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Art Media

Our artists use a variety of art media to express their creativity. Depending on the artwork, limited editions are sometimes available in more than one medium. This section explains not only the media but also demystifies some of the terms used when reproducing limited editions.

• Books

  Books come as limited and standard editions, and feature compilations of the artist’s work, and an opportunity to see their inspirations and techniques.

• Box Canvas

  Presently one of the most popular methods of displaying artworks is the box canvas. An ideal medium for those who need a speedy solution to art presentation, box canvas’s come ready-to-go. The canvas is stretched over a wooden frame and many modern works benefit from this style of framing.

• Canvas

  These editions generally use the high quality giclée printing technique over canvas in place of paper. Canvas has been the staple of artists for centuries. It is one of the most recognised art media and offers an enhanced texture for particular artworks. Canvas is often stretched, or presented as canvas on board and framed.

• Collograph

  This printing process produces a relief image from ink applied to a collage of different materials, set onto a solid surface.

• Ceramics & Glass

  In addition to sculptures some of our artists produce ceramics and glass ‘objets’ as part of their collections.

• Giclée

  This high resolution lithographic printing technique has been specifically developed to capture the fine detail expressed in artworks. Our standard edition is Giclée on paper and produced using the finest materials, ensuring that the original piece is faithfully reproduced. Giclée limited editions are often enhanced by mounting/matting and then framed under glass.

• on Glass

  Two artists use this medium for their work. Richard Rowan’s individual style of laying down the paint from beneath the glass, his unique skyscapes take shape from above. Louis Sidoli uses layers of glass fused to create unique tiles depicting urban scenes and cityscapes.

• Photo Litho

  The lithographic printing process uses photographic techniques to capture the original image on printing plates. The final image is produced once the plates run through a printing press applying inks - normally on paper.

• Sculptures

  Whilst some artists specialise in sculpture, others create sculptures to add a further dimension to their works. Resin (a synthetic material suited to sculptures), bronze and porcelain are the most common materials for casting.

• Silkscreen

  As it’s name suggests a fabric screen is used to produce the final image. Screen printing is one of the more versatile printing techniques and variety of media can be used to great effect, including canvas.

• Accessories

  Novelty items from the artist - that don’t fit into any other category!

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Dimensions

Listed dimensions relate to the actual image size, using inches to the nearest quarter inch. Dimensions for mounted/matted pieces depend on requested specifications. Any artist, title or edition notations are not normally included within the dimensions.

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Discounts

Trade prices are available to our trade customers. To take advantage of trade discounts you will need to complete the trade registration and sign up as a trade customer.

• Select Discounts

  For volume purchasing all customers are able to benefit from additional select discounts. These are applied on an individual basis.

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Edition

The number of standard limited editions available in this series is indicated by the edition number. There may also be special limited editions such as ‘Artists Proof(AP)’ in addition to the standard limited edition.

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Login Status

Your Login Status is displayed whenever you are logged in. There are three different types of login:

• Subscriber

  When you are logged in as a ‘Subscriber’ you are able to amend your contact details, manage your subscriptions and save and manage wish lists. As a ‘Subscriber’ you may upgrade to a ‘Collector’ or (if you are a commercial enterprise) a ‘Trade Customer’ login.

• Collector

  As a ‘Collector’ you have the same functionality as a ‘Subscriber’, plus you are able to place orders and purchase items online. If you are a commercial enterprise you may (subject to approval) upgrade to a ‘Trade Customer’ Login.

• Trade Customer

  With a ‘Trade Customer’ login you have all the privilages of the ‘Subscriber’ and ‘Collector’ status logins with the addition of trade pricing. ‘Trade Customer’ logins are issued subject to approval, for more information please refer to our Trade Customer pages.

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My Account

• Changing Your Email Address

  You may change your email address at any time, through the ‘login account’ section (symbolised by a key) of the ‘myaccount’ main menu. Please note that changes will only be applied upon successful verification of the new email address. Changes to your email address will change your login ID.

• Change Your Password

  You may change your password at any time, through the ‘login account’ section (symbolised by a key) of the ‘myaccount’ main menu.

• Closing Your Account

  You may choose to close your account at any time, please contact us in writing to advise us of this.

• Forgotten Password

  Just click this forgotten password link, enter your login ID and we will automatically send your password to the email address you have registered with Urban Galleries.

• Upgrade Your Account

  If you have already registered with us and would like to upgrade to a trade login/registration please contact us providing your business details. Please supply your business name and nature of the business, business number (if applicable), and trading address. This information will be used for verification purposes.

  If you have subscribed to the e-newsletter only, please login using your email address and password (as supplied to you) and select the ‘click here’ link under the trade details section of ‘myaccount’.

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Orders

• Changing or Cancelling Your Order

  If you wish to amend or cancel an order already placed please contact us.

• Currencies

  You may make your purchases in your home currency. We calculate our prices using GBP as the base currency with CAD and USD prices calculated against GBP. We use standard bank currency exchange rates to make these currency calculations. As bank exchange rates change our CAD & USD prices will change accordingly, reflecting exchange rate fluctuations.

  At the present time we operate a policy of parity pricing between the USD & CAD. At our discretion we may withdraw this policy at any time.

• Damages & Returns Policy

  We recognise that even with the best intentions you may change your mind or find an item unsuitable, so our 14 Day returns policy is clear and straight forward. Find out about our Returns Policy.

• Tracking Your Order

  Once we have dispatched your order we will send you an email containing your tracking information. You can also track your order through the ‘My Orders’ section of ‘My Account’. Just click on the ‘Track Order’ link.

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Stock Availability

• Contact Us

  There may be particular order and status notes for this item, such as ‘limited availability’, so please contact us before placing your order.

• In Stock

  This piece is available and in stock. Artworks listed as ‘Framed’ may require extra shipping time.

• On Order

  This piece is available to order.

• Sold Out

  This piece is sold out at the publisher, although we may be able to source this item for you via other galleries or on the secondary market - please contact us for more details.

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Subscriptions

Subscribe to our Email Newsletters and get all the latest news as soon as we do. Find out about the fabulous new releases and artists. We’ll also let you know what’s going on in the art world in the UK. We will be at the trade shows providing you with indispensable reports - helping you to stay in touch. You can choose to subscribe to electronic or paper versions of our newsletters or even just artists or genres that interest you.

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UK clients and orders

So that we can better respond to the needs of our UK clients we are setting up a UK office for Urban Galleries, due for launch in June 2008.

This will mean a more local, personal service plus our UK clients can now expect FREE shipping on all orders shipped within England, Scotland and Wales.

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Wish Lists

We created our useful wish list tool to help you organise and plan your art purchases and save them for future review. Handy if you don’t want you buy something right away; you can save it in your wish list and return to it later.

You can even email a wish list to a friend or a client along with viewable notes for them to see. Once you’re ready to make that purchase it’s simple to convert your wish list to an order.

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