Choose digital glass printing over stained glass for church artwork

January 20, 2018

Many of the fine churches today have superb stained glass windows, depicting events both in Christianity and social development over time.

Ultimately, the most important reason that stained glass windows remain a staple in churches even now is a matter of the Bible, not beauty. It is not merely attractive, it creates an ethereal experience.

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The intricate scenes depicted in stained glass are not just decorations; they are ways of delivering religious messages to all viewers, even those who cannot read the Bible for themselves.

Without disputing beauty, using stained glass is among various ways to enhance the distinctiveness and the entire attractiveness of your church.

Religious beliefs get embedded into the very walls or any kind of furniture in the churches.

Why stained glass is a bad IDEA

However, for all these to get achieved with stained glass, there is some huge work done. As much as it looks amazing, the energy, effort and investments made in this type of glass solution is unnecessarily needed. They are handcrafted works. You can now imagine what that means.

Getting your artwork done with stained glass is cumbersome. Takes longer time, the artwork fades with time and the glass is definitely heavy.

Natural light is essential. As much as you may want to have your glass wall or windows processed with these artworks, you need the blurring effect very minimal.

Stained glass results to darker looking room since the ornate design or bold color can bound the light to enter the church building. This now becomes boring. The bad idea!

Applying fully complicated design with stained glass to all your windows can shift the elegant look of your church building to garish appearance.

Why digital glass printing is a remedy.

Impala glass digital printing dubbed Impala Estilo; is a durable, accurate and flexible on-glass print design solution for architects and designers who were previously frustrated by the limitations and costs of stained glass.

We have now revolutionized to digital printing in glass. Capable of producing full-colour photography, vector graphics and even textures. Ceramic inks are used in printing which enable lights transmission and extreme weather changes.

This process is entirely a digital workflow allowing full manipulation of layers and thicknesses and dot placement. Single or multicolor printing is possible.

Printing Process allows for direct application of the ceramic ink on the glass surface, this means NO INTERLAYERS REQUIRED reducing production time. Once printed, the glass is toughened in a furnace, this causes the ceramic ink to fuse permanently on the glass surface all through the glass lifetime.

There are practical benefits that it eliminates; the time and extra materials needed to mount printed film to a glass surface. And, you can also get a superior image compared to a mounted film.

Features

Ultra Violet light, water, chemical and scratch resistant.

Customized from translucent to opaque variations.

For your church, you may apply this on windows, glass wall and even furniture such as pull pits, church bible tables and cabinets to perfectly match your church artwork needs. A more lighter and durable artwork is a guarantee.

The application of digital printers is the latest development in the field of interior glass. The technology continues to improve so that larger glass surfaces can be printed, the prints become more sustainable, more resistant to UV, and also the brightness and the number of pixels increases with a positive effect on the quality of the image.

We have done a few church projects with Impala Estilo and the results are superbly great!

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