Giclee' Printing |
Island Arts P.O. Box 272 Ship Bottom, N.J. 08008 diane@islandartslbi.com |
A Brief Description of Giclee' Printing in more Technical Terms Images our reproduced from high resolution digital scans or files and printed with archival pigmented inks onto various substrates including Canvas, Watercolor Paper and Photo-Based Paper. A Giclee' refers to both a category of collectible fine art prints as well as a type of digitally created reproduction of a photograph. |
Giclee' : From the French word "le gicleur" meaning nozzle or more specifically "gicler" meaning to squirt, spurt or spray. It is such a great word, It describes a Fine Art Reproduction to many people but to many others it really just makes them giggle and nobody knows how to pronounce it. It is pronounced Gee-Clay with an emphasis on both the "Gee" and the "Clay" Hope you got a "giggle" |