Giclee (zhee-klay) is from the french word "to spray". It is a high quality, plateless printing process that was developed in 1989, in which a fine spray of ink moves across the paper. It rivals lithography in its resolution and color range.The Giclee printing process is the premier method for reproducing art today. It combines the best possible attributes of the original artwork and state of the art technology. The beauty and brilliance of pigmented Giclee is unparalleled. While photographic and lithograph prints are somewhat dull the Giclee printing process produces deep blacks, saturation and gradients hard to achieve with other media. Everyone benefits from this process: art lovers, professionals, families, anyone who wants something beautiful on thier walls.
Prestigious museums such as the Guggenheim, the New York Metropolitan, the Corcoran in Washington DC to mention a few are enthusiasticaly embracing the use of Giclee printing. Deep saturated colors, and fine tone resolution using archival inks and beautiful heavy archival papers produce rich prints that have outstanding fade resistance. |
