Blowing sand in Upper Antelope Canyon
Blowing sand in Upper Antelope Canyon

Sand Smoke

Description:

A fine art print of blowing sand in Upper Antelope Canyon, Arizona. Located on Navajo land in Arizona, the sandstone in this slot canyon was eroded by flash floods over thousands of years. The force of the water and the sand it picks up has scoured the sandstone walls, creating unique flowing shapes. At certain times of the day, the sun appears directly overhead of the slot opening and illuminates the interior.

Fine art prints from The Artisan Marketplace make excellent wall decor for any room in the home, including living rooms, dens, kitchens, and bedrooms. Each print is museum quality and handmade to order.

This image has an aspect ratio of 2:3; please note the information about printing sizes below. (Upper Antelope Canyon, Arizona - April 30, 2017)

Available paper surfaces:

  • Fine Art Semi-Gloss finish: printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, 315gsm
  • Fine Art Matte finish printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 308gsm
  • RC Glossy finish printed on Hahnemühle Photo Glossy, 260gsm

Prints are available unframed on all paper surfaces. An option of 7/8" black or white frames is available in the Fine Art Semi-Gloss only. Certain sizes of the RC Glossy finish are also available face mounted to acrylic.

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Choose print size, paper surface and framing choice: 

Your price for each: 

$70.00

Shipping Cost

Wall art is shipped free of charge to residents of the United States.
For shipments outside of the U.S., please contact us at info@theartisanmarketplace for freight rates.  

Detailed information

A general note about the prints.
Printing is provided by Digital Silver Imaging, a New England based photo lab established in 2008 to provide fine-art print production for museums, galleries, and photographers.

To ensure the highest image and archival qualities, we have selected a variety of inkjet papers from Hahnemühle and from Canon, the Lucia Pro pigmented inks and Prograph printers. This combination provides the image quality of a traditional silver-based photo print, but with far superior archival qualities and a surface texture only available from fine-art papers. A certificate of authenticity signed by the artist accompanies each print.

The photographs are available framed or unframed, with an acrylic face-mount as an option also. For unframed prints, sizes up to 16”x20" are shipped flat, lager print sizes are rolled and shipped in a tube. There is no charge for shipping. 

Turn-Around Time
Each print is custom-made to ensure the highest image and presentation quality. Please allow for 5-7 days for prints-only, 10-14 days for prints with frames and 12-16 days for face mounted prints. This does not include the time to ship by UPS from MA to your location. 

Paper Surfaces
We provide a choice of three different paper surfaces: 

Fine Art Semi-Gloss
The Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta 315gsm is a pure cotton inkjet paper that is like a traditional fiber-based photographic paper. It has a natural white base with a slight sheen to the paper surface. Prints on this paper are available unframed, or with the option of either a 0.875" x 1.25" white or black wooden frame.  

Fine Art Matte
The Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm is one of the world's most popular fine art inkjet papers. It is a white cotton paper, with a wonderful soft feel and a lightly defined felt structure - providing a 3-dimensional quality to the artwork. The paper conforms to the ISO 9706 standard for museum quality for the highest age resistance. Prints on this paper are available unframed only. 

Photo RC Glossy
The Hahnemühle Photo Glossy 260gsm is a classic photo inkjet paper, equivalent to traditional photographic paper. It has a smooth, non-textured surface, a bright white base, and a high-gloss finish. Prints on this paper are available unframed or face-mounted to acrylic.  

Aspect Ratio vs. Print Size
The aspect ratio of the image does not always correspond perfectly to the print size. For instance, the aspect ratio of an 8”x10” print is 4:5 (the ratio of the width to length), whereas the aspect ratio of the images in the Collections will vary depending on the type of camera used (E.g., 2:3) or how the image is cropped – which can be square (1:1) or panoramic (1:2 or 1:3). Therefore, the image size will be maximized based on the size of the paper chosen, including a 0.5" white border.

For example:
- If the image size has an aspect ratio of 4:5, then it will print on an 8”x10” paper with a 0.5” side-border – resulting in an actual image size of 7”x9”. On paper that is 16”x20”, the resulting image size would be 15”x19”

- If the image is cropped square with a 1:1 aspect ratio, then it will be printed on an 8”x10” paper to the longest length, minus a 0.5” side-border – resulting in an actual print size of 7”x7”. On paper that is 11”x14”, the resulting image size would be 10”x10”.

- If the image is cropped panoramic with either a 1:2 or 1:3 aspect ratio, then it will be printed on an 8”x10” paper to the longest length, minus a 0.5" side-border. For an image cropped 1:2, the resulting image size would be 4.5”x9”. For an image cropped 1:3, the resulting image size would be 3”x9”.

Framing
A choice of a white or black frame is available when printing on Fine Art Semi-Gloss paper only. Framing is not available for the Fine Art Matte or the Photo RC Glossy papers and the 'add to cart' button will subsequentially show as 'unavailable'.

The frame profile size is 0.875" x 1.25" and the price includes a 4-ply window mat (cut flush with the image size) with acid-free foam core backing, UV acrylic, hanging hardware and paper backing.

Please note, the frame size is 2” or 3” wider than the print size in each dimension, as shown below. For larger prints, custom frame sizes are available. Contact: info@theartisanmarketplace.net for more information and a price quote.

Face Mounting to Acrylic
Face mounting to acrylic makes for a very modern and stunning photographic display. This technique uses optically clear adhesives to mount the print directly against the 1/8" acrylic surface. A Dibond® aluminum backing material is used to give the photo print rigidity and provides a surface for a 0.75" aluminum hanging bracket (1.0" for print sizes larger than 20"x24"). The face mounted print has the same dimension as the image (without the border). As an example, an image with a dimension of 16"x20" would result in a finished face-mounted print of 16"x20". 

Face-mounting is available when printing on the Photo Glossy RC paper and on print sizes ranging from 11"x14" through 30"x40" only. For larger prints, contact info@theartisanmarketplace for more information and pricing.