Author: Art Supplies
Giclee Art
Giclee Art Printing and Fine Art Prints
Giclee pronounced ‘Zhee clay’ comes from the French word gicler, which means to spurt. It is an invented name by printmaker James Duganne in the 1990’s. Giclee is an art process by making fine art prints from an inkjet printer. Jack Duganne worked with Iris Proof Printers the first ink jet printers to produce fine art prints. The Iris printers are large format printers and were used for proofing and colour matching. They produced excellent colour accuracy and could print on arrange of mediums like canvas, varieties of papers, silk and linen and also had low ink costs. Once printed, the article was normal discarded and then mass printing would occur after checking the article produced by the Iris Printer was fit to do so. Fine art prints printed from these printers normally degrade and have non-longevity because the printers were made for proofing only and they also use dye inks. The company that manufactured the Iris printers tried to reinvent themselves and make printers that produced fine art prints that were durable but they failed has competition grew vast. The competition includes Colorspan, Epson, Canon, HP, Mimaki and Roland DGA.
Iris proofs as what artists called them for obvious reasons where not called giclee prints and some artists wanted to distinguish them from that. Giclee prints lasts for many years. Nash came up with another name called digigraph to distinguish them from industrial printing which was Iris printing. At present giclee now stands from prints printed by fade – resistant archival inks including solvent inks.
Ink jet printers use a CMYK process but have multiple cartridges for variations of each colour based on CcMmYK (cyan, light cyan, magenta, light magenta, yellow and key which is black). This increases resolution and colour gamut. The printers can use a variety of substrates and even produce fabulous prints on thick paper, card and board with beautiful fine art finishes. Epson printing technology has now increased the CcMmYK process by adding a light black and a light light black and also matte black for matte papers and fine art papers including canvas. This is to deplete bronzing and to create stunning black and white giclee prints.
For artist giclee printing is economical, affordable and they don’t need to produce larger runs of four colour offset prints. They can print on necessity and manipulate image files using software such as Adobe Photoshop, Corel, Ulead and ArcSoft Photo studio which can improve colour, size, resolution and tone. The disadvantages of giclee printing are that it can take a long time to print a print and sometimes can be expensive depending on what you’re printing and how big. For customers buying giclee art prints it can be beneficial with price depending if it’s a limited edition, original or the print has been mass printed. They can buy a print that matches their décor and of any size and on any substrate. They can even get the company their buying it from to change the colours of a print if they wish especially if it’s a bespoke giclee printing company. They can also get their own images or photos to canvas if they wish. The most important customer factor is it last a very long time up to 75 years and this depends on substrates used and model of the printer, epson printers are very good for this. They now use a new system where there are three blacks and these create stunning black and white prints.
About the Author
Precious Cherish Mckissick is a Bedford photographer and artist. She runs an interior decor company called Cherish Fine Arts. She is new to articlebase. To contact her email her at cherishartbusiness@hotmail.com or info@cherishfinearts.co.uk http://www.cherishfinearts.co.uk
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CHERISH-FINE-ARTS/26118092779?ref=ts
How does “painting framing” work (giclee)?
This is one of those questions that I guess the whole world knows, but I don’t and it’s so obvious that there is nothing to be found in google.
I bought a large giclee painting, 30″x60″ and it’s rolled up in the tube right now, with the stretcher bars in it. My question is, what do I do with it? I took it into a painting shop and they asked me “What would you like us to do with it” and I didn’t know. There was so many options and they didn’t have time to show me all of them. I guess I just want it put onto like, a canvas, but after it is put onto a canvas, can I then get it framed still? Is that how they do it? Like, do they put it onto a canvas first, and then put a wooden frame around it? How do they attach the wooden frame to the canvas without hurting it? I don’t want glass on it at all just the painting on a canvas and MAYBE a frame later on? How much would this all cost. Damn it is hard getting into the art world!!!!!!!! So confusing.
If your painting came with the frame disassembled,then you have to put it together.30 X 60 lay it out on the floor and see what kind of hardware they gave you. When you say stretcher bars what are you talking about? A four piece wood assembly with tongue and groove on the corners or aluminum.? If it is 4 wooden pieces then it is simple to do and you will need a staple gun to attache the painting to the wood frame. If it is possible can you take photos of what you have ,so I can better help you with it. and you can send them to my email address. This way I can see what you have to work with . Please let me know by contacting me at Also take a photo of the painting laid out on the floor.
jayzjayz@verizon.net
Canvas Giclee Art Reproduction Stretching & Finishing : Giclee Art Reproduction Canvas Stretching Precautions
Tags: art, giclee art prints, giclee art reproductions, giclee art shades, giclee artists, giclee artwork, illustration, photography, printing, shopping