TEXTILES ─ EFI Reggiani
THE SHROUD OF
TURIN
EFI Reggiani makes history printing the only authorized replicas. By Heidi Tolliver-Walker
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hen you want to create an authentic replica of one of the most famous and treasured historic artifacts ever discovered, where do you turn? If you are the curators of the Shroud of Turin, you turn to EFI Reggiani, EFI’s sustainable pigmentbased digital textile printing technology. February 2022 saw the opening of the exhibit, “Mystery and Faith: The Shroud of Turin,” at the
Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC. At the center is the replica of the Shroud printed by EFI Reggiani on its TERRA Gold Digital Press at EFI Reggiani’s headquarters in Grassobbio, Bergamo, Italy. It is one of only 100 official replicas authorized. Dr. Jeff Kloha, chief curatorial officer for the Museum of the Bible, speaking at the press event several days earlier, noted the irony of the timing of the opening of the exhibition. “This exhibit was planned to open last year; then COVID-19 happened, which in some ways, was oddly appropriate,” he said. “The Shroud has always been connected to times of stress and danger, and yet has also been a source of comfort, all the way from the Black Plague [in the Middle Ages] to the ostentations during the last two years during Holy Week.” For EFI Reggiani, the honor of being selected to create the only
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Because of the natural coloring of the Shroud of Turin, the subject matter is best visualized as the high-contrast black-andwhite positive as seen in inset. ©1999 Barrie M. Schwortz Collection, STERA, Inc.
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