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GICLEE The French term for "fine spray;" printing film or plates are involved in the giclee printing process. A computer directly scans the artist's original painting. This information is used to control the tiny ink jets on a digital printer. The jets spray more than 4 million water-based printing ink droplets per second onto a sheet spinning rapidly on a drum, to create thousands of shades of rich color. The end result is a lush and velvety art print; one that has the look and texture of a fine original. CANVAS GICLEE The process described above on canvas. PAPER GICLEE The process described above on fine art paper. LIMITED EDITION The size of a limited edition is determined in advance by the publisher. Each print in the edition is signed by the artist and then individually numbered (s/n). OFFSET LITHOGRAPH PRINT The original image or a photograph of the image is scanned into a computer to produce color separations, one for each color used in the printing process: cyan, yellow, magenta and black. These separations are then output to film with dot patterns that represent the values of each of the four process colors. The films are exposed to print plates, one for each color. On a printing press, the plates transfer the ink to a rubber blanket, which in turn offsets the ink onto paper or canvas. ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH PRINT Not a reproduction; each is an original and unique work of art. The artist makes separate drawings, one for each color to be printed, directly on the working surface (commonly stone or Mylar film) to create individual plates. An original lithograph must pass through the press one time for each color. Hand coloring may also be added later. This process may take up to one year to produce an edition size of 300. SERIGRAPH The serigraph process incorporates the use of fine mesh screens to hand separate the colors of the image. Originally, these screens were made of silk, hence the name by which this process is also known – silkscreening. To produce a serigraph print, a separate stencil-like screen is made for each area that is to be printed in one color of ink. The ink is then squeegeed through the screen onto the paper. The inks sit on top of the heavy paper on which the final serigraph is produced. Because the ink is not absorbed by the paper as in other processes, the final serigraph print actually looks like a painting on paper. This process may take up to one year to produce an edition size of 300. TEXTURED CANVAS A limited edition canvas which has been embellished to represent the artist's brush strokes of the original painting. Framed without glass, textured canvas s adds dimension and luster, and the appearance of an artist's original painting |
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