Method and means of publishing images having coloration and three-dimensional texture

A process for the production of a textured reproduction of an original work of art comprising:

• creating a replica proof of the original work of art which proof has a surface texture substantially the same as a surface texture of the original work of art by first, thermoforming a texture on a backing substrate corresponding to the material on which the original work of art was made, and second, by painting a brush work surface texture onto the backing substrate corresponding to the brush work of the original artist;
• producing complemental male and female dies from the proof capable of transferring the texture of the replica proof to a substrate;
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• embossing a substrate by means of compressing the substrate between the complemental dies to produce the reproduced work of art.

A method for replicating a surface texture of a work of art fixed in a substrate, comprising the steps of:

• providing a sheet of deformable plastic;
• pressing a sheet of canvas and said sheet of deformable plastic together in a drymounting press at a pressure of about 70 tons per square inch, at a temperature of about 110.degree. C. and for about 10 minutes such that a surface texture of said substrate is replicated in said sheet of plastic;
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• subsequently painting a mixture containing acrylic paint and marble dust on said deformable plastic in such a manner that said surface texture of said work of art is replicated of said sheet of plastic.

A method of reproducing a multi-colored image having three-dimensional texture, which includes the steps of:

• (1) photomechanically printing a copy of the image onto a carrier substrate made of embossable material selected from the group consisting of cellulosic paper and plastic sheet film by affixing a pictorial print of the image to one face of said carrier substrate, which image has multiple colors displayed in an array of fine detail;
• (2) providing a three-dimensional matrix corresponding to the image by texturizing a clear plastic sheet to form a three-dimensional matrix corresponding to the three-dimensional textured configuration;
• (3) laminating the three-dimensional matrix to an electrolytic backing plate;
• (4) forming a female embossing die electrolytically on the backing plate corresponding to the shape of the matrix;
• (5) forming a male embossing die complemental to said female embossing die;
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• (6) squeezing the carrier of (1) between the male and female embossing dies of (4) and (5) to produce a copy exhibiting the coloration and three-dimensional textured configuration of the multi-colored image.

A process for the production of a textured reproduction of a brush-painted oil original work of art having texture produced by brush strokes and which includes the steps of:

• (1) photo-mechanically printing a copy of an image of the original work of art onto an embossable sheet form by affixing a pictorial print of the original work of art onto one face of the embossable sheet form;
• (2) creating a replica proof of the original work of art by applying acrylics to a medium to recreate the brushstrokes of the original work of art which replica proof then has the same texture as the original work of art in that said replica proof reproduces the brush strokes of the original art work in a destructible form;
• (3) producing a die capable of transferring the texture of the replica proof to copies by:
• a. first applying the replica proof to a brass plate to form a surface,
• b. then completely coating said replica proof surface with silver,
• c. thereafter coating the silver-coated replica proof surface with a layer of nickel plating,
• d. coating said nickel plating layer with copper plating,
• e. removing the replica proof from the die, and
• f. milling the die to smoothen one side of the die;
• (4) forming a complemental male die;
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• (5) embossing the embossable sheet-form having the pictorial print of the original art work affixed thereto by means of the dies in a letter press type of printing process to produce the reproduced work of art in such a manner as to also depict the texture of the original work of art in the embossable sheet form.