you could not make the other showings of the 26 Blocks project this is a great opportunity to experience first hand the collaborative efforts of 26 local Phoenix photographers and writers, highlighting 26 city blocks of downtown Phoenix, and their resulting images and stories.

For more about the 26 Blocks project visit their website. CityScape is located on the SW corner of Washington an 1st Street. For directions to where the 26 Blocks show will be displayed take a look at this map. See you there!

In just over a week the opening show for the 26 Blocks project will debut. The unveiling of the show will be May 7th at the After Hours Gallery downtown as part of the First Friday art walk. It has been a fun project to be a part of, and exciting to see it all come together. We hope to see you there!

In the January issue of The Big Picture magazine they ran a feature article discussing the companies that use machines with white ink. Their cover is reminiscent of the Beatles White Album. Like the Beatles were to music, machines with white ink are revolutionizing the market.

Our Océ Arizona 350GT is widely recognized by the industry as having a superior print quality, and has a white ink option. Big Picture approached us to participate in their article, we were happy to extol the virtues of our equipment and company. Here are some excepts from the article.

Making White Noise - by Jake Widman

The company's latest acquisition: an Océ 350GT Arizona flatbed printer, which is versatile, Cook adds. "We have the roll-to-roll option and can print up to 86-inches wide, and we can print on the flat substrate up to two-inches thick. With the white-ink option, it opens up new markets. We do a lot of work on supplied materials, and artists bring in ceramic coaster or tiles and we output images onto those."

Cook recently called on the 350GT's white-ink capabilities in a job for an auction house dedicated to classic and high-end automobiles. When a car is sold, the auction house has a photographer take pictures of it from multiple angles. "For years, they just archived those photos and never did anything with them," Cook says. "They wanted to expand, and we were asked to come up with ideas high-lighting our capabilities for their marketing group"

One result: a 24x30-inch print of three views of a 1940s Buick station wagon. The image was provided by the auction house, archived by Artisan, and then printed on 3mm brushed silver Alcan Dibond aluminum composite. "The photos have white elements that would not work without white ink, such as the whitewall tiers and the chrome highlights," Cook says. "In addition to printing white in those areas, we put white spot channel behind the whole image to ensure it would be opaque and the colors would pop."

Our thanks to the folks at The Big Picture magazine!

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Tonight is the grand opening for a new venue in Mesa launched by Julio Cesar Chavez. The 30,000 square foot facility is a boxing themed entertainment complex that includes a restaurant, bar, arcade area, a World Boxing Council Legends of Boxing Museum, and event center that will eventually host their own boxing cards. Chavez says it will be "The first of many" with hopes to open similar complexes in other cities.

We were honored that to be selected to print the posters for their museum as well as other wall installations in the building. Being involved in the design process, we know that that working on this project has been a real labor of love for everyone involved and they are very excited for the opening. We wish them the best of luck and success!

Opening ceremony is scheduled for 6 pm tonight. Julio Cesar Chavez Campeones is located on the southwest corner of Country Club Road and Southern Avenue in Mesa. For more information visit their website.

Cesar Chavez opens Mesa complex - Odeen Domingo for Arizona Republic

What more can he do? His toughness, pride and lightning-quick yet thunderous hands already had led him to glory.

Julio Cesar Chavez, 47, is considered the greatest Mexican boxer in history. He won 108 of his 116 fights, earning six world titles in three weight classes. A star in his sport. A hero to his country.

What more can he do?

Yet there he was Monday - in a white, pinstriped suit - standing inside a boxing ring at a 30,000 square foot venue in Mesa. The $4.5 million venue Chavez was promoting was "Julio Cesar Chavez Campeones"...

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