When former Image Reports editor Melony Rocque-Hewitt took over her newly-built Year 3 classroom at Handcross Primary School in West Sussex where she now teaches, she faced
the challenge of creating artwork for its many windows. Epson helped her transform the room with stunning Egyptian window graphics.
“My new classroom is part of a new several hundred thousand pound extension. It has a wall that is basically all glass,” said Rocque-Hewitt. “As I have a background in large-format graphics and printing, I knew that window graphics would not only make my classroom unusually striking, but the images would also provide a perfect backdrop to the learning experience.”
As ancient Egypt was the topic for the autumn term, that was the theme for the window graphics. “I couldn’t have asked for a better project. The images from ancient Egypt are very arresting and powerful.”
She had thought of printing them out on A3 acetate and then placing these decoratively on the windows and glass door. “Although they would probably look OK for a while, it really felt like a massive compromise. I’ve seen what great window graphics can do to a space. I wanted to make the new classroom look very special and I wanted to create a real wow factor for my children and their parents. Also, as I have external windows it would only be a matter of time before the acetate came unstuck and the images faded due to temperature changes and UV light.”
The window graphics were printed onto self-adhesive vinyl using Epson’s 64in SureColor SC-S70600 wide-format printer. Besides featuring CMYK, light magenta, light cyan, light black and orange, the 10-colour SC-S70600 supports white and metallic ink simultaneously - perfect for the colourful, highly-detailed, designs that Rocque-Hewitt had selected. Additionally, the GSX inks are hard wearing, odourless and nickel-free - perfectly suited to the application within the classroom.
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