Our story began in 1930, when Louis Dufay invented a printing process on aluminium foil inspired by the iridescence of Morpho butterflies’ wings. He then invented a method to recreate these effects: the heliophore. These are metallic sheets engraved by hand over a matrix, which reflect the light and give an impression of an animated, moving, sparkling visual. The process will be used a lot in the 60s and 70s, moving along with kinetic art, opt art, or psychedelics. The technology was exported to the United States in the early 1970s and featured on NASA visuals, Looney Tunes cartoon cards, festivals -such as Woodstock, etc.
Since than we have been producing and printing visually appealing art prints for fine art lovers as well as for home decoration.
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