Timbermark ID Systems Ltd has produced photo quality images on fence panels as part of a regeneration of Queens Quay in Clydebank, Scotland.
The 180m-long fence was designed by Mike Harrison of Stirlng-based architects Ian While Associates and features images of historic vessels, including the QE2 and the Queen Mary, as well as shipyard workers and ships under construction, in honour of the site’s former use as a shipyard for engineering firm Kvaerner.
Completed using a high resolution ink jet printer, the fence features panels that are 1.5m-high and up to 3.3m-wide printed with 70mm image strips.
Colin Stewart from Timbermark said that one of the main issues that had to be overcome to complete the job was developing a system to sequentially print the images on the panels so as to ease installation on site, which was carried out by Alter Landscapes.
The current system allows for one colour to be printed on the panels at a time, with red, blue, black and green available to designers and specifiers.
Mr Stewart added that the process could have applications in other similar settings, such as airports and railway stations, and that printing trailing ivy on the panels for horticultural use was another potential use.
