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bjdavey
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| 04/18/2007 2:16 AM |
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A recent conversation with Susan Fader, who along with her husband owns and operates the topnotch digital atelier, Ditto Editions in Marblehead, MA, inspired a post on my blog with a topic the same as this thread.
The post offers my thoughts on the usage and links to some very good informaton about the origin of the word and the process. If you are using the term giclee to describe your prints, I trust you will find it worthwhile reading. |
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JM Artist
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| 04/19/2007 5:11 AM |
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I lifted this info from another companies site that does Irisis Giclée prints, which you should fine most useful also:
The term Giclée is widely used today to describe a printmaking process. Giclée is a general description and artists should be educated that there are many different types of Giclée printing. We believe the Iris Giclée process offers artists several significant benefits.
1) Droplet size. Iris Giclée is a very sophisticated printmaking process that produces near continuous-tone printing. The secret is the 3 pico liter size of the Iris droplets. No other printing process produces such a small droplet. This enables the Iris Giclée process to produce superior detail and subtle shades. The small droplet size is the reason Iris Giclée can produce great detail with 4 colors (cyan, magenta, yellow and black). Other types of Giclée printing produce a significantly larger dot size and need additional colors (6 or more. Ex. Light cyan, Light magenta, cyan, magenta, yellow and black) to try to produce subtle shades.
2) Color Gamut. Iris Giclée printmaking produces the widest color gamut available today. Color quality is vital to reproducing a print as close as possible to the original. Artpix Studio utilizes the Pinnacle Gold ink set. Pinnacle Gold provides a wide color gamut and outstanding lightfastness. Iris Giclée is a 4 color (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) printmaking process that produces a wider color gamut than other Giclée processes that utilizes 6 or more colors. Other types of Giclée printing need the additional colors to try to produce subtle shades. These extra colors do not produce more color, just fill in more subtle shades.
3) Consistency of Reproduction. A significant benefit that all Giclée processes provide is the ability to print small quantities. An artist benefits financially by being able to order prints literally as they need them. It is vital that an image printed months apart must look the same. Repeatability is a big part of Iris Giclée printmaking. Iris Giclée has advanced features that ensure consistent, repeatable color from image to image over time.
4) Ability To Print Well On Uncoated Art Paper. Iris Giclée printmaking produces the highest quality images possible on uncoated fine art paper. Many artists and their customers prefer a print on uncoated paper because it is truer to the original work. Iris Giclée printmaking is the only Giclée process that provides excellent results with uncoated paper. The other Giclée processes must use a coated paper to have any chance of achieving an acceptable print on paper.
The above features are why Iris Giclées are so widely respected. No other Giclée process has more sales or been exhibited in the world’s leading museums. Prominent art museums such as the Moma, Guggenheim, Smithsonian, Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York have hosted exhibitions featuring Iris Giclées. Iris Giclées have been displayed in galleries around the world. Renowned iris Giclée artists include Andrew and Jamie Wyeth, David Hockney & Robert Rauschenberg.
http://artpixstudio.com/index.html
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rcoomer
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| 04/26/2007 10:19 PM |
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None of the above Iris Giclee statements are currently true. . . Many printers do excellent prints on both matte and gloss materials. The 6 and 8 color inkset have wider color gammuts than 4. The best I can tell is that info may have been true 4 or 5 years ago at best. . .
The technical meaning of Giclee, as I understand it is the reproduction of one media (such as watercolor, oil, etc) through a digital process as an "inkjet" or "squirted" print. I think Harold's book mentions the sexual slang meaning of the term as well. I didn't say archival, because many of the original giclees, including the iris of the time, were not.
Technically, a print of a photograph wouldn't be a giclee since it is not a reproduction of another media. Though photograps or scans are a part of the giclee process. The generic term Giclee is pretty much used for everything. |
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Robert Coomer
Fine Art Cave, Rural, Nature Photography
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Jess
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| 05/03/2007 9:04 AM |
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The word Giclée means squirt in French. The number of ink drops "squirted" out per square inch are considerably higher in a Giclée inkjet printer than in a regular printer, and therefor it produces prints with incredibly detail and it can sometimes be hard to tell the difference between the original painting and the print. The Giclée inkjet printer prints beautifully on both matte and glossy paper, and also on special coated canvas especially made for these types of printers. I prefer the matte prints, they look gorgeous. Hope this helped! |
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