Debi Stadlin
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Phone: (757) 724-0807
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What is a Giclee Print?

Giclee (zhee-clay) a French term, in this case meaning "spray of ink". Giclee is recognized in the art print catagory of lithographs and serigraphs and is considered the world's best technique for reproducing original works of art, and for printing digitally created art and fine art photography.

With the advent of the Giclee, the art of fine art printing has become even more precise. Because no screens are used, the prints have more apparent resolution than lithographs. The dynamic color range is the serigraph. In the Giclee process, a fine stream of ink, more than four million droplets per second, is sprayed on to archival art paper or canvas. The effect is similar to an airbrush technique but much finer. Each piece is carefully hand mounted on to a drum which rotates during the printing. Exact calculations of hue, value, and density direct in to four nozzles. This produces a combination of 512 chromatic change (with over 3 million colors possible) of highly saturated, permanent, nontoxic based ink. The artist's color approval and input are essential for creating the final custom setting for the edition, which is printed on watercolor paper, the same as the original.

The latest advancements in the Giclee process are the work of a sophisticated fine art production facility that utilizes the highest resolution digital printers. This edition of fine art prints is a collaboration between the artist and a specially trained printing craftsman. They have extended the boundaries of current technology, customizing their equipment, designing new programs, and offering protective coatings to ensure quality standards for the collector. Displaying a full color spectrum, Giclee prints capture every nuance of an original painting, be it watercolor, oil, or acrylic. They have gained wide acceptance from artists such artists as David Hockney and Robert Rauschenburg, to major institutions like the Chicago Art Institute, the Los Angeles County Museum, British Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum, National Gallery of Art, and numerous others.

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