What is Giclée?

Giclée is pronounced, "zhee-clay", a French word recognized in the fine art world as describing an advanced process for generating extremely high quality reproductions of fine artworks.

A unique feature of Giclée reproductions is the unprecedented levels of permanency that are achieved with Giclée inks. Data from the Wilhelm Imaging Research Institute states emphatically that Giclée prints are of archival quality, and reports that the permanency of the colors exceeds that of pigments used by artists on original paintings, and that by being printed on high grade acid-free art papers or canvas can be printed as limited editions. This results in a Giclée print being valued as an art work in itself.

Modern technology has now presented us with new opportunities in the printing environment. Giclée has slowly, over the last five years, been making an impact in the fine art printing world and is now setting the standard in low-volume limited editions. Each image is digitized and meticulously enhanced and improved by our technicians to faithfully reproduce the original artwork.

The Giclée process enables the artist to have far greater control over the finished product than traditional four color methods provide, allowing separation of detail for individual treatment. The printing method itself is painstakingly slow, allowing extremely high saturation of color. The final result is a vibrant, long-lasting, individually printed limited edition.