THE GICLEE PRINT
Giclee is a French term, in the case meaning “spray of ink”.
The Giclee printing process is enhanced by high speed digital printers which have been specifically modified for the fine art precision. The printers use a continuous tone technology in which infinitely small pixels of color are capable of rendering an amazingly smooth and consistent image. The substrate to be printed on is affixed to a drum and as the drum rotates at a high speed, individual droplets of colors are sprayed on to the surface at a rate of 4-5 million droplets per second. Once completed, a 32x46 image is comprised of almost 20 billion droplets of ink, each one measuring no more than 15 microns in diameter. In this process, we use the most archival water-based organic inks available in the world. The print is then completed by applying UV light retardant and light stabilizer post-coatings. The results are museum-quality prints.
Giclee prints have an impressive exhibition record. They have been shown in museums and galleries throughout the world. A few are:
The Metropolitan Museum (New York)
The Los Angeles County Museum
The British Art Museum
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
National Gallery of Women in the Arts (Washington, D.C.)
The New York Public Library Print Collection
The Washington Post Collection