Interestingly, published giclée editions often increase the value of the original painting.Īs with most modern giclée printers, my equipment uses a highly sophisticated print head that disperses fade-resistant archival inks as a micro-fine mist of minute droplets creating a seamless, continuous tone. Giclée editions are themselves considered a one-of-a-kind work of art since each print has been created individually as opposed to being mass produced on large commercial presses as in the case of lithographs. Some even purchase giclée editions for permanent display in their collection. In fact, many leading museums, including the Louvre in Paris, display giclée reproductions of originals that are stored in the museum cellars and would otherwise not be visible to the public. They are renown as having superior beauty, quality and archival longevity. Jack Duganne recognised the exceptionally fine print quality of this technology and began exploring its potential using watercolour paper.Although the initial prints looked stunning, the materials used were not particularly stable, so there has been a considerable effort over the years to address those issues, particularly in the area of inks and substrates.Today, giclée editions are considered the preferred choice for fine art reproduction by publishers, galleries and artists around the world.
Scitex had originally developed their products for the commercial printing industry as a means to proof artwork before making plates and going to press. It is derived from the French word gicleur, which means “nozzle”-the verb “gicler” means to squirt, spurt or spray-and was established to describe a new form of fine art printing where artwork was digitally reproduced using Scitex IRIS printers a new inkjet technology that could create amazingly detailed and faithful reproductions.
The word giclée (pronounced zhee-klay), is a relatively new name that was created in 1991 by a printmaker named Jack Duganne. All of my editions are produced as giclée editions.
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