What is Giclee?
The French word Gicle, which means to squirt or spray is quickly becoming the benchmark of limited edition prints leading into the new millennium. An original painting is digitally scanned, color corrected and manipulated to match the tones of the original painting. A duplicator is then engaged to spray approximately 4 million droplets of ink per second onto the actual art canvas. Unlike tradition offset printing, the only thing that contacts the canvas is the ink. This produces more of an even tone rather than a dot structure. These canvas prints are produced individually and take up to 30 minutes per reproduction. The end result is a near perfect forgery of the original painting. The bottom line is Gicle is a superior product and is capable of fooling the most discriminating collector. A computer-generated reproduction made with an ultra-high-quality inkjet printer. It may also include hand work by the artist.
