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FIRST: the word is pronounced
Zhee-clay or (zee clay). Heavy on the Z
The word giclee dates back to the late 1980s and is a French term meaning
"spray or squirt" which refers to the digital printing process. I
cringe every time I hear this word butchered. I recently attended a
presentation of a company that sells giclees in great quantities and no one
at the company could pronounce the word.
Giclee printing is recognized as the next best thing to owning an
original. And you can print one or several at a time without having to make the
100 or 1000 piece commitment as with other printing methods. Although on a
print by print basis they are more expensive than other methods. A
particular size giclee may be $50 to $75. and the same size offset Litho may
be $3.00; but you can buy 1 to 10 instead of 500 to 1000. And the
quality is exceptional. It is generally archival with a long life and
usually is closely controlled by the artist.
Your work can be printed on watercolor paper or canvas. Cost will
vary some because of choice you get to select. Your printer can work
from a furnished
picture jpg or scanned image of the work or the original to be scanned.
There are a number of places on the internet that do this type of printing
check out several.
One source is
www.pgprint.net
I can have your giclee done for about 20 cents a square inch if you
provide the file.
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