Intaglio Composites San Antonio Project

Intaglio Composites delivers images to San Antonio, Texas
April 2004

As part of the Southtown Area Street Improvement project, our company was contracted to recreate imagery for inlay into sidewalks being constructed in the southtown area. Anne Wallace, an independent artist was selected by the city to consult on artistic and design enhancement features for the various ongoing city improvement projects, and chose our new process as part of that enhancement.

"I am excited to see the finished work next month as this will be the first official use of this process in Texas. I believe the impact of this process will have far reaching implications for both the design community as well as the historical community." Anne stated.

Anne is available to work with your organization if you have a desire to implement this concept. She can be reached at:

(210) 222-1435
aawallace@mac.com

We proudly show below how we took images provided from our client and reproduced concrete reproductions using our Litho Crete™ process.

This inlay work will be sealed with a special topcoat sealant designed to prevent wear and marring.

An Issue of Image Resolution

The images in this project consisted of two sizes:

18" x 24"
and
16" x 20"

The concrete pieces shown came out exceptionally well considering the size of the image. This should give you a good idea of the resolution capability that we have, and it continues to improve, but keep in mind that the image is created from the aggregate being exposed on the suface layer by the concrete matrix it is interchanging with.

Larger images offer even more detail due to the size of the aggregate being exposed. Photos can be digitally enhanced as part of this process to increase the contrast of detail. In the projects images, each one had it's own particular areas of difficulty and were successfully translated in our process.

We invite you to the Gallery to see more samples of interpretation capabilities. We are in the process of adding colors to both our aggregate as well as exterior grade acids and stains. We will have samples available soon for showing and we invite you back often or give you the opportunity to fill out the Contact Page to be included in our email newsletter.