GB2112717A - A picture comprising superimposed parts - Google Patents

Abstract

A picture comprises a scene or a part of a scene on a transparent sheet of material, the transparent sheet being superimposed on an original of the scene so that the corresponding detail on the background and the transparent sheet are in alignment. The picture so formed then has greater depth appeal to an observer. The parts of the scene may be formed reprographically and may be coloured, eg with enamel paint.

Description

SPECIFICATION A method of assembling a picture and a picture produced by the method The present invention relates to a method of assembling a picture and to a picture produced by the method.

When assembling a picture for display it is normal to mount the scene to be displayed in a frame containing a transparent glass face, to enable the scene to be admired while at the same time providing some protection for the picture.

Such a well known general procedure results in a picture which has basically only a two-dimensional appeal and sometimes it is highly desirable, at least in terms of introducing a strong selling point in the commercial field of producing pictures for tourist momentoes, that the scene or a part or parts thereof is enhanced to an observer in depth relative to the background of the scene.

For example if it is required to provide a picture showing the Tower of London, the Tower Bridge and a Beefeater standing in front of the Tower, it may be desirable that the Beefeater stand out from the background of the Tower and the Tower Bridge. In this way the picture would have strong appeal to an observer who while wishing to purchase a momento relating to a Beefeater, at the same time may also wish to have a historical reference to the Beafeater, namely the Tower of London, on the momento.

Accordingly it is an object of the present invention to provide a method of assembling a picture wherein the picture scene or part or parts thereof, stand out from the background, that is provide a picture in depth, so as to increase the appeal of the picture.

In one aspect of the invention therefore there is provided a method of assembling a picture comprising providing a desired scene for display by the picture; providing an imprint of the scene or a part or parts thereof on transperent sheet material; and superimposing the transparent sheet onto the scene so that the imprint is in alignment with the scene or said part or parts thereof respectively whereby to effect enhancement in depth of the scene or said part or parts thereof.

The advantage of this method of assembly is the ability to produce a picture in which the scene depicted or a part or parts thereof has depth in relation to the picture background, thus providing appeal to an observer.

The transparent sheet material may be plastics sheet. This obviates the need to incorporate a transparent glass face, which while increasing the weight of the picture also introduces the increase probability of breakage.

The scene may be an artist's line drawing copied onto a white backing paper by reprographic means, while the imprint may also be formed on plastics sheet by reprographic means from the drawing on the backing paper.

In this way the procedure of assembling the picture is extremely simple, since once the artist's line drawing has been provided all that is necessary is a copying machine to first of all copy the line drawing onto reprographic paper and then to imprint the scene or a desired part or parts thereof onto a plastics sheet also by reprographic means using the copied drawing. Final assembly of the backing sheet and the plastics. sheet is readily carried out using a picture frame of the required size.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of a preferred method of carrying out the invention.

In assembling a picture bearing a scene, solely by way of example comprising the Tower of London, and a Beefeater, it is first necessary to obtain an artist's line drawing of the scene. Once this is obtained the rest of the procedure is very simple and inexpensive to perform.

First the line drawing is copied onto a suitable white backing sheet by reprographic means. If it is desired to highlight a particular aspect of the scene, namely the Beefeater in the present example, then the artist is requested to prepare first a line drawing of that part, which is used for the purpose shortly to be described, and then is asked to add the remaining features of the scene to form the background of the picture.

As stated, in the present example, it is the figure of the Beefeater which is to be enhanced in depth and accordingly the artist first prepares a line drawing of this figure which is then transferred by reprographic means onto a transparent polyester sheet of sufficient size to cover the whole scene and then eventually form the front face of the assembled picture.

Once the artists has completed the scene by adding in the background, the imprinted plastics sheet is superimposed on the scene such that the imprint of the figure of the Beefeater is in alignment with the corresponding figure on the scene.

The superimposed members are then mounted in a frame to complete the picture. The resulting effect will be to enhance the figure of the Beefeater in depth relative to the background scene.

The picture may be completely in black and white but in certain circumstances it may be advantageous to colourthe scene as desired.

Due to the materials employed in the disclosed preferred embodiment, for example, the use of reprographic paper, normal methods of colouring such as by water-colours and oils, are notfoundto be suitable. Colouring of the scene therefore is carried out using enamal paint which is extremely desirable and long lasting.

The method of assembling a picture as decribed above can be seen to be very simple and inexpensive. It also produces a picture of considerable appeal to an observer and should be an attractive item for sale particularly as a tourist momento.

Although the preferred example of the invention involves the use of a reprographic backing sheet and a plastics front sheet, nevertheless it is envisaged that other materials could be used for providing the imprint and the backing sheet which are not reprographic in nature.

Although the use of a plastics front facing sheet is highly desirable in terms of cheapness and ease of assembly, nevertheless it would be possible to imprint on glass while the backing sheet may be the original drawing and not being one reprographically copied. Of course this procedure will add to the cost of assembly but nevertheless may be carried out within the broad inventive concept as herein disclosed.

Further, although the invention has been typified with reference to a particular well known scene, nevertheless it will be readily understood that the invention can be applied to assembling pictures showing other scenes, while again it will be understood that it may be desirable, in certain cases, to enhance the whole of the scene and not a certain part or parts thereof as has been done in the present example.

in the latter case the artist need only prepare a single line of the scene which can then be used in any convenient way to provide the copies required to form the picture, the essential step being the provision of the imprint of the scene in the transparent front sheet for superimposing on the scene to produce the desired in-depth enhancement.

Claims (15)

1. A method of assembling a picture comprising: providing a desired scene for display by the picture; providing an imprint of the scene or a part or parts thereof on transparent sheet material; and superimposing the transparent sheet onto the scene so that the imprint is in alignment with the scene or said part or parts thereof whereby to effect enhancement in depth of the scene or said part or parts thereof.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the imprint is transferred from the scene onto the transparent sheet material by reprographic means.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1 or 2 wherein the scene is copied onto a white backing sheet by reprographic means.

4. A method as claimed in claim 3 wherein the imprint is formed on a tranparent plastics sheet.

5. A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein the plastics sheet is polyester.

6. A method as claimed in any preceding claim wherein said scene is an artist's line drawing.

7. A method as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the scene or said part or parts thereof is enamel painted.

8. A picture comprising a scene for display by the picture, and a transparent sheet superimposed on the scene, said sheet bearing an imprint of the scene or a part or parts thereof in alignment with the scene or said part or parts thereof whereby to effect enhancement of the scene or said part or parts thereof respectively.

9. A picture as claimed in claim 8 wherein said transparent sheet is made of a plastics material.

10. A picture as claimed in claim 9 wherein said plastics material is polyester.

11. A picture as claimed in any one of claims 8 to 10 wherein said scene is an artist's line drawing, being an original drawing or a copy thereof.

12. A picture as claimed in claim 11 wherein the imprint is a reprographic representation of the scene or said part or parts thereof, taken from said drawing or copy thereof.

13. A picture as claimed in any one of claims 8 to 12 wherein the scene or said part or parts thereof, is enamel painted.

14. A method of assembling a picture as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7 and substantially as hereinbefore described.

15. A picture as claimed in any one of claims 8 to 13 and substantially as hereinbefore described.