Printed Culture Introduces its Flagship Online Store, The Quilts of Gee's Bend -- Personalized Products Reflecting Unique Arts and Culture

Shoppers can select from more than 70 Gee's Bend quilt images to customize printed paper goods such as calendars, posters and date books. Perfect for gift giving, a name or important date can be included on the item. Prices are reasonable for these high quality items, starting at just $8.50 for a calendar. Printed Culture is a new online store with products that represent unique arts and culture.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) November 9, 2006 -- Printed Culture has launched its first online store featuring customized, high quality printed products for gifts or personal use. Customers can create their own unique products with images from "The Quilts of Gee's Bend."

The quilts are recognized as uniquely American expressions of African traditional patterns and have been applauded by New York Times art critic Michael Kimmelman as "some of the most miraculous works of modern art America has produced."

Shoppers can select from virtually infinite possibilities as they browse more than 70 different quilt images to customize date books, calendars, posters and more. The resulting product is printed on high quality paper and shipped to the customer. Prices for calendars begin at $8.50, and items can can even be personalized with names and important dates. Shoppers can also learn more about the quilters and their history through books, a DVD documentary and audio CDs, which have been produced by Tinwood Media and Alabama Public Television.

A portion of the retail sales is contributed back to the Gee's Bend Foundation and the Gee's Bend Quilter's Collective.

"It is an honor for us to help expand recognition for these remarkable art objects," said Stephen Pitkin, who has been the exclusive photographer of the Gee's Bend quilts since November of 2001. "These improvisational quilts, from an isolated African American Community, are a beautiful and remarkable contribution to the visual arts and our culture."

Printed Culture specializes in combining unique images from the arts and sciences with leading edge technology in customized printing to bring traditional, great collections of fine art into every person's life. With The Quilts of Gee's Bend as its flagship store, celestial maps and sun dial images from Chicago's Adler Planetarium are coming next year. Website is www.printedculture.com.

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