Custom printed designs
Anything can be printed on this material
Give us a high-resolution image and we print it into the clay body at architectural scale — up to a full elevation, in a surface that is fire rated, waterproof and will not fade.
Everything else on this site is about reproducing a material — travertine, rammed earth, rusted steel. This is the other half of what the process can do. Because the colour is applied to a mineral body rather than quarried out of the ground, the face is not limited to imitating stone. It can carry any image at all.
What that means in practice
Send a high-definition file and it comes back as a wall. Not a print applied to a wall — the image is in the finished cladding, which then behaves like every other Curvato panel: 3mm thick, about 4.5 kg per square metre, Level A1 fire rated, waterproof, fungus resistant and UV stable.
That last property is the one that matters most for custom work. A printed vinyl or a digitally printed acrylic in Indian sun is a two-to-three-year finish; it yellows, it lifts at the edges and the reds go first. Mineral pigment on a mineral body does not have that failure mode.
Scale is not the constraint
Single panels come in three formats, the largest 1195 × 2395 mm. Beyond that, artwork is tiled across panels with the image continuing across the joints, so a ten-foot-wide by twenty-foot-high elevation is an ordinary job rather than a special one. See the sheet specifications for the formats.
And because the sheets bend, a printed image can carry around a curved wall or a column without a mitre cutting through it — which is not possible in printed porcelain or glass.
Translucent
Printed panels can be lit from behind.
Light passes through the clay body. Put an even LED panel behind a printed sheet and the image glows rather than sitting flat — the effect people associate with backlit onyx, at a fraction of the weight.
Use an even LED panel or a diffused strip array, not point sources — individual LEDs show as hot spots through a 3mm sheet. Pale shades transmit most light; dark ones read as a subtle halo at the joints.
Where it is used
What people print.
Devotional and temple murals
The most common request we get. A deity, a mandala or a carved-relief scene reproduced at full elevation height, on a material that is A1 fire rated and will not fade in direct sun.
Hotel and restaurant art walls
A commissioned artwork or photograph at wall scale, wipeable and waterproof, in a lobby or private dining room where a canvas would not survive.
Corporate brand walls
Logos, wayfinding graphics and pattern systems printed into the wall itself rather than applied as vinyl that lifts at the corners within a year.
Retail and showroom graphics
Season campaigns at full height. Because the sheet is 3mm and bonds with adhesive, a wall can be re-clad overnight between trading days.
Residential feature walls
A family photograph, a map, a botanical print or a commissioned pattern behind a bed or a stair, at a size no framed print reaches.
What to send us
Getting the file right.
The single thing that decides whether a large printed panel looks good is source resolution. Everything else we can work around.
| Format | TIFF, PNG or PDFJPEG is accepted, but only if it was never re-saved at low quality |
|---|---|
| Resolution | 150 dpi at final printed sizeA 10 × 20 ft panel wants roughly 18,000 × 36,000 px. 300 dpi is not needed at viewing distance |
| Colour | Adobe RGB or sRGBSend us the profile. We proof a section before committing the full run |
| Bleed | 50 mm on every edgePanels are trimmed on site; bleed means nothing important sits near a cut |
| Maximum single panel | 1195 × 2395 mmLarger artwork is tiled across panels with the image continuing across the joints |
Not sure whether your file is big enough? Send it over and we will tell you the largest size it will print cleanly at, before you commit to anything.
FAQ
Custom printing questions
Is the material translucent, and can it be backlit?
Yes. Light passes through the body, so a panel lit from behind glows rather than staying flat — the effect people associate with backlit onyx, at a fraction of the weight and cost. Mount an even LED panel or a diffused strip array behind it rather than point sources, which show as hot spots through a 3mm sheet. Pale shades transmit most; dark ones read as a subtle halo at the joints. It works on façades, bar and reception fronts, and printed feature panels.
Get a quote
Send us the image and the wall.
Tell us the finished size you want and roughly what the artwork is. We will come back on whether the file will carry it, a price and a lead time.
Request a quote
Send us the area, the substrate and the finish you have in mind. We reply with shade options, a written price and a lead time — usually the same working day.
The enquiry form loads in a moment. If it does not, email us at enquiry@curvato.in and we will pick it up from there.
Get a quote
Got an image in mind?
Send it over with the wall dimensions. We will tell you the largest size it prints cleanly at before you commit to anything.
- Thickness
- 2.5–3.5 mm
- Weight
- ~4.5 kg/m²
- Fire rating
- Level A1
- Min. bend dia.
- 381 mm (15 in)