| Giclée (pronounced zhee-clay) is a
French word which means "spraying of ink". In this high tech computer Giclée
process, a fine spray of ink — more than four million droplets per second
— is sprayed onto archival, Somerset, watercolor paper. Each droplet
is four times smaller than a human hair.
This produces a combination of 512 chromatic changes with approximately
10 million color possiblities of highly saturated, nontoxic water-based
ink. The Giclée high resolution scanning and digital Iris printer
gives each image the vibrant, lush, and luminous results of an original
watercolor - making it sometimes difficult to distinguish between the original
and a reproduction.
The finished Giclée print is protected by applying an extra strength
UV coating to insure museum quality standards for the collector. The limited
edition is hand signed and numbered by the artist on the front of the piece.
Each Giclée print is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity. |