Contemporary Art: Fields Two: Giclee Prints
The term Giclée (pronounced "Zhee-clay") Print refers to fine art reprodutions made with museum quality materials using a professional large-format ink-jet printer. During the printing process, a series of tiny spray nozzles emits millions of droplets per second. Because of the way the drops are sprayed and mixed using a 9 color pigmented ink system, you get a wider range of color than almost any other type of print available on the market.
First the original painting is scanned or digitally photographed to produce a very high resolution file. Then a proof is made and matched against the original. After I approve the proof, the final image is printed on canvas and stretched around extra-wide stretchers so that no frame is required. The results are amazing, such that people often think the print is an original painting, not a reproduction.