ABOUT GICLÉES

Giclée (pronounced zhee-clay), a French term meaning "spray of ink", is a process that utilizes the most sophisticated digital printer for fine art to date. Pushing the boundaries of the art printmaking, digital printmaking has earned a reputation as one of the most creative mediums available to today's working artists. Its capabilities of range (over 3 million colors possible) and responsiveness are virtually unparalleled in the fine art world. The prints it produces are well known for their color density, saturation and brilliance. One of the defining attributes of the printer is its ability to print on fine archival paper or canvas. The printer produces the image by delivering a fine spray of ink, up to four million micro droplets per second. Each droplet is four times smaller than a human hair. The continuous tone spray of water based inks reacts distinctly to each paper's surface, allowing a diverse spectrum of intensity and depth for generations to enjoy. Giclée prints have gained wide acceptance from artists like David Hockney and Robert Rauschenberg who produced Iris prints for his Guggenheim New York show in 1997 to major institutions like the Chicago Art Institute and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.