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GICLÉE PRINTS
Giclée (pronounced 'ji-clay') prints use a
plateless method of fine art reproduction. The word "Giclée" is French for
"sprayed-on" and refers to the colored ink-jet process.
Giclée prints take the 'middle ground' between the
original paintings and the traditional,
four-color, offset lithographic print. The process
involves photographing the original image with a Digital Camera to produce
computer data that drives a high-resolution, ink-jet printer. The printer has
been designed specifically to produce Giclée prints.
Pigmented, '200 year', Archival, Printing Inks are used to create the
Giclée prints. As with original paintings, care should be taken not to subject
the Giclée prints to extended periods of direct sunlight.
The printer sprays millions of microscopic droplets
of four colors (cyan, magenta, yellow and black)
onto textured, archival, coated, watercolor paper
or canvas. The result is a virtually
continuous-tone image, rather than the dot, or
rosette, pattern of other printing methods. Thus the print accurately captures,
or even enhances, the colors, sharpness and texture of the original painting.
The artist and the printer confer on progressive colour corrections and proofs
before the artist approves the final image.
Giclée editions are printed one at a time, and are
now objects of fine art collections. Giclée prints
portray authentic images of the original paintings. Thus, they are being
used by major galleries in place of originals,
when it is preferable to minimize the light exposure of those originals.
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