Gilcée
A giclée is a digital fine art print produced by a high quality Iris or Roland printer. The pigments used are dyes, and the process is often referred to as dye-sublimation printing. Dye sublimation prints are continuous tone, photographic in their quality, and can very closely represent vibrant colors in the rgb color space.
Giclée printing is also favored by artists because it can be used to place an image on watercolor paper or canvas -- giving the print a very close feel to the original. With focused hand-painted embellishments, these prints have the feel and look of an original painting.
Under standard conditions it can last over thirty years. These prints additionally have been coated with ultra violet inhibitors that will add even more years to their longevity, perhaps even as much as twice as long.
Many museums have purchased giclées for their collections. The price of a giclée depends on many things. It will vary according to an artist’s reputation, the number of prints in the edition, and the actual size of the print.
Small prints can go for as little as $100 to $300, while a large one by a well-known artist can go for thousands of dollars.
Lithograph
A lithograph is a print made by a process of separating the colors of an image photographically and then making metal plates that are used with a press, one for each color. This process is often referred to as offset printing. Normally three colors and black are used, but sometimes more plates are made if the colors are particularly difficult to achieve with only four plates. Lithographs are well known for their high quality and resilience to the ravages of time.
Select from any of these superior archival quality prints; the next best thing to an original! All printed on 100% acid free cotton rag paper using the finest fade resistant inks available. These prints will last a hundred years or more! Choose your print double matted or without matting to do your own custom job. Each print is signed and dated by the artist for a limited edition of 500. Pick more than one to have a grouping with visual impact!
Ink Jet
Ink jet printers spray ink onto special papers. They have evolved in recent years to become photographic in quality, and competitive with more expensive printing techniques. Among their many advantages are the ability to stay within the RGB color space, making for reproductions that are often more vibrant than those created with offset printing. We make our ink jet prints with an Epson 3000 using Adobe Post Script printing to ensure that our images have the color and clarity that we have come to expect from any high quality reproduction.
